Juhi Chawla 5G Petition: Delhi High Court Warns Of Contempt Notice On Fanboy Singing Songs From Actor's Movies During The Hearing

Things took an ugly turn in the much-awaited hearing in Bollywood actor and environmentalist Juhi Chawla's petition against the roll-out of 5G telecom services in the country, when the virtual hearing was interrupted twice by a fanboy singing songs from the actor's movie during the hearing - prompting the court to issue contempt notice on the man.The virtual hearing before the Delhi High Court...

Centre's Policy Of Paid Vaccination For 18-44 Years Prima Facie Arbitrary & Irrational : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has made a prima facie observation that the Centre's vaccination policy, which does not provide free vaccination for those in the age-group of 18 to 44 years, as "arbitrary and irrational"."Due to the changing nature of the pandemic, we are now faced with a situation where the18-44 age group also needs to be vaccinated, although priority may be ...

Furnish Complete Data On Vaccine Purchase History; Produce All Documents & File Notings On Vaccination Policy: Supreme Court To Centre

The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to produce all relevant documents and file-notings which reflected its thinking in the vaccination policy.A 3-judge bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat passed this direction in the suo moto case on COVID-issues (In Re Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During Pandemic).During the...

Representative Suit - Process Under Order 1 Rule 8 CPC Not Mandatory At Appellate Stage : Kerala High Court

Answering a reference against a division bench judgment, a 3-judge bench of the Kerala High Court has held that the publication of notice under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure is not mandatory at the appellate stage of a representative suit.A 3-judge bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar, V Shircy and K Haripal declared that the division bench judgment in Radha K.S. v....

Justice Arun Mishra Takes Over As National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra today took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Justice Mishra had retired from the Supreme Court in September last year.Earlier, a report of The Hindu had reported (citing Government Sources) that Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Mahesh Mittal Kumar, and former Director of...

Why Amphotericin Vials Allocated For Treatment Of Black Fungus Not Dispatched? Telangana High Court Pulls Up Centre

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Central Government for its laid-back attitude in the distribution of Amphotericin B medicine, crucial for treatment of Black Fungus infection. "Not a single vial of the allocated injection has been received by the State of Telangana from May 26 onwards," Chief Justice Hima Kohli noted. The remarks were made in perusal of...

Plea Seeking Ex Gratia Amount To All Domestic Helps, Free Ration Without Any ID: Delhi High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the Delhi Government in plea seeking ex gratia amount of Rs. 10, 000 to all persons working as domestic helps in the national capital. A single bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli issued notice in the plea filed by five women working as domestic helps in Delhi seeking directions from the respondent authorities in the interest of 471...

NBE FET Exam: Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC Direction To National Board Of Examination On Student's Medical College Admission

The Supreme Court on 28th May directed for the continuance of the interim order wherein it had stayed Karnataka High Court's order which had allowed a student with rank 15 in the Fellowship Entrance Test (FET) 2020 to be admitted to an institute which had been allotted to a candidate with rank 63.A division bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose further directed for the...

BCI Constitutes Expert Committee To Decide Evaluation Method For Law Students In Intermediate Semesters

The Bar Council of India has constituted a High Level Expert Committee comprising of 12-members to decide the method of evaluation of law students in intermediate semesters, amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee will be headed by Justice Govind Mathur, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Convener of the Expert Committee. "Bar Council of...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Modification In Policy On Calculation Of Marks For Class X Board Examination

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea seeking modification of policy for tabulation of marks for class Xth board exams 2021 based on internal assessment conducted by the school dated 1st May 2021.The petition moved by NGO Justice For All and moved through Advocates Khagesh B Jha and Shikha Sharma Bagga also seeks directions to all the schools affiliated by CBSE to publish...

Renault-Nissan Plant Workmen Argue Employer Can't Avail Lockdown Exemption Without Maintaining Covid Protocol: Madras High Court Orders Inspection

The Madras High Court ordered inspection of automobile giant, Renault-Nissan's manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur after its workers went on a strike alleging that the company has not attended to Covid-appropriate protocol. "The employer cannot avail of the exemption to the lockdown without complying with the attendant conditions of maintaining Covid protocol, particularly...

Karnataka HC Rejects NLSIU's Challenge To UGC Regulation Which Restricts Territorial Jurisdiction Of Universities

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a public notice and regulations issued by University Grants Commission by which it restricts the physical jurisdiction of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), in the matter of distance education to within the State of Karnataka. The University has established examination centres at New Delhi, Kolkata and Pune. NLSIU...