Munger Firing Incident: Supreme Court Upholds Patna HC Order Granting 10L Compensation To Bereaved Family Pending Investigation

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an SLP filed by the Bihar Government, challenging Patna High Court's order for payment of Rs.10 Lakh compensation to the father of an 18 years old boy Anurag Poddar, who died in October last year in the Munger Maa Durga Pooja firing incident. The High Court had granted compensation to the bereaved family, pending investigation into the firing...

Delhi High Court Appoints Arvind Datar As Amicus Curiae In Plea Seeking Extension Of Due Dates For Compliances Under Income Tax Act, GST Act In Covid

The Delhi High Court has recently appointed Senior Advocate Arvind Datar as Amicus Curiae in the plea seeking extension of all the due dates of compliances specified under the Income Tax Act, GST Act, Employees Provident Fund Act, Employees' State Insurance Act and other allied labour laws owing to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.A division bench comprising of Justice Talwant Singh...

Inmate Tests Positive For COVID, Lost Eye Due To Black Fungus: Delhi High Court Grants Her Interim Bail

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to an inmate who tested COVID Positive while in the custody and had apparently lost her eye due to black fungus.The Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta ordered her release on interim bail till 12th July, 2021 on her furnishing a personal bond in the sum of ₹25,000/- with one surety bond of the like amount subject to the satisfaction of the...

Mere Delay In Production Of OBC-Non Creamy Layer Certificate Not A Ground To Reject Candidature: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court observed that candidature under OBC Category cannot be rejected merely on the ground of belated submission of the OBC-NCL certificate by the candidate.This will only lead to a situation where the rights and opportunities guaranteed to the candidate under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India will be flagrantly violated, the bench comprising Justice Alexander...

Plea Alleges Oxygen Tankers 'Robbed' By The State Officials: Allahabad High Court Seeks Uttar Pradesh Government's Response

The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued a notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh on a plea raising allegations against the officials of State Administration that they forcefully took away six liquid oxygen tankers of the petitioner. The Bench of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Saurabh Lavania was hearing the Writ Petition filed by one Sangeeta Jaiswal (owner of RK Oxygen) who...

Financial Constraints Or Pandemic Not Grounds For State Agencies To Sack Employees : Delhi High Court In Air India Pilots Case

"State or its Agencies under Article 12 of the Constitution cannot claim financial constraints or impact of the Pandemic as a ground for dispensing the services of its employees" observed the Delhi High Court in its judgment quashing Air India's decision terminating pilots by directing their reinstatement with back wages. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Jyoti Singh held...

How The Manufacturing Activities Of Sanitary Napkins, Diapers Being Regulated?: Madras High Court Asks Centre, State Govt

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) earlier this week sought response from the Centre and the State Governments as to how they are regulating the manufacturing activities of sanitary napkins and diapers.The Bench of Justice T. S. Sivagnanam Justice S. Ananthi was hearing a Public Interest Litigation petition seeking making and enforcement of rules regarding the disclosure of the ingredients...

BBP Bed Allotment Scam : Bengaluru Court Grants Bail To Two Accused; Says No Prima Facie Evidence Against Them

A sessions court in Bengaluru on Thursday granted bail to two accused arrested in the alleged scam related to allotment of hospital beds to COVID patients in Bangalore. Additional Sessions Judge B Venkatesha granted bail to D Rehan Shahed who was working in the Covid-19 war room as a Covid doctor and Shashikumar who was working as a data entry operator. The accused were arrested by...

Give Wide Publicity For Grievance Redressal Mechanism For Violation Of COVID Norms : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Friday suggested the State government to consider setting up a facility allowing citizens to lodge complaints about violation of social distancing norms, through whatsapp or Telegram channel. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "Along with memo the state government has produced a notification dated June 2,...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On Law Students' Plea Against Gujarat University 's Decision To Conduct Offline Exams

Gujarat High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging Gujarat University's decision to conduct offline examination to law students.The writ petition has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking to conduct online exams amidst the ongoing Covid-19 situation by Digvijay Bisht, Aman Pandey, Rushik Kapadia, Priyanshi Patel and Darshil Patel, a group of law students enrolled in the...

Zee Media Journalist Booked For Conducting 'Reality Check' On Inter-State E-Pass Registration: Himachal Pradesh High Court Stays Arrest

The petitioner filed the registration form on the portal for issuances of two e-passes for entering the state of Himachal Pradesh and the registration so made was in the names of two renowned personalities i.e. Amitabh Bachchan and Donald Trump.

'We Have Vaccines For Students Going Abroad, Not For Students Here': Medical Students Plead To Bombay High Court For Vaccination Before Exams, Orders Tomorrow

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) will pronounce its order on Saturday in a plea seeking online examination or vaccination for nearly 45,000 undergraduate medical students slated to appear for theory examination from June 10, 2021, physically. A single bench of Justice Avinash Gharote heard the PIL on Friday and reserved if for orders observing that there is a shortage of vaccines...