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Covid Bed Facility In Indira Gandhi Hospital: Delhi High Court Directs Monitoring Of Project On Weekly Basis, Disciplinary Action For Lapse
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Principal Secretary of Health of the Delhi Government to personally monitor the progress of the project of making 250 covid bed Facility on Indira Gandhi Hospital on a weekly basis.A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed the aforesaid official to state reasons in the event of breach and the...
Can't Subject A Citizen Not Wearing Mask/Following Lockdown Norms To Corporal Punishment: MP High Court Orders Action Against Policemen
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (May 27) reiterated its earlier direction that no citizen who is found not wearing mask or not following social distancing norms or not following lockdown conditions should be subjected to corporal punishment or beating. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Atul Sreedharan observed thus while directing the Superintendent of...
Plea Filed In Delhi High Court Against Twitter For Non-Compliance With IT Rules, 2021
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court against the non-compliance by Twitter India and Twitter Inc with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).Filed by one Amit Acharya, a practicing advocate in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India, and a user of the platform, the petition states that Twitter is...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt Response On Plea For Priority Covid-19 Vaccination To 12-17 Year Olds
A division bench of the Delhi High Court today issued notice and sought responses of the Delhi government and the Centre on a plea by a 12 year old seeking directions to immediately vaccinate children between the ages of 12-17 years in Delhi as well as to prioritize vaccination amongst parents having children up to 17 years of age.The plea moved by Tia Gupta (12 year old) and her mother...
'Not Urgent' : Delhi High Court Adjourns Media Houses' Pleas Challenging IT Rules 2021 Till August
The Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the petitions filed by digital mediahouses 'The Quint' and The Wire' challenging the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, to August 4 on grounds of non-urgency.Counsel for one of the individual petitioners in the batch...
Undue Delay In Investigation Infringes Right To Fair & Expeditious Trial Under Article 21: Punjab & Haryana High Court Observes In MP/MLA Criminal Case
"Undue delay in concluding an investigation is infringement to right to fair and expeditious investigation and trial which flows from Article 21 of the Constitution," the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed. The remarks have been made by a Division Bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh in the suo moto case for expeditious disposal of criminal cases against legislators...
COVID Deaths At Jaipur Golden Hospital: Families Move Delhi High Court Seeking SIT Investigation, Compensation
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court by family of 9 victims seeking a Court monitored CBI SIT Investigation into the deaths that took place in Jaipur Golden Hospital on 23rd and 24th April, seizure of important records and CCTV footage and also compensation to such families.Moved through Advocate Utsav Bains, the plea also prays for providing monthly sustenance allowance to the...
Decide Minimum Quantity Of Oxygen Buffer Needed For Each District, Karnataka HC Directs State
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the State Government to take a decision to fix the minimum quantity of Oxygen to be maintained as buffer stock in each district to avoid any emergency that may arise. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said "State Government will have to take a decision on fixing the minimum quantity of buffer...
Uniform RTPCR, RAT Rates; ICU Control Rooms; Guidelines On Mucormycosis: Punjab and Haryana High Court Issues Directions
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued slew of directions on the aspects concerning uniformity in rates of RAT and RTPCR in States including Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh, ICU Control Rooms, over charging of private hospitals and the need for States to examine Centre's guidelines for screening and diagnosis of Mucormycosis or black fungus.A division bench comprising...
Public Continues To 'Foolishly Ignore' Covid19 Protocols: Manipur High Court Seeks 'Long Term Plans' To Curb Pandemic
The Manipur High Court on Thursday directed the State Government to indicate the steps taken by it to put in place a "long-term plan" for meeting future challenges during the Covid19 pandemic. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Kh Nobin Singh remarked that unless the State administration is in a state of preparedness, it would be difficult to cope with the...