Kerala Bar Council Urges High Court To Defer E-Filing Rules Implementation Till Lawyers Are Consulted

"patently arbitrary and hasty manner in which the e-filing rules was notified ... is blatantly whimsical, abrasive and prejudicial, affecting the interest of the entire lawyer community of more than 40,000 lawyers in Kerala."

Kerala High Court Bar Expresses Concerns About E-Filing Rules; KHCAA Resolves To Abstain From E-Filing

Following the Kerala High Court's decision to implement e-filing upon the Court's reopening on Monday, May 17, advocate organisations of the Kerala High Court have raised concerns about the processes set in place. In a letter, Kerala High Court Advocates' Association dated May 12, the Association President Advocate Thomas Abraham has recommended reverting to the email filing system...

"Mandatorily Install CCTV Cameras In ICU, ICCU":IA Filed In Suo Moto Covid Matter Before Gujarat High Court

A plea has been moved in the Gujarat High Court seeking directions on the State and hospital authorities to mandatorily Install CCTV cameras in ICU and ICCU of hospitals to ensure complete transparency between the hospital authorities and the patients.The intervention application filed by on Shalin Bipinbhai Doshi and moved by Advocate Dr. Avinash Poddar further seeks directions to...

Plea In P&H High Court Seeking Protection Of Frontline Health Care Workers & Ensuring Legal Immunity Against Civil/Criminal Prosecution

Stressing that there is a need to protect the medical practitioners from frivolous and unjust prosecution, a Public Interest Litigation petition has moved Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking legal immunity against Civil/Criminal Prosecution for Medical practitioner and final year medical students.The PIL has been moved by one Ambika Yadav through Advocate Vipul Sachdeva and it has...

Kerala High Court DB Sets Aside Single Bench Judgment Which Quashed Rules Regulating Other-State Lotteries

The Kerala High Court has set aside the judgment of a Single Judge Bench that quashed the rules brought by the Kerala government to regulate sale of other-state lotteries.The Judgment, pronounced today by a Division Bench of Justices SV Bhatti and Bechu Kurian Thomas, upheld the validity of the Rules."We are of the view that the except for rule 4(4) of the Amended Rules and to the...

COVID- Can Deadline For Opening FCRA Accounts By NGOs Getting Foreign Aid Be Extended?: Delhi High Court Asks Centre

The Delhi High Court last week asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider extending the deadline (April 1, 2021) for opening the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) account by NGOs who seek to receive foreign funds.The Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh was hearing two Petitioners (who are NGOs operating out of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh) who raised an issue related to the...

Rajasthan High Court Extends Limitation Period/ Interim Orders During Lockdown Period

In view of extension of lockdown in the State until the morning of May 24, the Rajasthan High Court has issued a Circular stating that all Courts in the state shall continue to function completely through virtual mode. The directions issued in this regard by the High Court on April 19 shall continue to apply during this period. The same may be read here. Further it...

YSR Congress Party MP Raghu Rama Krishna Raju Alleges Indiscriminate Beating By Police: AP High Court Constitutes Medical Board

Taking into account a Letter alleging indiscriminate beating of Kanumuri Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju, Member of Parliament, by CID police, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Sunday (May 16) constituted a Medical Board to examine him.The Division Bench of Justice C. Praveen Kumar and Justice Lalitha Kanneganti of the High Court constituted a Medical Board headed by...

Legal Journalists & Law Students Move Allahabad High Court Seeking Live Streaming/ Live Reporting Of Court Proceedings

A PIL has been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking permission for Live-streaming and Live-reporting of Court proceedings across the State of Uttar Pradesh, including the High Courts, Subordinate Courts and Tribunals."The fundamental right to Freedom of the Press, of the petitioners – as journalists/ mediapersons – is well-settled in the day to gain access to VC...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [May 10, 2021 To May 16, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Allahabad High Court Says Compensation Must Be At Least ₹ One Crore For Death Of Polling Officers Due To COVID During Election Duty [In- Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres…] A Division Bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar observed that the State must grant at least Rs. 1 crore as ex-gratia compensation to the families of polling...

IDIA Organizing Covid-19 Relief Efforts In West Bengal; Sets Up Isolation Centers, Boat Ambulances, Creates Database Of Resources

In view of the second wave of COVID-19 and a high number of cases being reported in West Bengal, IDIA is organizing relief efforts in the state with special focus on rural areas that have very little infrastructure and support. Isolation Centers in Villages of West Bengal IDIA will be setting up isolation centers in rural areas for people with mild symptoms of COVID-19....

Second Covid Wave: Delhi Government Extends Lockdown Till May 24, Strict Action Against Defaulting Persons

In view of the covid 19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi Government has today extended the lockdown by another week which shall remain into operation till 5 AM on May 24.The Order issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority issued in this regard reads thus:"In exercise of powers conferred under section 22 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the undersigned, in his capacity...