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Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Stay Of Film 'Nyay: The Justice'
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in an appeal preferred by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father - Krishna Kishore Singh from the order which refused to restrain the producers from using the name, caricature, and/or likelihood of the actor in the movie "Nyay: The Justice" on being informed that the movie was released on OTT platform Lapalap.A division bench comprising...
'Oxygen Monitoring Committee In Every Hospitals, State Level Dashboards': National Task Force Submits Recommendations Before Supreme Court
A 12 member National Task Force constituted by the Supreme Court to formulate a methodology for scientific allocation of liquid medical oxygen to all the States and Union Territories to deal with the dearth of oxygen supply amid Covid second wave has submitted its recommendations. The recommendations made by the NTF have been placed on record through an affidavit filed by the...
Sterlite Protests: Madras High Court Calls For Probe Reports Of NHRC- Calls The Inaction "Alarming"
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court issued notice to the State Government and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today in a plea for disclosure of NHRC's "undisclosed" 2018 investigation report into police firing following the Sterlite Protests (May 28, 2018) in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Mr. Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director of People's Watch, appearing party-in-person,...
SC Disposes Off The Plea For Cancellation Of CLASS XII Board Exams As Andhra Pradesh Govt. Informs Its Decision To Cancel Exam
The State of Andhra Pradesh has on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to cancel the Class XII State Board Exams after re-examining the situation. Supreme Court after taking on record the submission made by Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for the State of Andhra Pradesh, disposed of the plea filed seeking cancellation of Class XII State Board Exams. The Bench has...
Not Clear On What Basis Delhi Sought 700 MT Oxygen In Supreme Court; Exaggerated Claims & Wrong Formula Used : Interim Audit Report
The sub-group constituted by the Supreme Court for oxygen audit of Delhi has opined that "exaggerated claims and wrong formula" were used by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi(GNCTD) to project its requirements for Liquid Medical Oxygen during the second wave of the COVID pandemic."It is still not clear on what basis had an allocation of 700MT been sought by Govt of Delhi...
National Company Law Tribunal Notifies Composition Of Benches For Regular Hearing Via Video Conferencing Mode From July 1
The National Company Law Tribunal has notified the composition of the principal bench as well as other be benches with effect from July 1 through video conferencing mode on all working days.The office order issued by the Registrar of NCLT, Mr. Shiv Ram Bairwa stated that all the Hon'ble members shall attend the bench from their court rooms through video conferencing.The following is...
Bar Council Of Rajasthan Writes Letter To Chief Justice Opposing New COVID Restrictions Imposed By The High Court
Opposing the recently promulgated notification of the Rajasthan High Court dated 24.06.2021 which permitted the entry of only those individuals into the court premises who have completed a period of 14 days after the administration of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccination, the Bar Council of Rajasthan has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. "The...
Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case: Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Sushil Kumar Till July 9
A Delhi Court on Friday extended for 14 more days the judicial custody of Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar and his associate Ajay Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar. The duo will remain in judicial custody till July 9.Metropolitan Magistrate Mayank Aggarwal pronounced the order after Sushil Kumar was...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Starts Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings Pursuant To Journalists' Plea For Live Reporting
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday started live streaming of court proceedings for the bench led by its Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq. The development came after a plea was filed by four journalists Nupur Thapliyal (Legal Correspondent, Live Law), Sparsh Upadhyay (Special Legal Correspondent, Live Law), Areeb Uddin Ahmed (Legal Correspondent, Bar, and Bench), and Rahul Dubey...
Narada Case : Supreme Court Asks WB Govt, CM Mamata Banerjee & Law Minister To File Applications Before Calcutta High Court To Accept Their Affidavits
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the State of West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and the State Law Minister Moloy Ghatak - who are challenging the refusal of the Calcutta High Court to accept their affidavits filed in the Narada case - to file an application before the High Court stating the reasons for not filing such affidavits earlier.They are directed to...
"Taxpayers' Money Cannot Be Wasted Like This": Calcutta HC Takes Cognizance Of Media Report On Mismanagement, Wastage Of Medicines In Govt Hospitals
The Calcutta High Court this week took cognizance of a media report regarding apprehension of waste of medicines worth a Crore of rupees in Government Hospitals in the State after observing that a mechanism needs to be developed wherein such wasteful expenditure on purchase of medicines in hospitals need to be examined. Opining that taxpayers' money cannot be wasted in such a manner, a...