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Show Cause Why Uniform Orders Not Be Passed By Supreme Court In COVID Related Issues : SC Issues Notice To Centre, States, UTs & Parties Before HCs
Taking suo moto cognizance of issues related to distribution of essential supplies and services during the pandemic, the Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre, State Governments, Union Territories and the parties who have approached the High Courts to show-cause why uniform orders not be passed by the Supreme Court in COVID-19 related issues.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA...
Delhi Court Allows Delhi Police's Plea Seeking Deep Sidhu's Production For Obtaining His Voice Samples At FSL
A Delhi Court on Thursday allowed Delhi Police's Application seeking production of Deep Sidhu at the FSL in order to obtain his voice samples and to match it with the Facebook Live and other video clips taken on record by the investigating agency during the course of investigation.Reliever Metropolitan Magistrate Sahil Gupta allowed the application after observing thus:"The Court is of...
"Can't Permit Char Dham Yatra To Become Another Hot Bed For COVID Spread": Uttarakhand High Court
Observing that all over the world, and within the country, people have expressed their concern with the ongoing Kumbh Mela and its impact on the spread of COVID-19, the Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday (20th April) issued a slew of directions regarding COVID-19 management in the State of Uttarakhand. The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar...
High Courts Should Be Allowed To Deal With COVID Related Issues At Local Level : Supreme Court Bar Association Moves Supreme Court
Urging the Supreme Court to allow the High Courts to deal with COVID19 related issues at local level, the Supreme Court Bar Association has filed an application in the Supreme Court.The intervening application is filed in the suo moto case taken by the Supreme Court titled "In Re: Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During Pandemic".A bench led by Chief Justice of India had taken...
Covid-19: 'Forget Common Man, Even If I Were To Ask For A Bed, It Would Not Be Available Right Now': Justice Vipin Sanghi Of Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today expressed concern over the acute shortage of hospital beds for treating critical Covid-19 patients in the capital city. "Forget common man on the street, even if I were to ask for a bed, it would not be available right now," Justice Vipin Sanghi remarked today looking at the shortage of beds at Covid-19 hospitals in Delhi. He insisted that immediate needs...
'Unjustified' : Senior Lawyers Criticize Supreme Court's Move To Transfer COVID Matters From High Courts To Itself
The Supreme Court is being widely criticized within the legal community for its decision to take suo moto cognizance of COVID19-related issues while the High Courts are dealing with the same.Today morning, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde gave clear indications that the Supreme Court wanted to take over the issues from High Courts. The CJI said that six different High Courts dealing the...
West Bengal Polls: Just By Issuing Circulars & Holding Meetings Your Responsibilities Aren't Discharged: Calcutta High Court To Election Commission
The Election Commission on Thursday (22nd April) faced censure from the Calcutta High Court over its handling of the elections in West-Bengal amid the COVID crisis. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee remarked, "We are unable to reconcile the fact that the Election Commission of India is not able to update us as to what action by...
Petition In Delhi High Court Seeks Emergency Rations And Food Supply For People Without Ration Cards In view of Covid
Delhi Rozi-Roti Adhikar Abhiyan has approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions on the Delhi Government to resume its scheme of providing dry rations under the Mukhya Mantri Corona Sahayta Yojna (MMCSY) scheme, or any other scheme designed for the poor and needy persons ensure that they don't go hungry in view of the covid 19 pandemic and fresh restrictions issued in the...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Independent Inquiry Into The Tragic Nashik Oxygen Leak Case, Which Claimed 24 Lives
A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking an independent judicial enquiry into the tragic Nashik oxygen leak case, that consumed the lives of about 24 patients yesterday. The petition has been filed by a Mumbai based NGO, Save Them India Foundation through Advocate Vishal Tiwari. At least 24 patients on life support died after a leak in the main medical oxygen tank...
Bombay High Court Continues Hearing Of PIL On COVID19 Issues When Told Of Supreme Court's Suo Moto Cognizance
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that it will continue to hearing the Public Interest Litigation on COVID19 issues, after the Additional Solicitor General appearing for the Centre informed the Court that the Supreme Court has decided to take suo moto cognizance of the issues related to the pandemic.The development came after the ASG Anil Singh tried to interject by referring to news...
