Covid Bed Facility At Indira Gandhi Hospital: Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To File Status Report Disclosing Completion Of Tasks

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Government to file a status report disclosing the completion of tasks in relation to the project of making 250 covid bed Facility at Indira Gandhi Hospital. While adjourning the matter to November 9, a division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh perused the status report filed by the Delhi Government...

Supreme Court Stays the Prohibition Order by NGT On Socio-Cultural and Commercial Use of Delhi Parks

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the NGT order prohibiting the use of parks in Delhi for social, cultural, commercial and other functions.The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian was hearing the appeals by the North and South Delhi Municipal Corporations against the February 4 order issued by the principal bench of the NGT. The principal bench had held that the order of...

Christian Couple Wrongly Adopts Under Hindu Adoption Act; Delhi High Court Declares Them 'Adoptive Parents' As They Took Good Care Of Child

"Though there is no valid adoption of the child, the petitioners have taken good care of the child", Court said.

Delhi High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Implementation Of 'Street Vendors Act' & Functioning Of TVCs Under It

The Delhi High Cout recently sought reply of the Delhi Government explaining its position with regard to the implementation of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014; the formulation of the schemes whereunder, and the functioning of the TVCs (Town Vending Committees).The Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh had earlier...

Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 Passed In Parliament

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 to introduce a uniform regulatory framework for inland vessel navigation across the country. The Bill, which will repeal the Inland Vessels Act of 1917, was passed by the Lok Sabha last week.As per Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, the 2021 Bill also promotes cheaper and safer navigation, and...

Plea Seeking Extension Of Application Date For NEET PG 2021: Delhi HC Directs Centre, National Board Of Examinations To Consider Grievance

Dealing with a plea seeking extension of date of application for registeration to appear in NEET PG 2021 examination, the Delhi High Court has directed the Centre as well as the National Board of Examinations to consider whether the date for completion of internships by the candidates is also liable to be extended. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Prateek Jalan directed the Centre...

'Trade Not More Important Than Health': Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Withdrawal Of Weekend Lockdown In State

Ruling that trade is not more important than health, the Kerala High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking withdrawal of the weekend lockdowns imposed in the State amid the pandemic. Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly observed that the prayers sought for by the petitioners would be contrary to the directions issued by the Supreme Court. The petitioner had sought a...

"Shifted To Safe House": Delhi HC Disposes Of Protection Plea By LGBTQ Couple Facing Threat From Families

The Delhi High Court on Monday disposed of the protection plea filed by a LGBTQ couple facing threat from their families after taking note of the fact that the couple has been shifted to the safe house. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta however added: "Once there is no threat perception, the petitioners be then shift to their own accomodation." The development came...

Karnataka High Court Extends All Interim Orders Passed Till August 23 Considering Pandemic Situation

A Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice Abhay Oka has said that this move intends to avoid any rush to the Courts for extension of the interim orders.

Permission For Lawyers To Travel In Local Trains : Final Decision Likely By Thursday, Maharashtra Govt Tells Bombay High Court

The Maharashtra government sought time till Thursday to take a final call on whether to allow lawyers from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to travel by local train. The state informed the Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni that railway officials did have a meeting with senior members of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, and a tentative...

[CLAT 2021] NLU Consortium Permits Candidates To Participate In Counselling Provisionally Without Payment Of Fee: Kerala HC Disposes Of Plea

The Consortium of National Law Universities on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that as per the directions of the Court, its Grievance Redressal Committee had permitted several candidates to provisionally participate in the Counselling process for admission to NLUs without paying the Rs. 50,000 deposit.Justice Anu Sivaraman disposed of the matter noting that that the Consortium had...

Human Rights Commissions Can Only Recommend And Not Direct Payment of Compensation: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court last week held that the Human Rights Commissions are a recommendatory body and has no jurisdiction to pass an order directing payment of compensation. Justice Sanjay K. Agarwal held that Section 18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act of 1993 only empowers the Commission to recommend and not adjudicate. "It has no adjudicatory jurisdiction, and the...