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Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Reduction In Dosage Interval Of Covishield Vaccine To 8 Weeks
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation [PIL] seeking reduction of the present 12-16 week interval for administration of second dose of Covishield vaccine. The Petitioner, a doctor by profession, had sought reduction of the said period to 8 weeks, for persons over 50 years of age and those having comorbidities."Health Experts come here every day. We cannot issue...
'There May Be Illegitimate Parents But No Illegitimate Children': Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Condition Denying Compassionate Appointment To Children In Second Marriage
The Karnataka High Court has set aside a circular issued by the Karnataka Power Transmission Coporation Ltd by which it denied appointment on compassionate grounds to the second wife and her children of a deceased employee as the marriage has taken place during the subsistence of the first marriage. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar said "We...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Directions To Formulate Policy For Protection Of Children From Online Gaming Addiction, Regulatory Body To Monitor Gaming Content
A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions on the Centre to formulate a policy for protection of children from online gaming addition as well as constitution of a regulatory body to monitor gaming content, including both online and offline gaming.The plea moved by NGO Distress Management Collective through Advocates Robin Raju and Deepa Joseph makes Union of...
Madhya Pradesh High Court To Live Stream Court Proceedings Of All HC Benches By End Of This Month
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday announced via a press release that it would start the live streaming of court proceedings for its Benches at Jabalpur, Indore and Gwalior by the end of this month. The High Court had already begun to live stream court proceedings for the for the bench led by its Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq from June 25 pursuant to a plea filed by a group of...
Ascertain The Reasons Behind Vaccine Hesitancy Among State Population: Manipur High Court Directs State Govt
The Manipur High Court has directed the State government to specify as to how it proposes to augment the vaccination drive undertaken by it, in the light of the clear reluctance on the part of a lot of people to avail the benefit of such vaccination.The Government has also been asked to ascertain the reason behind the COVID Vaccine hesitancy among the people.The Bench of Chief Justice...
Allahabad High Court Holds National Lok Adalat; Over 11.6 Lakh Cases Settled
The Allahabad High Court has successfully celebrated National Lok Adalat on July 10, 2021. Under the guidance of ACJ Munishwar Nath Bhandari, also the Patron-in-Chief/Executive Chairman of UP State Legal Services Authority and Justice Pritinker Diwaker, Chairman, High Court Legal Services Committee, the National Lok Adalat helped resolution of a large number of cases, details of which are...
Uttarakhand HC Denies Bail To Man Booked For Abetting Wife's Suicide By Pressurising Her To Have Sex Chat, Nude Video Calls With Others
The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday denied bail to a man who has been booked for abetting the suicide of his wife as he would allegedly pressurize his wife to make nude video calls and to have sex chat with different persons.The Bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani perused a recorded conversation which allegedly took place between the deceased/wife and the applicant/husband revealing a...
"Gives Sweeping Powers To Social Media Intermediaries To Remove Access To Information; Constant Surveillance": Lawyer Moves Delhi HC Challenging IT Rules
A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court by an advocate challenging the vires of Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.Moved by Advocate Uday Bedi, the plea challenges Rule 3 and 4 of the IT Rules for the reason that it provides sweeping powers to the Social Media Intermediaries to voluntarily remove access to information on...
25% Students Lack Access To Online Classes : Karnataka High Court Directs State To Make Action Plan To Bridge Digital Divide
Observing that "economic backwardness or poverty should not become a reason for lack of continuity in education, so far as the state of Karnataka is concerned," the Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to by July 29 place on record an action plan with regard to bridging the technological divide and making available technology to students who are unable to...
"Not A Child But A Neo-Adult': Delhi Court Grants Bail To 19 Year Old Murder Accused
A Delhi court granted bail to a 19-year-old accused of murder charges by opining that the accused may be an adult in the eyes of law, however, his mental age might not be in consonance with the legislated age of maturity. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Gogne of the Dwarka District Courts observed, "The applicant, 19 years in age, is not quite a child in the eye of the law but is yet only...