Delhi HC Directs IRDAI To Issue Reminder To Insurers For Offering Add On Cover For Covid Home Care Treatment To Existing Policy Holders

The Delhi High Court has directed the IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) to issue reminder to all General and Stand-Alone Health Insurers with regards to an advisory issued by it to offer Add On Cover for home care or domiciliary covid treatment to the existing policy holders.A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was apprised...

Dismissal Order Passed Solely On Ground Of Maintaining Live-In Relationship Outside Marriage- Allahabad HC Directs Reinstatement To Service

The Allahabad High Court has reinstated a man back into his service by setting aside a dismissal order passed against him solely on the ground that he was maintaining a live in relationship outside his marriage.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Pankaj Bhatia passed the order while dealing with a petition challenging the order dated 31st January 2020 by way of which the petitioner...

Take Decision On Proposal To Allot Space In Vacant Govt Building For HC Offices : Karnataka High Court To State

The Karnataka High Court recently directed the state government to place its decision on record of the court by July 22 on the proposal forwarded by the High Court Administration to allot vacant premises in the building of the Directorate Technical Education for shifting some of the sections of the offices of the High Court. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Oka in...

Covid Bed Facility At Indira Gandhi Hospital: Delhi High Court Seeks Timeline For Setting Up Super Specialties

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to file a 'better affidavit' within two weeks, indicating the timeline within which Phase-I and Phase-II super specialty facilities will be set up in the Indira Gandhi Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 hospital. Delete Covid facility does not mean merely setting up oxygen beds. You need to have experts and facilities for super...

'Reinstate With All Consequential Benefits': Allahabad High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceeding Against Indian Airforce Wing Commander

The Allahabad High Court has quashed the disciplinary proceedings against pilot-petitioners regarding an aircraft accident in 2008, calling it 'illegal, arbitrary and an abuse of the process of law' due to unexplainable delay and the arising apprehension of malafide therein. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh to reinstate the petitioner in service with all consequential service benefits. The Court...

'Fine Balance To Be Maintained Between Societal Interest & Personal Liberty Of Accused' : NIA Court While Rejecting Anand Teltumbde's Bail Plea

The Special NIA Court rejecting Dalit Scholar Anand Teltumbde's regular bail plea under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has said it a fine balance has to be maintained between the societal interest and personal liberty of the accused while considering bail applications."The courts considering the bail application are required to maintain fine balance between the societal...

Rajasthan High Court Orders Suspension Of Cop Who Allegedly Separated An Inter-Caste Married Couple

The Rajasthan High Court earlier this week ordered disciplinary action against the Constable and called for his provisional suspension, who has been accused of separating an Intercaste couple and threatening the man who filed a habeas corpus petition seeking production of his wife.The Court also took serious exception to the conduct of the Police Constable Chandrapal Singh as though he claimed...

Undertrial Prisoners Don't Have Right To Dictate Choice Of Prison; Authority Not Obligated To Seek Trial Court's Permission: J&K HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday held that an Undertrial Prisoner does not have a right to dictate his choice of prison for lodgement during trial and as such, there is no question of providing him an opportunity of being heard in this regard.Justice Sanjeev Kumar also held that since the permission of the Court is not mandatory before shifting the undertrial from one prison...

West Bengal Assembly Polls: Calcutta High Court Issues Notices On Election Pleas By Two BJP Leaders

Admitting two Election Petitions filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party's Swadhin Kumar Sarkar and Kalyan Chaubey challenging the election win of their opponents from their respective constituencies, the Calcutta High Court issued notice to the winning candidates.After Mamata Banerjee and man leaders have moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the election win of their opponents in the...

Delhi High Court Pulls Up Centre For Its Failure To File Response On Plea Seeking Reopening Of Nizamuddin Markaz

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted a further two weeks' time to the Centre to respond to a petition by the Delhi Waqf Board seeking to ease restrictions at the Nizamuddin Markaz, which has been locked since March 31 last year.Pulling up the Centre for its failure to file a response from "day one", the Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta said thus:"You want to file a response or you don't want...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Renamed As 'High Court Of Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh'

As per an official order, the nomenclature ''Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh'' has been changed to ''High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh''.The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has signed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2021, to effect this changeNow, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court will be called as High Court...

Whether Governor Has Discretion Not To Nominate Members To Legislative Council Based On Advice Of Council Of Ministers? Bombay High Court To Decide

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the petitioners to implead the Union of India as a party in a PIL challenging the inaction of the Governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, to nominate members to Maharashtra's Legislative Council (MLC), despite the 12 names submitted by the Council of Ministerson November 6, 2020. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni...