'Lazy PIL, No Effort Made To Understand Constitutional Right To Privacy': Orissa HC Dismisses Plea For CCTV Coverage Of Treatment Given To Covid-19 Patients

The Orissa High Court recently dismissed a PIL seeking installation of CCTV cameras and display boards in all the COVID-19 hospitals "to make the treatment to Corona patients more transparent and accountable to public". A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice KR Mohapatra observed that the Petitioner did not take into account the implications that such a move...

Senior Citizens Act - Section 23 Can't Be Invoked If Release Deed Is For Consideration : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that a senior citizen cannot invoke Section 23 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, when the release of property was not out of natural love and affection but for a consideration. A single bench of Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar allowed the petition filed by two medical practitioners challenging the order...

Jaipur Golden Hospital Oxygen Shortage: Minors Who Lost Parent Move Delhi High Court For Compensation

Yasmin & Ruben Kataria, minors who lost their sole bread-earning parent to Covid-19 allegedly due to deficient supply of oxygen at Jaipur Golden Hospital in the national capital, have moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions to governments to expeditiously implement proposed schemes of compensation for the families of victims who lost their lives due to oxygen shortage, or due...

'Criticism On Political Matters Not Sedition' : Lakshadweep Filmmaker Aisha Sulthana Moves Kerala High Court For Pre-Arrest Bail

Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sulthana has approached the High Court of Kerala seeking anticipatory bail in the case for sedition taken against her over her remarks against the island administration's new regulations.She is seeking pre-arrest bail in the FIR registered by Kavaratti Police Station under Section 124A(sedition) and 153B (acts against national integration) of the Indian Penal Code....

One Nation One Ration Card : Integration Of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi & West Bengal Remaining, Centre Tells Supreme Court

A total of 32 States/UTs covering around 86% of the population covered under the National Food Security Act in the country have been brought under the ONORC plan by December 2020, with the exception of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and West Bengal, submitted the Centre to the Supreme Court in the Suo Moto Migrant Workers case."The integration of remaining 4 States/UT of Assam,...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-69]

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CAG Report Can't Be Basis For Recovery Of Cess Without Statutory Adjudication : Supreme Court

The recovery of cess solely on the basis of CAG audit was set aside by the Court as there was no adjudication under the statute.

[ West Bengal Post-Poll Violence] Two Women Allegedly Gang Raped By TMC Supporters Move Supreme Court

Two women, a 17 year old minor and a 64 year old woman, allegedly raped by TMC supporters/workers during post-poll violence have moved the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in plea filed for SIT/CBI Probe in West Bengal Post Poll Violence. The impleadment is being sought in plea which was filed seeking CBI/SIT probe into the killings of two BJP activists allegedly at the instance...

"Against Constitutional Provisions And Federal Principle" AILU Objects To Reported Move For Elevation Of SC Lawyers As HC Judges

The All India Lawyers Union has expressed its protest against the reported move for elevation of Advocates practicing in Supreme Court as judges of High Courts while also expressing its hope that CJI Ramana would withdraw from such move. AILU has expressed its concern towards the reported statement of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) that CJI has agreed to the SCBA's request to...

"No Territorial Jurisdiction Simply Because CBSE Head Office In Delhi": Delhi High Court

Refusing to entertain a plea by a school student in Ghaziabad against an increase in her CBSE-affiliated school's fees, the Delhi High Court has said that as a central body, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) can defend proceedings anywhere in the country and that the Delhi High Court does not have territorial jurisdiction in all matters of CBSE merely because its head office is...

Secured Creditor Can't Challenge Resolution Plan Insisting That Higher Amount Should Be Paid Based On Security Interest : Supreme Court

It is not the intent of IBC that a security interest available to a dissenting financial creditor over the assets of the corporate debtor gives him some right over and above other financial creditors so as to enforce the entire of the security interest.

LLB Exams- 650 Students At Law Faculty, DU Write To Dean Seeking Take-Home Examination In View Of BCI Expert Committee Recommendations

Over 650 students at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi have sent a representation to the Dean, Faculty of Law. The representation seeks conversion of the upcoming Online Open Book Exams into Take Home Assignments/Exams. Final year exams are slated to begin on 16th June, 2021, and pending exams for previous semesters are scheduled to be held in July-August. Numerous...