COVID19: 'Black Marketing Of Life Saving Drugs': Jharkhand HC Raps Drug Controller, Asks Govt To Ensure Adequate Supply Of Drugs, Oxygen

Coming down heavily on the Drug Controller (for the State of Jharkhand) for her failure to discharge her duties and to put a check on black marketing of life-saving drugs, the Jharkhand High Court last week called it 'unfortunate' that she sought exemption from personal appearance before the Court.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad...

'In UP Also, COVID Positive People Are Not Getting Hospital Beds', Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court In Siddique Kappan Case

While opposing the plea seeking shifting of jailed Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan from Mathura jail to Delhi for medical treatment, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that COVID positive patients in Uttar Pradesh were finding it difficult to get hospital beds."There are about 50 covid patients with or without comordities in Mathura jail, and they are treated...

COVID19-Conducting Board Exams At This Perilous Time Puts Lives At Risk: Plea In Andhra Pradesh High Court Seeks Deferral Of AP Board Exams

A plea has been moved in the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging the conduct of Class 10 and 12 Board Examinations by the Andhra Pradesh Educational Board amid the worsening pandemic. "Conducting the aforesaid examination across Andhra Pradesh State at such perilous time, is nothing else but putting lives of lakhs of young students (including Petitioners herein) at utmost risk and...

Covid-19: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt Response On Plea For Interim Release Of Non-Heinous Crimes' Prisoners

A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government, the police and prison authorities on a plea by one Shobha Gupta seeking temporary release on bail or parole, of prisoners involved in non-heinous crimes, from the Central prisons in Delhi in view of an unrelenting surge...

Sitting Judge Of Allahabad High Court Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava Succumbs To Covid-19

Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava, a sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court has succumbed to COVID-19 virus. After contracting the virus, he was shifted to PGI, Lucknow few days ago, where he passed away today. Justice Srivastava obtained his degree in Law in the year 1986 and post graduated in Law in the year 1988. He was appointed in the Higher Judicial Service in 2005....

After Bombay High Court's Intervention, Centre Increases Maharashtra's 10-day Remdesivir Allocation To 4,35,000 Vials

A day after the Drug Controller General of India (MoHFW) interacted with the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, Maharashtra's Remdesivir allocation for April 21-30, 2021 was increased by 1,66,000 vials; from 2,69,000 vials to 4,35,000 vials, by the Central Committee, on April 24.However, the State's counsel informed the bench, on Tuesday, that they hadn't received even 1/3rd quantity of...

Producer Anurag Augustus Moves Kerala High Court To Cancel Screenwriter Jinu V Abraham's Copyright Over Script For Film Kaduva

The petition may be one of the first moved before the High Court following the abolition of the IPAB after the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalization and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021.

Breaking: Saket Gokhale Moves Allahabad High Court To Restrain UP Govt From Taking Coercive Action Against Citizens Appealing For Oxygen On Social Media

Activist Saket Gokhale has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking to restrain UP Government from taking coercive action against such persons who appeal for Oxygen supply and other medical assistance on social media. He also seeks protection of independent volunteers who are helping Covid-19 patients and their families by collecting information on oxygen and medicine availability on...

Supreme Court Directs Shifting Of Siddique Kappan From Mathura Jail To Delhi For Treatment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that Kerala journalist Siddiqque Kappan be shifted from Mathura Jail in Uttar Pradesh to a government hospital in Delhi for medical treatment.He has to be given treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital or AIIMS or any other government hospital in Delhi.After his recovery, he has to be sent back to Mathura jail, where he is under custody in a UAPA case on...

Media Could Be Proactive But Has To Be Sensitive, Sensationalism Is Anathema To Responsible Journalism: Calcutta High Court

Dealing with a plea seeking strict enforcement of Section126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (April 27) remarked, "Sensationalism is anathema to responsible and responsive journalism." The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee further remarked, "Print and audio-visual media could...

Supreme Court Hints At Shifting Siddique Kappan To Delhi For Treatment; Asks UP Govt To Respond By 1 PM Today

Update : Supreme Court Directs Shifting Of Siddique Kappan From Mathura Jail To Delhi For Treatment In a major development in the Siddique Kappan case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday hinted that it will shift him from Mathura jail to Delhi for better treatment.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Surya Kant and AS Bopanna indicated this intention while hearing the...

Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor Of Chhattisgarh High Court Made Permanent

The Central Government on Wednesday (April 28) notified the appointment of Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor of the Chhattisgarh High Court as Permanent Judge. The Notification of the Central Government in this regard reads, "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Smt. Justice Vimla S. Kapoor, Additional Judge...