Breaking: Delhi High Court Interim Grants Bail To Pinjra Tod Activist Natasha Narwal To Perform Last Rites Of Her Father

The Delhi High Court today granted three weeks' interim bail to Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal, to enable her to perform the last rites of her father who passed away in Rohtak last night. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J. Bhambhani noted that there is nobody else in the family to perform the cremation and last rites and that her father's body...

Persons Without Digital Access Can Take Help Of Friends, Families, NGOs, Common Service Centres For CoWIN Registration : Centre Tells SC

While defending its stand to have online registration for Covid vaccinations, the Centre has submitted before the Supreme Court that citizens who have no access to CoWIN app, can get assistance from Common Service Centres established by gram panchayats at grassroot levels. Centre has stated that such persons without digital access can also take help from friends, family, NGOs...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Ex Gratia Payment To Families Of Judicial Officers, Court Staff Who Lost Their Lives Due To Covid

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice in a plea seeking ex gratia payment to the kith and kin of judicial officers and members of the court staff in tune of Rs. 1 Crore and 50 Lakhs respectively who have lost their lives due to covid 19 virus. The plea also seeks direction to declare late Kovai Venugopal and Kamran Khan, judicial officers who recently succumbed to covid 19, as...

Supreme Court Suo Motu COVID Case: Live Updates

Supreme Court Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat has resumed the hearing the suo moto case pertaining to COVID-19 related issues....

Breaking: [COVID19] Delhi High Court Agrees To Hear Tomorrow The Plea To Suspend Construction Of Central Vista Project

Pursuant to the Supreme Court's direction to approach the High Court for an early hearing of petition seeking temporary suspension of the Central Vista Project in light of Covid-19, the Delhi High Court today directed the petitioner to file a fresh application in the matter tomorrow and agreed to hear the same. The petition was mentioned by Sr. Adv. Sidharth Luthra.The petition is...

Breaking: COVID-Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Relief To Borrowers In Form Of Fresh Loan Moratorium, Temporary Cease On Declaration Of NPA By Banks

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for relief to borrowers in the form of a fresh loan moratorium, extension of time period under the restructuring scheme and temporary cease on the declaration of NPA by the financial banks to bring a relief for the public interest at large in wake of the Pandemic.The plea has been filed seeking the directions to take effective...

Price Factor Of Vaccines Won't Impact Ultimate Beneficiary As States Have Declared Free Vaccination : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central government has, submitted before the Supreme Court that the price factor of Covid vaccines will not have any impact on the ultimate beneficiary namely, the eligible person getting the vaccine since all State Governments have already declared their policy decision that they'll administering vaccine to its residents, free of cost. "Thus, while it is ensured that the...

HOD, Director Of Hospital Ought To Know Nature Of Sickness And Treatment Of Patient: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that in the medical field, Head of Department and the Director of a medical institution ought to know the nature of sickness and treatment of the patient keeping in view the welfare of the patient.The observation came from a division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh while dealing with a letter patent appeal filed by one Mehraz...

Karnataka State Bar Council Sanctions Aid To Advocates Who Test COVID Positive

The Karnataka State Bar Council has decided to sanction a sum of Rs. 10,000 to Advocates who are tested positive for COVID 19 and who are in home quarantine and a sum of Rs 25,000 to those Advocates who are infected by COVID 19 and are hospitalized. As per a press noted issued by the Bar council states that "In order to mitigate the sufferings of the infected Advocates, the Bar Council...

'Forced To Prescribe NCERT & CISCE Approved Textbooks': Punjab And Haryana High Court Issues Notice On CBSE Affiliated Schools' Petition

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government over an application filed by the CBSE Affiliated Schools Association, submitted that they (along with other private unaided schools) are being forced to prescribe only NCERT and CISCE approved textbooks under the threat of withdrawal of recognition/NOC.Calling this decision 'totally illegal and high-handed', the...

"COVID Vaccination Policy Conforms To Constitutional Mandate, Executive Needs Discretion, Requires No Interference By Court,: Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central Government has submitted before the Supreme Court that its vaccination policy conforms to mandate of Article 14 and Article 21 of the Constitution of India, and therefore requires no interference by the Supreme Court. Further Centre has stated that in the times of such grave and unprecedented crisis, the executive functioning of the government needs discretion to formulate policy...

COVID-"Hospitals Taking Advantage Of Pandemic & Collecting Exorbitant Charges": Madras High Court Seeks Centre, State Govt's Response

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Thursday (May 6) sought response from the Centre and the State in a plea seeking strict implementation of the government order which mandates allocation of a minimum of 50% of the total bed strength in private hospitals for COVID patients. A Division Bench of Justice M.S. Ramesh and Justice B. Pugalendhi observed, "Exorbitant charges have...