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Man Allegedly Goes Blind Due To COVID Vaccine: Allahabad HC Directs DM To Decide On Wife's Representation Seeking Compensation
The Allahabad High Court has directed District Magistrate, Budaun to decide on a woman's representation regarding blindness of her Husband due to vaccine of COVID-19.The Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi was hearing a writ petition preferred by a Wife who sought direction to respondents to pay compensation to her husband regarding his blindness due to vaccine of Covid-19 and for a...
Breaking: New BCI Rules Which Prohibits Criticism Of Its Decisions Has Not Taken Effect, Waiting For CJI's Approval:BCI Tells Kerala High Court
The Bar Council of India on Wednesday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the new Rules which prohibits criticism and dissent against the BCI and other Bar Councils has not taken effect.The Single Bench of Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar was hearing a petition seeking a declaration that the recently inserted Sections V and V-A of Chapter II of Part VI of the Bar Council of India Rules...
Govt. Servant Terminated On 'Vague Allegation/Suspicion' Of Joining Farmers Protest: P&H High Court Issues Notice To Haryana State
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued notice to the Haryana Government for allegedly terminating the service of a Government Servant, Rajuddin on a vague allegation/suspicion of the petitioner having participated in the strike call given by farmers at Tikri Border, Delhi.The Bench of Justice Arun Monga also directed that till the next date of hearing, the post of Senior...
Smoking Prevents Covid; No Higher Risk For Smokers : Tobacco Traders Claim Before Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court is hearing a plea to decide if smokers are at a greater risk of contracting Covid-19 related diseases or not and determine necessary steps the Government must take accordingly. On Tuesday, the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni allowed two interim applications filed by Mumbai Bidi Tambakhu Vyapari Sangh (MBTVS) and the...
Allahabad High Court Refuses Relief To 3 Interfaith Couple Citing Non-Compliance Of UP Love Jihad Law
In 3 separate cases, the Allahabad High Court has recently refused to grant relief to inter-faith couples noting that there was non-compliance of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020 (Uttar Pradesh Vidhi Viruddh Dharm Samparivartan Pratishedh Adhyadesh 2020). The Bench of Justice Siddharth observed that there was non-compliance of Section 8...
"Make Provision For Giving Priority In Administration Of Covid Vaccine To Persons With Disabilities Above 18 Years": Gauhati HC Directs Arunachal Pradesh Govt
The Gauhati High Court, Itanagar Bench on Monday directed the State of Arunachal Pradesh to make provision for giving priority in attendance and administration of covid 19 vaccine to people with disabilities above 18 years of age within a period of 4 Weeks.Observing that persons with disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 would be entitled for administration...
Levelling Accusation Of Unchastity And Perfidiousness Against Wife Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Kerala High Court While Granting Divorce To Couple
The Kerala High Court on Monday while allowing a matrimonial appeal established that that unsubstantiated accusation and character assassination by one spouse against the other would constitute mental cruelty. A Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustaqu and Justice Kauser Edappagath observed as follows: "The respondent has miserably failed to substantiate the...
Award Of Lok Adalat Cannot Be Considered As An Award Of The Court Made Under Part III Of Land Acquisition Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that an award of the Lok Adalat, being an executable decree binding between the parties, cannot be considered as an award of the Court under Part III of the Land Acquisition Act for the purposes of sec. 28A providing for re-determination of the amount of compensation of the award.A division bench comprising of Justice SC Gupte and Justice AA Sayed...
Fake Vaccine Camps Appear To Be 'State's Failure'; Don't Spare 'Big Fish' : Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that fake vaccine camps in Mumbai were prima facie the state's failure and asked the civic authorities about measures they plan to take regarding testing and vaccinating the 2,053 innocent people who were duped. The court further asked the State's counsel to ask the investigators to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure those playing with...
Madras HC Seeks State's Response On BJP Leader's Plea Challenging TN Govt's Move To Assess NEET Impact On Socially Backward
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to file its counter-affidavit on a plea challenging its decision to set up a committee for the purpose of ascertaining whether the NEET based admission process has prejudicially affected socially backward students. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has also left it open to the...
Law Of Limitation Only Bars Judicial Remedy, The Substantive Right Survives: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently decided in a pension recovery matter that the Law of Limitation only bars judicial remedy, and that the substantive right itself survives and continues to be available in other ways, and clarified that the rules of limitation are not meant to destroy the rights of parties. A division bench of Justices Alexander Thomas and K. Babu while disposing the...