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Extremely Burdensome, Can Cause Grave Injury To Mental Health: Bombay High Court Allows Domestic Violence Victim To Terminate Pregnancy
The Bombay High Court recently granted liberty to a woman to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy, who was alleged suffering from domestic violence repeatedly.The Court in its decision noted that the petitioner woman had filed a police complaint against violence meted out to her by her husband, besides lodging complaint before the competent magistrate under the provisions of...
State May Make Aggressive Efforts For Administration Of Second Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine To All Eligible: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has suggested the State Government may make more aggressive efforts to administer the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to all eligible people.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Akhil Kureshi and Justice S.G. Chattopadhyay observed that the State administration needs to make greater efforts to ensure coverage of the remaining population, who have not received even the...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Requests High Court To Resume Physical Hearing
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has written to the Punjab & Haryana High Court requesting to resume physical hearing in the High Court so that "pendency is reduced to some extent and litigants who are waiting for their cases to be heard may get justice." The letter addressed to the Registrar of the High Court states that the Association has conducted a survey...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice To CARA On OCI Couple's Plea Seeking Parity With Domestic/ NRI Couples For Child Adoption
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by an OCI couple, stating that despite having registered with CARA for adoption of a child in 2018, they have not received any referral till date; whereas applicants who registered subsequently have already received referrals.The Petitioners apprehend that CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) is not following...
National Commission For Women Takes Cognizance Of Self-Immolation Incident Outside Supreme Court
The National Commission for Women has taken cognizance of the incident wherein a woman and a man set themselves ablaze outside the Supreme Court on Monday. The press note released by the Commission refers to the media reports which have alleged that the woman had lodged a rape case against MP Atul Rai but the police had issued a non-bailable warrant against her and that before setting...
Karnataka High Court Grants Former CM Yediyurappa 2 Weeks To File Objections In Plea Seeking Probe Into Corruption Allegations
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his son and others to file their statement of objections to a petition seeking probe in an alleged corruption case against them, in two weeks. Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav had earlier issued notice to the respondents on a petition filed by a social activist, TJ Abraham, following which the respondents...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge Against Minimum Age Condition In NEET; Imposes Rs. 10,000 Cost
The Delhi High Court dismissed today a student's plea seeking permission to appear in the NEET examination, despite being underage by 13 months. The Court also imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the petitioner, to be deposited with DSLSA within four weeks for use in access to justice program.The Petitioner, born in 2006, had challenged Regulation on Graduate Medical Education 1997, Rule 4(1)...
Kerala High Court Permits Interstate Travel From Kerala To Karnataka For Emergency Situations
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday permitted interstate travel from Kerala to Karnataka for emergency situations like death in the family or medical treatment, irrespective of the mode of transportation preferred by the passengers, whether private vehicles or ambulances. A Division Bench of Justice Shaji P Chaly and Justice Badharudeen while issuing the interim order posted the matter on...
Delhi Cantt Rape Case: High Court Asks Crime Branch To File Status Report On Investigation
The Delhi High Court has sought status report on the investigation carried out in the case of alleged gang-rape and murder of a 9-years-old girl in Delhi's Cantt area.The development comes in a plea filed by the victim's parents, seeking Court monitored SIT investigation and judicial enquiry into alleged lapses in administrative action, delayed filing of FIR.Justice Yogesh Khanna was apprised...
Delhi High Court Asks Centre's Counsel To Seek Instructions On Plea Against Alleged Exorbitant Pricing Of Covid-19 Vaccine
The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government counsel to seek instructions on a PIL seeking reduction in the price of COVID-19 vaccines in India. The matter is slated to be heard on September 10."Good health can be secured on the basis of reasonable price of vaccines," Advocate AK Dubey appearing for Petitioner Rakesh argued before the Court.He stated that whereas the Indian...
Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Medical Negligence Claim Over Alleged Wrong Administration Of Remdesivir Injection To COVID Patient
Denying the claim of medical negligence against a doctor for alleged wrongful administration of Remdesivir injection leading to death of a 69 years old woman, the Chhattisgarh High Court observed that putting Doctors to criminal prosecution for negligence would create a lot of "emotional disturbance" at the time of pandemic, when the doctors are serving the ailing. Justice Goutam Bhaduri...