"CBI FIR Against Anil Deshmukh Meant To Destabilise The Govt" : Maharashtra Govt Approaches Bombay High Court

The Maharashtra government, through the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging certain portions of the FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, calling those portions as ones trying to "destabilise the present government in Maharashtra." The petition...

Approach Police First : Bombay High Court To Petitioners Seeking FIR Against BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil For Alleged Remdesivir Procurement

The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court refused to 'direct' the local police to register an FIR against BPJ MP from Ahmednagar constituency – Dr Sujay Vikhe Patil for the alleged illegal procurement of Remdesivir vials, as petitioners rushed to the court too soon. "We find it pragmatic not to rush to any conclusions or become judgmental in view of the time-space in filing...

Justice Gita Mittal Conferred Arline Pacht Global Vision Award By International Association of Women Judges

In a first for an Indian jurist, Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has been conferred with the prestigious Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021 by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ). "The conferment of this award by the IAWJ is a recognition that my efforts were of some meaning," Justice Mittal said. The Award will...

"Make Provisions For Doing Atleast 1 Lakh RTPCR Testing Everyday, Regulate Quantity And Ban Sale Of Faulty N95 Masks": Plea In Delhi High Court

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions on Union of India and GNCTD to make provisions for doing atleast 1 lakh RTPCR testing everyday and also to explore the possibility of information sharing on import of "at home Self Testing kits" from countries where they are already in use.The plea filed by a lawyer namely Shweta Singh also prays for...

Supreme Court Lauds 'Mumbai Model' Of Oxygen Management; Says Centre & Delhi Can Learn From It

The Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested the adoption of Mumbai model for Delhi to manage the issue of liquid medical oxygen supply for COVID-19 patients.The Supreme Court observed that Mumbai corporation did well to manage the oxygen situation, and asked if the model can be replicated in Delhi. "Draw from the experience of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai; they are doing some...

Death Of Patients Due To Oxygen Shortage : Karnataka High Court Directs Seizure Of Hospital Records Relating To Oxygen Supply

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Chief Secretary of the State to immediately seize the entire records of the concerned hospital at Chamrajnagar in regards to supply of oxygen. Between May 3 to 4 around 24 people had died at covid hospital allegedly due to shortage of Oxygen. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar has also directed the...

COVID-19: Most Of Court's Directions Have Remained On Paper": Dissatisfied With Bihar Govt's Actions, Patna HC Says 'Drastic Steps Needed'

Dealing with a plea concerning COVID management in the state of Bihar, the Patna High Court on Tuesday (May 4) observed that at this stage, if some drastic step is not taken, the situation in the State of Bihar, arising out of the COVID crisis, which has already gone beyond control, is likely to deteriorate to immeasurable proportions.The bench of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and...

'Not A Time To Relax': Telangana High Court Issues Directions To Ramp Up Testing, Prevent Congregations, Provide Tele-Consultation, Etc. To Curb Covid-19

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued a slew of directions to the State Government, the Police department and the Public Health and Family Welfare department, to break the chain and control the surge in Covid-19 cases. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy pulled up the State over dwindling number of RT-PCR Testing and asked...

Gujarat High Court To Remain Closed From May 10 Till June 6, Vacation Benches Notified

The Gujarat High Court shall remain closed for Summer Vacation from May 10, 2021 till June 6, 2021 (both days inclusive). The vacation is divided into four sections and two Single Benches have been notified for each Section. The same may be accessed in the document annexed below. Following instructions have been issued for the vacation period: Only those urgent matters will be...

Supreme Court Stays Delhi High Court's Contempt Notice To Centre; Asks Centre To Place Plan To Increase Oxygen Supply To Delhi As 700 MT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the show-cause notice issued by the Delhi High Court to the Central Government for contempt action over its failure to supply 700 MT medical oxygen per day to Delhi as per the directions of Supreme Court and the High Court."Hauling up officers taking recourse to contempt jurisdiction will not itself resolve the problems confronting the National...

New PIL Challenging WhatsApp Updated Privacy Policy: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response

The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Centre and social media platforms, Facebook and WhatsApp seeking their responses on a PIL challenging the new privacy policy of WhatsApp. The Bench of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh sought their response on a PIL petition filed by one Harsha Gupta (an Advocate and Educationist) through Advocates Vivek Sood...

Breaking: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Sunaina Holey, Court Says "Her Tweets Cannot Be Said To Have Created Hatred Between Communities "

Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR against Navi Mumbai resident Sunaina Holey, accused of promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion. Holey was booked after her tweet about the sea of migrant workers gathered outside Bandra Station, in Mumbai, at the peak of the nationwide lockdown on April 14, 2020. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik had...