High Courts Weekly Roundup [May 24, 2021 – May 30, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Devise Policy For Vaccination Of Physically Disabled: Allahabad High Court To Govt. In Suo Moto COVID19 Case [In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres…] Days after the Supreme Court asked the Allahabad High Court to pass realistic orders and stayed its directions for upgrading medical facilities in the state, a Division Bench comprising...

"Conducting Offline Examination Will Be Irrational Unjust And Unfair": 521 Students Approach Supreme Court Seeking Cancellation Of CLASS XII Exams

Youth Bar Association of India on behalf of a group of 521 students has approached the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the plea filed for cancellation of Class XII CBSE and ICSE examination.The intervention has been sought in the PIL filed by Advocate Mamta Sharma seeking directions for setting aside the Notification dated 14th,16th and 19th April 2021 issued by CBSE and Council for...

Decongestion Of Prisons- Release All Convicts, Undertrial Prisoners Re-admitted In Prions On Interim Bail: Andhra Pradesh HC

In view of the recommendations made by the High Powered Committee dated May 12, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently directed that all convicts and Undertrial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to prisons after their release on interim bails last year, unless disqualified. A division bench comprising of Justice C Praveen Kumar and Justice...

Man Allegedly Tried To Run Over & Endanger Life Of A Constable Enforcing COVID Lockdown, Delhi High Court Denies Him Bail

The Delhi High Court last week denied bail to a man who allegedly tried to hit and run over a Constable (who was enforcing COVID Lockdown) in a manner so as to endanger his life.The Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta was hearing the bail application of a petitioner under Sections 186/188/269/332/120B/308 IPC and Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act registered at PS Vasant Kunj, North, Delhi....

Plea To Cancel CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Exams: Crucial Hearing Before Supreme Court Tomorrow

A division Bench of Supreme Court will tomorrow (Monday, May 31st), hear the plea seeking directions to cancel the Class XII CBSE and ICSE examination and devise an objective methodology to declare the result of class XII within a specific timeframe.A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had on Friday adjourned the case after noting that the petitioner had not...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up May 24 - May 30, 2021

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Section 313 CrPC Examination Not A Mere Procedural Formality; Trial Court Has To Question Accused Fairly With Care And Caution: Supreme CourtCase: Satbir Singh Vs. State Of Haryana [CRA 1735­-1736 OF 2010] Citation: LL 2021 SC 260The bench comprising CJI NV Ramana and Justice Aniruddha Bose expressed its concern over recording of statements under Section 313 of Code...

Hills & Hillocks Cannot Be Given For Mining Unless There Is Supervening Public Interest : Madras High Court

Man has continued his predatory activities without any break and Nature is losing her patience

Govt. Will 'Sympathetically Consider' Giving COVID Cash Relief To Transgender Persons Not Holding Ration Cards: State To Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu State Government last week submitted before the Madras High Court that it will 'sympathetically consider' an extension of COVID-19 cash relief of Rs.4000/- to transgender persons in Tamil Nadu who do not possess Ration Cards.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by a...

[Dumping of Covid19 Bodies In Rivers] Plea Before Supreme Court Seeks Three Tier Committee To Look After Disposal Of Dead Bodies With Dignity

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for constitution of a three-tier committee at Centre, state and Panchayat level to look after disposal of bodies with dignity. The plea has also urged the court to declare Ganga river bed an ecologically sensitive area, to be protected and preserved.The plea filed by Advocate Vineet Jindal has impleaded the Centre,...

Forging RTPCR Test Reports: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Lab-Owner Citing Covid Surge

On Friday, the Kerala High Court was faced with the anticipatory bail application by the owner of one Arma Lab and Health that allegedly forged RT-PCR Covid Reports to patients. Allowing bail to the applicant citing the Covid situation, Justice Ashok Menon however noted that the material collected by the investigating officer indicated the complicity of the applicant. "The...

Sexual Offence Against Woman- Any Form Of Compromise/Marriage With Accused Shouldn't Form Part Of Bail Condition: Allahabad High Court

The Court while granting bail in the cases involving sexual offence against a woman should not mandate bail conditions, which is/are against the mandate of "fair justice" to the victim: Allahabad High Court

'Institutions Can't Be Permitted To Indulge In Profiteering': Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds GO Directing Private Schools In Chandigarh To Publish Balance Sheets On Their Websites

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld an April 2018 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, requiring private unaided educational institutions in Chandigarh to inter alia publish their balance sheets/ income and expenditure account on their websites. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Jaswant Singh and Sant Parkash has held, "if the financial statement of the...