"Present Projection Of Production, Supply May Fall Short Of Requirement To Treat Black Fungus Not Only In Delhi But In All States": Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought Centre's response by way of filing a status report indicating the steps taken by it to facilitate the production of Amphotericin B drug used to treat Black Fungus and also on the aspect of allocation of the aforesaid drug to the Delhi Government.Perusing the status report filed by the Centre today in view of the Court's earlier order, a division...

Justice Alok Kumar Verma Of Uttarakhand High Court Made Permanent; Advocate Vikas Bahl Made Additional Judge Of P&H High Court

The Central Government on Monday (May 24) notified the appointment of Justice Alok Kumar Verma of the Uttarakhand High Court as Permanent Judge.The Notification of the Central Government in this regard reads,"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Sri Justice Alok Kumar Verma, Additional Judge of...

Madras High Court Suggests Cap On Private Hospital Rates For COVID Treatment

The Madras High Court sugegested bringing in a cap on treatment rates charged by private hospitals in the state of Tamil Nadu. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee proposed the measure today in the course of dealing with a petition seeking free Covid treatment at all private nursing homes, polyclinics and hospitals in the State of Tamil Nadu, which was heard by a bench comprising of himself and...

'Not Good For States To Rival Each Other In Race For Vaccines' : Madras HC Suggests Vaccine Allocation By Centre

Expressing concerns about the tendency of states to be rivals against each other in the "race to obtain vaccines", the Madras High Court on Monday suggested that the Centre should allocate the vaccines.Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, speaking on behalf of a Bench comprising himself and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy orally expressed the view that various states were facing problems...

Delhi High Court Restrains WhatsApp & Telegram From 'Illegally Circulating' Copies Of Times Of India, Navbharat Times E-Newspapers

In an interim order passed last week, the Delhi High Court has restrained social networking platforms WhatsApp and Telegram and certain other individuals from allegedly illegally circulating e-papers of Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (Times of India and sister publication Navbharat Times) on their respective platforms. Noting that Plaintiff had made out a prima facie case, the Bench...

Reserve Posts For Visually Impaired In Civil Judges' Posts : Plea In Karnataka High Court

A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj of Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice returnable on June 28, on a petition filed by the National Federation of the Blind. The petition challenges the notification issued by the Registrar General and Secretary Civil Judges Recruitment Committee dated 26.3.2021 by which there are no posts reserved...

Estimates 400 Patients To Be Affected With Mucormycosis(Black Fungus) Every Week, Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The Karnataka Government has requested the Government of India for an allocation of 20,000 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin B, which is used for the treatment of black fungal infection, estimating that more than 400 patients will be affected with black fungal infection, every week. In its written submission filed before the Karnataka High Court the state government has said "The...

Can Court Grant Protection To Two Persons Living Together Without Examining Their Marital Status?: P&H High Court Refers Matter To Larger Bench

In a significant move, the Punjab & Haryana High Court last week referred to a larger bench, the question as to whether the Court is required to grant protection to two persons living together, without examining their marital status and the other circumstances of that case? The Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal also added, If the answer to the above is in the negative, what are...

Working Mechanism Proposed For Assessing Threat Perception & Offering Protection To Runaway Couples In 72 Hours: Punjab Govt Tells High Court

The Government of Punjab has informed the High Court that it has proposed a mechanism for affording protection to runaway couples, within 72 hours of receiving their complaints. "A working mechanism is proposed whereby within 24 hours of receiving of the grievances, the same would be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner who with the help of the Committee or the SSP concerned...

President Appoints Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra As Acting Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh High Court From June 1

The Centre has appointed Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, senior-most Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, as the Acting Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from June 1, 2021. The notification dated May 24 has been issued pursuant to upcoming retirement of Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon on May 31. Justice Mishra enrolled as an Advocate on September 4, 1987 and practiced...

"Now You Have Excess Money From RBI? Why Don't You Give Vaccine Free, At Least For Poor?" Kerala High Court Suggests To Centre

Referring an Indian Express news report, the Kerala High Court pointed out that the Centre could use the excess dividend of Rs.99,000 crore received from the Reserve Bank of India to procure vaccines. Justice K Vinod Chandran made this suggestion when a bench comprising himself and Justice MR Anitha Court took two petitions challenging the Centre's Liberalised Pricing and...

Black Marketing Of Oxygen In Ghaziabad Amid Covid-19: Allahabad High Court Seeks Inquiry Report, Personal Affidavit Of District Magistrate

The Allahabad High Court has sought report on the alleged black marketing of Oxygen in UP's Ghaziabad district, resulting into the deaths of scores of Covid-19 patients.A Bench of Justices Sunita Agarwal and Sadhna Rani (Thakur) has directed the District Magistrate, Ghaziabad to file his personal affidavit in the matter, along with a report of an inquiry conducted by an independent IAS...