Policy On Ration For Poor: Delhi High Court Seeks Expeditious Finalizing Of Policy By Delhi Govt

Hearing a plea seeking general and specific directions for the providing of ration through the lockdown to poor families not having Ration Cards, the Delhi High Court today remarked that it hopes the Delhi government would expeditiously finalise its policy for providing ration to poor people.The court has issued notice and sought reply of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Delhi...

Did Chief Minister's Son Travel To Mysore District For Temple Puja During Lockdown? Karnataka High Court Asks State

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to respond to the alleged incident of the son of the Chief Minister of Karnataka, BY Vijendra and his family members, visiting the district of Mysore from another district and conducting pooja in the Nanjundeshwara temple on May 18. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the...

"Steps Taken By GNCTD, Municipal Corporations Have Taken A Back Seat": Delhi HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Mosquito Infestation, Rise Of Vector Borne Diseases Amid Covid

The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo moto cognizance of the issue of mosquito infestation and the rise of vector borne diseases amid covid 19 pandemic after observing that the steps taken by the Delhi Government and Municipal Corporations of Delhi have taken a "back seat" in tackling the spread of Dengue and Chikungunya viruses. A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and...

No E-Pass Mandatory For Advocates For Movement In Delhi On Production Of Valid I-Cards

A single judge bench of the Delhi High Court today directed that "no authority shall stop any advocate in the NCT of Delhi" from movement during the curfew period without an e-pass, "if he/she produces a valid identity card" proving that he/she is an advocate.Directing thus, the court disposed of a petition which was praying for the Delhi Police to comply with the Delhi Disaster...

Five Additional Judges Of Kerala High Court Made Permanent

The Central Government has notified the appointment of 5 Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court as permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: Justice Conrad Stansilaus DiasJustice Pulleri Vadhyarillath KunhikrishnanJustice Thirumuppath Raghavan RaviJustice Bechu Kurian Thomas Justice Gopinath Puzhankara Justice CS Dias was enrolled as an Advocate in 1993 and...

Instead Of Independently Formulating Substantial Question Of Law Arising In Appeal, Judges Often Copy Down Grounds From Pleadings: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has criticized the practice of Judges copying the issues/ questions of law involved in a case from the pleadings itself, instead of undertaking the exercise on its own. A Single Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan observed that this often leads to absurdity because if the counsel's formulation of questions of law is flawed and defective, the Court record also carries...

COVID Affected Dead Bodies Found At The Shore Of River Ganges: PIL Filed In Patna High Court Seeks SIT Probe

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has filed before the Patna High Court seeking immediate constitution a Special Investigating Team to investigate and submit its report to the High Court on the issue of the dead bodies found at the shore of river Ganges in Buxar district of the state. The Petition has been filed by Anupam Prabhat Shrivastava and Sudeep Chandra through...

"Ensure That Buildings Of Rajasthan Bar Council Shall Be Made Operational As Covid Care Centre At The Earliest For Advocates, Family Members": Rajasthan HC Directs State

The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jaipur, last week directed the State Government to ensure that the Rajasthan Bar Council buildings at both the benches shall be made operational at the earliest as covid care centre so that the advocates and their family members having initial symptoms may be treated or isolated. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice...

Three Months Window For Social Media Platforms To Comply With New IT Intermediary Rules Expires Today

The three-month window that the Central Government provided to social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to comply with the new social media rules, ends today. The Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 were notified by the Centre on February 25, 2021, to inter alia regulate the social media intermediaries by...

Right To Be Forgotten- Delhi High Court Directs Google, Indian Kanoon To Remove/Block Judgment Of American Citizen Acquitted In NDPS Case

In a case involving the question of Right to Privacy of a person and Right to Information of public and maintenance of transparency in judicial records, the Delhi High Court recently granted interim protection to an American Citizen of Indian origin by directing Indian Kanoon to block the judgement of his acquittal under NDPS Act from being accessed by using search engines such as...

Vacation Judge Can Grant Bail, Pass 'Interim Orders' Regarding Stay, Injunction But Can't Dispose Of Cases On Merits: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court on Monday (May 24) ruled that a vacation judge cannot decide and dispose of a case, other than bail applications, on merits. Observing thus, the Bench of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh said, "A vacation judge may grant bail in criminal matters and pass 'interim orders' only regarding stay, injunction and other reliefs in such other matters, civil or under...

Kerala High Court Stays Lakshadweep Order Directing Assistant Public Prosecutor To Do Legal Work At Secretariat

"...scheduled trials...had to be postponed as the officials under the Lakshadweep Administration had required the Assistant Public Prosecutor, Amini to be present at Kavaratti for doing their legal works..."