Govt. Will 'Sympathetically Consider' Giving COVID Cash Relief To Transgender Persons Not Holding Ration Cards: State To Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu State Government last week submitted before the Madras High Court that it will 'sympathetically consider' an extension of COVID-19 cash relief of Rs.4000/- to transgender persons in Tamil Nadu who do not possess Ration Cards.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by a...

Forging RTPCR Test Reports: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Lab-Owner Citing Covid Surge

On Friday, the Kerala High Court was faced with the anticipatory bail application by the owner of one Arma Lab and Health that allegedly forged RT-PCR Covid Reports to patients. Allowing bail to the applicant citing the Covid situation, Justice Ashok Menon however noted that the material collected by the investigating officer indicated the complicity of the applicant. "The...

'Institutions Can't Be Permitted To Indulge In Profiteering': Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds GO Directing Private Schools In Chandigarh To Publish Balance Sheets On Their Websites

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld an April 2018 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, requiring private unaided educational institutions in Chandigarh to inter alia publish their balance sheets/ income and expenditure account on their websites. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Jaswant Singh and Sant Parkash has held, "if the financial statement of the...

Not For Court To Render Advice/Directions To Govt. About Line Of Treatment For COVID: Delhi HC Dismisses Plea With 25K Cost

The Delhi High Court this week dismissed a Writ Plea terming it as 'Publicity Interest Litigation' while observing that It is not for the Court to render advice much less issue directions to the Government on the line of treatment that is required to be followed for COVID.The Bench of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a plea that sought modification of the...

Suspended Judicial Officer Who Allegedly Favoured An Accused, Used His Vehicles Reinstated By Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has reinstated the then Civil Judge (Sr. Div.), Almora, Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, who was placed under suspension for allegedly using private vehicles belonging to an accused Chandra Mohan Sethi, for travelling purposes.On February 22, the Uttarakhand High Court had suspended him and had attached him with the District Judgeship's headquarter Dehradun. Now,...

Breaking: Delhi Court Remands Olympic Wrestler Sushil Kumar To 4 Days Police Custody In Murder Case

A Delhi court on Saturday remanded to further four days police custody Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar and his associate Ajay Kumar arrested in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar.Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Mayank Goel pronounced the order after hearing Delhi Police's Plea seeking 7 days police custody remand of both...

Transgender Person Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Insistence On Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport

A Plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court challenging Passport Rules, 1980 to the extent that it makes it mandatory for a Transgender to obtain a sex change certificate so that one could be re-issued a passport recognizing one as a "Female". The plea has been moved by one Lasya Kahli Singh through advocates Siddharth Seem and Oindrila Sen, and it goes on to...

Breaking: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Businessman Navneet Kalra In Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Businessman Navneet Kalra arrested in connection with Oxygen Concentrators Hoarding case.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg pronounced the order after hearing Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa and Advocate Vineet Malhotra appearing for Navneet Kalra and APP Atul Shrivastava appearing for the Prosecution.Court has granted bail to Kalra subject...

Provide Complete Medical Reports Of Asaram Bapu To His Son's Counsel In 2 Days: Rajasthan High Court Orders

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the concerned prison authorities to provide complete medical records of self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu, life convict in a sexual assault case, to his so Narayan Sai within two days. A Single Bench of Justice Arun Bhansali ordered thus on a writ petition filed by Sai seeking permission to administer Ayurveda treatment to his father. His...

Law Students Write To Bar Council Of India For Cancellation Of End-Term Exams; Evaluation By Alternate Methods Amid Covid-19

Law students from across the country have made a representation to the Bar Council of India seeking relaxation of "academic pressure" by cancelling their end-term assessments in view of second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The students state that considering the current disasters of India's health infrastructure and the scarcity of all resources, even compulsory online examinations...

"COVID's Bengal Strain Most Infectious": Plea Filed Before Calcutta HC Seeks Adequate Supply Of Medical Oxygen, Drugs & Proper Medical Health Facilities

A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking directions towards ensuring adequate supply of medical oxygen in the hospitals and medical health facilities in the State of West Bengal. The Plea filed by one Joveria Sabbah further seeks the redressal of the shortfall in the supply of the drugs used in the treatment of COVID patients such as Remdesivir, and other...

Draft Lakshadweep Regulations : Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Extension Of Deadline For Objections

"“The respondent has resorted to the publication of…notices in a namesake manner without giving it the much needed attention and publicity whereby the respondents have tried to impose upon the people of Lakshadweep, certain regulations which is highly detrimental to their interests.."