COVID-19 Surge: Uttarakhand High Court Issues Functioning Modalities WEF May 4, Subordinate Courts To Remain Closed From May 3

The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday (May 1) issued the directions for the transaction of business in the Hon'ble High Court w.e.f. May 04 (Tuesday). The Directions have been issued in view of the imminent danger to human life by the spread of COVID-19 virus and alarming rise in the number of persons affected thereby, and also in view of the health guidelines issued by the Government of...

Plea Filed In Delhi High Court Seeking Directions For Dignified Cremation/ Burial Of Covid-19 Victims

"The entire city has turned into a graveyard and the people of Delhi are not even getting to perform the last rites and rituals with dignity of their loved ones," says a plea filed before the Delhi High Court. The petition has been filed by Advocate Pratyush Prasanna against the State of NCT of Delhi, Union of India, National Disaster Management Authority and others seeking right to...

COVID-19: Take A Proactive Stand On Counting Day,No Rallies, Bursting Of Crackers On Counting Day: Madras High Court To Political Parties

Taking up its own-motion petition relating to monitoring the COVID-19 response in the state of Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court on Friday (April 30) asked the leaders of political parties to ensure that the rank and file maintain a degree of discipline and exercise extreme restraint whether in celebration or otherwise. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice...

Alleged Attack On West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee: Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks CBI/Other Central Agency Probe Into The Incident

A PIL petition has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or some other Central Agency probe into the incident of the alleged attack and manhandling of the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram while she was in a rally for filing nomination. The Petition has been moved by three lawyers Shubham Awasthi, Akash Sharma...

Breaking: Supreme Court Advances Summer Vacation From May 10 In View Of COVID Surge

Taking into account the COVID19 second wave, the Supreme Court has advanced the summer break of the Supreme Court from May 10. It will re-open after summer break on June 28.The Court was otherwise scheduled to close on May 14.A circular issued by the Court on Saturday said :"It is hereby circulated for information of all concerned that upon consideration of the suggestions from the Bar due to...

Unpreparedness Of Government To Face COVID Second Wave Very Forthcoming : KSLSA Tells Karnataka High Court

In a memo filed before the Karnataka High Court by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) giving various suggestions and recommendations, it has noted that unpreparedness on the part of the Government to face the present second wave of Covid is very much forthcoming. There is an acute shortage of ICU beds in Bengaluru. People are dying majorly due to lack of...

'Eight People Have Died; Can't Shut Our Eyes' : Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Ensure Delhi Gets 490 MT Oxygen Today By 'Whatever Means'

Visibly shaken by the tragic death of eight patients due to lack of oxygen supply in a Delhi hospital today, the Delhi High Court on Saturday issued a strict direction to the Central Government to ensure that Delhi receives the allocated quantity of 490 MT oxygen today itself "by whatever means".A division bench comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli issued this direction in a...

Prohibition Of Child Marriage Law Does Not Differentiate On Basis Of Religion: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that even though Muslim Personal law permits marriage upon attaining the age of puberty, the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is a secular law and does not make any such distinction on the basis of religion. The law prescribes 18 years as the minimum marriageable age for a female and 21 years for a male. While allowing...

COVID Surge: Calcutta High Court, Subordinate Courts To Remain Closed For Summer Vacations From May 3

Keeping in view the deteriorating Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Calcutta High Court has decided to prepone the summer vacations starting from May 24, 2021 to May 3, 2021.The decision has been taken keeping in view the deteriorating Covid-19 pandemic situation whereby a number of Judges and their family members, and a number of employees working in the High Court and their family members...

'Digraceful Order', 'Dimwitted Judges': Kerala AG Sanctions Contempt Proceedings Against K Sudhakaran For Remarks On HC Murder Judgment

On Friday, Advocate General CP Sudhakara Prasad accorded sanction to a petition seeking the initiation of contempt proceedings against Indian National Congress leader K Sudhakaran for his comments regarding a High Court judgment in a murder case (the Shuhaib murder case). A division Bench had overturned a Single Bench judgment that ordered a CBI inquiry into the death of...

BREAKING : Supreme Court Allows UP Panchayat Elections Counting To Take Place Tomorrow With COVID Safeguards

After a special sitting held on Saturday, the Supreme Court refused to defer the counting of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections, scheduled to take place tomorrow, amid concerns about spread of COVID infection.A division bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Hrishikesh Roy allowed the counting to take place tomorrow based on the "solemn assurances" given by the Uttar Pradesh...

High Court Shall Apply Its Mind To The Entirety Of The Case While Deciding A Criminal Appeal, Reiterates Supreme Court

While deciding a criminal appeal on merits, the High Court is required to apply its mind to the entirety of the case including the evidence on the record before arriving at its conclusion, the Supreme Court reiterated.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed thus while allowing an appeal against an Allahabad High Court judgment which reversed the conviction of the accused by...