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"Organize Blood Donation Camps Adhering To Covid Norms, Furnish Information On E- Raktkosh Portal": MP HC Directs State Authorities
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Authorities including Director of Health Services, Director of Blood Banks and Additional Director of Health Services to organize blood donation camps district wise by adhering to covid protocols and also to furnish information of such camps in the E- RaktkoshPortal or any other media platform. A division bench comprising of Chief...
Representative Suit - Process Under Order 1 Rule 8 CPC Not Mandatory At Appellate Stage : Kerala High Court
Answering a reference against a division bench judgment, a 3-judge bench of the Kerala High Court has held that the publication of notice under Order 1 Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure is not mandatory at the appellate stage of a representative suit.A 3-judge bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar, V Shircy and K Haripal declared that the division bench judgment in Radha K.S. v....
Why Amphotericin Vials Allocated For Treatment Of Black Fungus Not Dispatched? Telangana High Court Pulls Up Centre
The Telangana High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Central Government for its laid-back attitude in the distribution of Amphotericin B medicine, crucial for treatment of Black Fungus infection. "Not a single vial of the allocated injection has been received by the State of Telangana from May 26 onwards," Chief Justice Hima Kohli noted. The remarks were made in perusal of...
Plea Seeking Ex Gratia Amount To All Domestic Helps, Free Ration Without Any ID: Delhi High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the Delhi Government in plea seeking ex gratia amount of Rs. 10, 000 to all persons working as domestic helps in the national capital. A single bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli issued notice in the plea filed by five women working as domestic helps in Delhi seeking directions from the respondent authorities in the interest of 471...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Modification In Policy On Calculation Of Marks For Class X Board Examination
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea seeking modification of policy for tabulation of marks for class Xth board exams 2021 based on internal assessment conducted by the school dated 1st May 2021.The petition moved by NGO Justice For All and moved through Advocates Khagesh B Jha and Shikha Sharma Bagga also seeks directions to all the schools affiliated by CBSE to publish...
Renault-Nissan Plant Workmen Argue Employer Can't Avail Lockdown Exemption Without Maintaining Covid Protocol: Madras High Court Orders Inspection
The Madras High Court ordered inspection of automobile giant, Renault-Nissan's manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur after its workers went on a strike alleging that the company has not attended to Covid-appropriate protocol. "The employer cannot avail of the exemption to the lockdown without complying with the attendant conditions of maintaining Covid protocol, particularly...
Karnataka HC Rejects NLSIU's Challenge To UGC Regulation Which Restricts Territorial Jurisdiction Of Universities
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a public notice and regulations issued by University Grants Commission by which it restricts the physical jurisdiction of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), in the matter of distance education to within the State of Karnataka. The University has established examination centres at New Delhi, Kolkata and Pune. NLSIU...
'Sufficient Precautionary Measures Taken' : Kerala High Court Upholds Lakshadweep SOP With Relaxed Covid Guidelines
The Kerala High Court has dismissed a writ appeal and a public interest litigation petition that questioned a Standard Operating Procedure by the Lakshadweep Administration that substituted the earlier mandatory institutional and home quarantine of all the persons travelling to the island, with just a negative test report of RT-PCR obtained 48 hours before travel. The two matters were...
'People Have Gone Into Debt To Secure Best Treatment For Covid-19': Madras High Court Urges Govt To Devise Policy To Address Financial Difficulties Of People
The Madras High Court on Monday urged the Tamil Nadu Government to attend to the financial needs of its citizens, who have "gone beyond means" to ensure the best treatment for their family members infected with the Covid-19 infection. "There is no doubt that every family would have gone beyond its means to ensure the best treatment for its members; but these families would have...
'Not Everyone Is Privileged': Gauhati High Court Directs State To Verify Sufficiency Of Rooms Before Recommending Home Isolation For Covid-19 Patients
Taking into account the economic status of its population, the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has observed that only few privileged people who belong to higher economic strata may have the facilities for isolation in their own homes. It has therefore directed the Nagaland Government to make sure that the patients of Covid-19, who are recommended to isolate at home, have...
"16-Yr-Old Muslim Girl's Second Marriage Void, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act Applicable": P&H HC Directs To Lodge Her In Nari Niketan
Hearing a protection plea filed by a Couple who allegedly got married against the wishes of their respective parents, the Punjab & Haryana High Court observed that:"(Since the girl is a minor and so) the prohibition contained in Section 12 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 would be attracted as also the fact that a second marriage of a Muslim girl is void."The Bench of...
Status Of Internally Displaced Persons, Responsibility Of Centre, State Govt: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response On Larger Issues
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre as well as the State Government on the larger issues concerning the status of internally displaced persons and the responsibility of the Central and the State Government towards such persons.The development came while the division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak was dealing with...