Post Poll Violence- "Will Take All Possible Steps To Ensure There Is No Violence In Future": West Bengal Govt. Submits Before Calcutta High Court

The Government of West Bengal today submitted before the Calcutta High Court that May 9, 2021 onwards, there was no violence reported in the State and it was further assured that all possible steps would be taken by the State so that there is no violence in the future as well. A Five-Judge-Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice I. P. Mukerji, Justice Harish...

Covid-19: Gauhati High Court Extends Interim Orders Till June 1

Given the restricted functioning of Courts amid the second wave of Covid-19, a Full Bench of the Gauhati High Court has extended the interim orders passed by it, its outlying Benches and other subordinate Courts and Tribunals till June 1, 2021. The Court has further said that interim bails, anticipatory bail expiring in this period shall stand extended till May 31. In a suo moto...

'Prima Facie Dilutes Environment Act' : Bombay High Court Retrains MoEF from Granting Post-facto CRZ Clearance

The Bombay High Court has restrained the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change from granting environmental clearance (CRZ) to any project, based on a recent office memorandum (OM) "allowing ex-post-facto CRZ clearance" to projects. In an interim order, a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni observed that the OM's prima facie dilutes...

State Did Not Pay Heed To Expert Warning About COVID Second Wave : Uttarakhand High Court Pulls Up State Government

The Utttarakhand High Court on Monday pulled up the state government over its lack of preparedness to deal with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic."Despite the fact that in January 2021 the scientific community kept on warning about the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State did not pay any heed", a division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice...

Second Wave Of COVID Having Hit Several Parts Of India, Tripura Is Also Not Spared: Tripura HC Seeks State's Response On Several Fronts

Dealing with the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Petition initiated last year suo motu to deal with the first wave of COVID affecting the State of Tripura, the Tripura High Court on Monday (May 10) sought certain details regarding COVID management in the State of Tripura. The Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice S. Talapatra observed, "The so-called second wave...

Around 400 Prisoners Set To Be Released As Per Directions Of High Powered Committee Of Chandigarh UT

The meeting of the High-Powered Committee for UT Chandigarh was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh and Executive Chairman, State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chandigarh and was attended by Shri Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home Department, U.T., Chandigarh and Shri Ombir Singh, IPS, IG Prisons,...

COVID-19- Govts. Need To Be 'Over Sensitive' To Help Patients Irrespective Of Their Origin State: P&H High Court Bats For Common Oxygen Strategy

In an important observation, the Punjab & Haryana High Court last week said that in a situation like one created by COVID-19 Pandemic, the paramount consideration of the Governments should be of helping every human being irrespective of the State to which he/she belongs. A division bench comprising of Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh also directed the Government of...

Intervenors Write To CJI Seeking Urgent Listing Of Application In Suo Moto Migrants Crisis Case

Activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar have penned a letter to the Chief Justice of India seeking an urgent listing of their Intervention Application in the Suo Moto case pertaining to migrant workers pending before the Supreme Court.The Intervenors in the matter state that as the whole country is in the "grip of an immense humanitarian crisis of healthcare...

"Our Humble Kanji Is Being Charged At Rs.1300" Kerala High Court Warns Private Hospitals Against Charging Exorbitant Rates On COVID Treatment

Giving strong warning to hospitals for overcharging on Covid-treatment rates, the Kerala High Court on Monday cautioned hospitals to abide by the rates notified by the government in its Order published today.The Division Bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Dr Kauser Edappagath orally cautioned hospitals to charge rates as notified by the State Government today. The Court cited an instance...

Breaking: "Every Tom, Dick & Harry Should Not Be Brought To This Position": Orissa High Court Strikes Down Own Rule Allowing Senior Designation Sans Proposal/ Application

The Orissa High Court on Monday struck down Rule 6(9) of the 'High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019' which confers power on the Full Court to designate an Advocate as Senior in the absence of any proposal from Judges or application from such Advocate. A Division Bench comprising of Justices CR Dash and Pramath Patnaik observed that the Rule is not in...

Plea Before Supreme Court To Convert Religious And Charitable Places That Own Property & Enjoy Tax Exemption To Covid Centres

Supreme Court has been approached by the President of Taxpayers Association of Bharat seeking directions to convert Religious and Charitable places who own property that enjoys benefit u/S12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act, into covid centres. A three-judge Bench led by Justice Chandrachud was scheduled to hear the plea on Monday, but unable to owing to some technical glitches...

'Fantastic Order': Kerala High Court Lauds State Govt Order Fixing Daily Ward Rates In Private Hospitals Within Rs 3000

In the course of a special sitting convened by the Kerala High Court to discuss measures to rationalise COVID-19 treatment tariffs across private hospitals, lauded the Government of Kerala for its latest order detailing tariffs for various components of Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals A Division Bench comprising of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Dr Kauser Edappagath orally...