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Gauhati High Court Directs State Govt To Reconsider Maximum Rates Fixed For COVID Treatment Of Patients In Private Hospitals
Making a prima facie observation that the prices appear to be on a higher side, the Gauhati High Court has directed the State Government to reconsider the maximum rates fixed by it for Covid 19 treatment in private hospitals.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak ordered thus:"..prima facie it appears to be slightly on the higher side,...
COVID 19: Gauhati High Court Further Extends Interim Orders Till July 14
The full bench of the Gauhati High Court on Friday extended further extended all interim orders passed by the High Court and all other subordinate Courts and Tribunals till July 14.Full Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and Manash Ranjan Pathak was dealing with the suo moto PIL instituted by the Court owing to the daily surge of cases during...
"Extremely Unfortunate", Orissa High Court Imposes 5K Fine On An Absent Lawyer For 'Unnecessary Adjournment'
The Orissa High Court on Tuesday imposed Rs. 5,000/- on a lawyer who remained absent during the VC hearing despite a specific date having been fixed for the matter which is being represented by him. The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice S. K. Panigrahi fined Advocate Sanjat Das, who was absent during his matter and had instructed his colleague to simply inform the...
Didda Copyright Row- "Historical Work And Historical Facts Can Never Be Copyrighted: Kangana Raut Moves Bombay HC To Quash FIR
Actor Kangana Ranaut and her brother have filed a petition in the Bombay High Court to quash the FIR against them in the Didda copyright row on author Ashish Kaul's private complaint. Kaul is a former Zee Network executive and the author of the book Didda: The Warrior Queen of Kashmir. In the petition filed under Article 226, 227 of the Constitution and 482 of the CrPC, Ranaut...
Kannada Actor Chetan Kumar Files Civil Defamation Suit Against Labour Minister Arbail Shivram Hebbar
Actor Chetan Kumar has filed a suit for defamation before a City Civil court in Bengaluru against Karnataka Labour Minister Arbail Shivram Hebbar seeking Rs 1 as damages. The Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, on June 24 while hearing the suit, directed "At this stage I am of the opinion that before passing orders on I.A.No. 1 and 2, it is necessary to hear the other side. Hence,...
Finance Ministry Extends Deadline Of IT Act Compliances; COVID Treatment Expenditure & COVID Death Ex-Gratia Exempted From Tax
The Government has granted an extension of timelines of compliances under the Income Tax Act and has also announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment and ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19. It has been decided to provide an income-tax exemption to the amount received by a taxpayer for medical treatment from an employer or from any person for...
CBI FIR In ISRO Conspiracy Case: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection To Ex-Deputy Central Intelligence Officer Till July 1
A Single Bench of the Kerala High Court comprising Justice K Haripal on Friday extended the interim anticipatory bail granted to P.S Jayaprakash till the next hearing, which has been posted on July 1st, 2021. Adv. Kaleeswaram Raj on behalf of the applicant argued that he was only part of investigation for one month, which was much after the FIR was lodged. Moreover, he was only...
COVID- One Time Relief Measure: Cap of 20 Lakh Beneficiaries for Distribution of Non-PDS Ration Arbitrary and Ad-hoc, Says Delhi High Court
Forming a prima facie observation that the policy appears to be arbitrary and an ad hoc figure, the Delhi High Court on Friday said that even on a broad brush basis to say that there are only 20 lacs non PDS Beneficiaries looking for food grain under the Delhi Government's guidelines will be a substantial under-estimation.The observation came in the plea filed by Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar...
"Textbook Example Of State Instrumentality's Unjust Enrichment": Madras High Court Slams BSNL For Its Failure To Use Land For 20 Yrs
The Madras High Court on Wednesday slammed BSNL for virtually grabbing the property belonging to one A. S. Marimuthu by paying a paltry sum of just Rupee one. The Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed: "This writ petition is a textbook as to how the instrumentality of a State has attempted to unjustly enrich itself and had thereby virtually grabbed the property belonging to...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Defers Issuance Of Notice In Suo Moto Revision Over Withdrawal Of Cases Against Chief Minister
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday deferred issuing notice in the suo moto criminal revision petitions registered over the withdrawal of criminal cases against Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.A single bench of Justice Lalitha Kanneganti said that it wanted to first examine the administrative committee's report, on the basis of which the suo moto cases were registered by the...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Stay Of Film 'Nyay: The Justice'
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in an appeal preferred by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father - Krishna Kishore Singh from the order which refused to restrain the producers from using the name, caricature, and/or likelihood of the actor in the movie "Nyay: The Justice" on being informed that the movie was released on OTT platform Lapalap.A division bench comprising...