Vaccination Of Prisoners- "Vaccines Not Available, Inoculation Programme Progressing Slowly": Govt. Tells Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand Government on Monday submitted before the Uttarakhand High Court that as of June 8, it has been able to vaccinate 2813 inmates, however, as the vaccines are not presently available, the inoculation program is progressing slowly.A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma was dealing with a PIL filed regarding the state...

'CoWIN Vaccination Slots To Open Up At A Fixed Time, Preference For 18-44 Yrs With Comorbidities' : State Tells Bombay High Court

In a relief for residents in Maharashtra, the State Government has agreed to open up the CoWIN portal for booking vaccine slots at a fixed time as opposed to registration slots opening up at any time of the day. In an affidavit to the Bombay High Court, the state has agreed to most of the suggestions given by the PIL petitioner Yogeeta Vanzara for improvements to the CoWIN portal and...

"PIL Filed To Gain Publicity": Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Congress MLA's Plea Seeking Disaster Management Committee Dissolution

Observing that the petition has been filed only to gain publicity, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed as Public Interest Litigation by Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla and others.This writ petition had been filed as Public Interest Litigation by 3 persons namely, Sanjay Shukla, Vinay Bakliwal and Fozia Sheikh praying for a direction that the Disaster Management...

Married Woman In Live-In Relation- "Can't Permit Such An Illegality": Allahabad High Court Dismisses Protection Plea With 5k Cost

Noting that the Woman is already married and is in a live-in relationship with another man, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed her protection plea with 5k cost.A Division Bench of Justice Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Justice Dinesh Pathak observed that:"We fail to understand how such a petition be allowed permitting illegality in the society."Noting that a Married Woman is In...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Decides To Provide Weblink To Access Live Court Proceedings

The Madhya Pradesh High Court administration has decided that it will start providing the web links on its website so that the same could be accessed and court proceedings could be viewed which are currently being held via video conferencing mode.The Administration has informed about its decision on a writ plea filed by 4 Journalists [Nupur Thapliyal, Sparsh Upadhyay (Live Law), Areeb Uddin...

Amendment To Law Officer Appointment Rules Upheld By The Madras High Court

The Madras High Court yesterday disposed of a petition filed assailing the validity of an amendment that was made (in the year 2019) to the rules under the Law Officers of High Court of Madras and its Bench at Madurai (Appointment) Rules, 2017 which govern the appointment of government advocates. The Bench of Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice S. Ananthi upheld the validity...

Does Compassionate Allowance Have All Attributes Of Pension? Kerala High Court Answers

The High Court of Kerala while dismissing an appeal filed by a former CISF employee, held that compassionate allowance does not have all the characteristics of pension covered by Rules 35 to 40 of the Pension Rules, and observed that the authorities have absolute discretion in deciding the date from which payment of compassionate allowance has to be paid. V. Kesavan Nair approached...

'Can't Enter Into A Fishing Enquiry Based On Conjectures': Sikkim High Court Dismisses Plea Alleging Misappropriation Of Covid-19 Funds

The Sikkim High Court recently dismissed a PIL seeking enquiry into alleged misappropriation of funds under Covid-19 package provided to the State Government by the Centre. In the absence of any material evidence on record in support of the allegations, a Bench of Justices Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan observed, "We cannot enter into a fishing and roving enquiry...

Chardham Yatra Amid COVID: Uttarakhand High Court Seeks Details On Preparedness Of State Government, Issues Directions

While seeking a response from the State Government as to whether it has decided to open up the Char Dham Yatra, the Uttarakhand High Court has also asked the Government to inform the Court with regard to the different phases in which the Char Dham Yatra is to be opened.The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma perused the affidavit filed by the...

Compulsory Rural Service : Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On MBBS Graduates' Plea Against Govt Notification

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the State Government and other respondents on a batch of petitions filed challenging the notification dated June 8, issued by the government directing those undergraduates who have secured government seats and completed their MBBS exams in academic year 2021 to register online for the Compulsory Rural Service under provisions of...

Remdesivir Was Distributed From BJP Office To "Save Lives": Gujarat MLA To High Court

A BJP MLA has told the Gujarat High Court Remdesivir vials were made available to needy patients from the party office in Surat on grounds of "compassion and humanity" to "save a number of lives" as he defended himself against charges of hoarding and illegally distributing the antiviral drug at the height of the second wave of COVID-19 in April.The MLA, Harsh Sanghavi, told the HC on Tuesday...

National Law University-Delhi's AILET 2021 To Be Conducted On July 30, 2021 In Offline Mode

National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) has announced that its All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2021 will be conducted on July 30, 2021 [02:00 pm to 03:30 pm] in an offline mode. The last day for submission of applications for AILET 2021 is June 25, 2021. The application fee for the exam is Rs. 3,050 for general unreserved whereas SC/ST and PWD category will have to pay Rs. 1,050. Below...