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Black Fungus Disease : What Is The Treatment Protocol?Bombay High Court Asks Centre, State Govt
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has enquired the Central Government and Maharashtra State Government about the treatment protocol to treat the 'Black Fungus Disease".During the hearing of the suo moto case taken to consider COVID issues, advocate M. Anilkumar for the intervenor sought directions citing shortage of the drug Amphotericin, used for treating the patients infected with...
Post Poll Violence In West Bengal- Calcutta HC Directs NHRC, NCW, Etc To Forward Affected Persons' Complaint To State DGP
Dealing with a clutch of Public Interest Litigation petition seeking urgent reliefs in relation to the State of West Bengal in view of the widespread violence and which erupted in the aftermath of the assembly elections, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (May 18) directed,"If any person has suffered on account of post-poll violence, he shall be at liberty to file a complaint along with...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Another Plea Challenging Vires Of GNCTD Act Enhancing Powers Of Delhi LG
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice in another plea challenging the vires of GNCTD Act, 2021 enhancing powers of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi as being unconstitutional.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to Union of India and Delhi LG which is returnable on June 4.The plea filed by Vishwanath Agarwal, a practicing Advocate...
Jammu & Kashmir's High Powered Committee Directs The Release Of Jail Inmates Other Than Those Involved in Militancy/Serious Crimes
The High Powered Committee constituted for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday (May 17) passed a slew of directions for the release of jail inmates except those involved in militancy-related cases and other serious crimes to decongest the prisons in the Union Territory of J&K. The Committed is headed by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Executive Chairman, J&K...
Breaking: Delhi Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case
A Delhi Court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea moved by wrestler Sushil Kumar accused of murder, attempt to commit culpable homicide in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Sagar Ratna at Chhatrasal Stadium.Additional Sessions Judge Jagdish Kumar pronounced the order after hearing Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra appearing on behalf of Satish Kumar and Additional...
Covid-19: All India Federation of Tax Practitioners Announces Financial Assistance Scheme For Needy Members
In view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the All India Federation of Tax Practitioners has rolled out a scheme to provide financial support to its needy members and/or their families. Noting that many of the members of the Federation have been hospitalized for treatment and many have also lost their lives due to Covid-19, the Federation has devised the 'AIFTP Financial Support to...
Karnataka High Court Urges State To Constitute SIT To Probe Child-Trafficking Cases In Bengaluru
Observing that there are serious cases of child trafficking in the Bengaluru, the Karnataka High Court recently directed the state government to consider whether it wants to constitute a special investigation team for probing cases of child trafficking. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "Now the State Government will have to come out...
'A Lawyer Is Behind Bars; Serious Matter' : Bombay High Court Raps Police Over Inconsistent Answers On Lawyer's Arrest
The Bombay High Court on Monday took serious note of the police's changing statements regarding a lawyer's alleged illegal arrest and false implication in a kidnapping and extortion case registered on his client's complaint last month. "Tell them we will not spare them if they play any mischief with the court," Justice SJ Kathawalla, heading the division bench, told Chief...
'Let Us Join Hands, Let Us Try It': Kerala High Court Judge Urges Advocates To Try E-Filing Rules On Experimental Basis
Prior to taking up cases listed before him today, Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar of the Kerala High Court appealed to the Bar to lay aside their apprehensions regarding the new E-filing Rules and adopt it on an experimental basis."We were all searching for something...Let us try it as a body and if it is working, it is ultimately going to benefit all of us. Right? That is the philosophy...
Kerala High Court Allows Physical Filing, KHCAA To Provide Physical Filing Assistance
Pursuant to a decision by the High Court Administrative Committee yesterday, the High Court Registry has started accepting physical files.This decision was referred to during an exchange between Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and lawyers during a VC sitting this morning where the matter of the new e-filing rules was discussed.To assist lawyers with physical filing during the lockdown, the...
'Put Your House In Order': Telangana High Court Seeks Strategy To Combat Third Wave Of COVID19; Appreciates Lockdown Implementation By Police
The Telangana High Court on Monday asked the State Government to put its house in order and ensure that the directions issued by the Court with respect to Covid-19 issues in the State are complied with scrupulously. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy has also sought an affidavit giving detailed strategy that State has chalked out for dealing...