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Senior Advocate R. Shanmugasundaram Appointed As The Next Advocate General For Tamil Nadu
The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Senior counsel R. Shunmugasundaram as the new Advocate General for the state of Tamil Nadu. This comes days after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party led by M. K. Stalin formed a new government in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu state assembly elections.The Governor of #TamilNadu appoints Senior counsel R. Shunmugasundaram...
PIL In Delhi HC Seeks Direction To Safeguard Interest, Provide Interim Custody Of Children Orphaned Due To COVID
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking direction to Union of India, Government of NCT Delhi to safeguard the interest of the children who have lost their parents to Covic-19 and who do not have anyone else to take care of them and face the risk of being trafficked. The petition, moved by Jitender Gupta, practicing lawyer...
Will Arbitral Award-Holder's Claim Be Extinguished On Approval Of Award-Debtor's Resolution Plan Under IBC? Yes, Rules Calcutta High Court
On Friday, the Calcutta High Court settled an important question of arbitration law, viz., whether an arbitral award-holder's claim would stand extinguished upon the approval of a Resolution Plan for the award-debtor's revival, when it was not pressed during the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). Relying on Supreme Court rulings from 2020, Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya...
India Pioneer In Vaccine Production, Why Only Private Companies Manufacturing it?: Madras High Court Bats For Revival Of Govt. Owned Vaccine Institutes
Our anguish is that when the Government itself is having the vaccines manufacturing institutes, such institutes [dying public sector undertakings] may be revived and they may be put into effective use, so that the Government may be in a position to cover all the citizens, besides will not be in a position to bargain with the private institutes at this difficult time: Madras High Court
Can Parties In Cases Of Personal Nature Seek Masking Of Thier Identities In Records To Protect Privacy? Kerala High Court Refers To Division Bench
Recently, a Single Bench of the Kerala High Court referred to larger bench the question whether parties in a proceeding that did not involve public interest could seek the masking of their names. After referring the law on privacy and the right to be forgotten, Justice Anil K Narendran observed that the public did not have a fundamental or legal right to intrude into the personal life...
Covid-19: Consider Enhancing Supply Of Medical Oxygen & Remdesivir To Rajasthan: High Court Tells Centre
The Rajasthan High Court on Friday urged the High Power Committee, constituted by the Central Government to deal with the supply of Oxygen and essential medicines to all States during the pandemic, to allot more Oxygen and Remdesivir injections to Rajasthan. The direction was made by a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur upon...
Jharkhand HC Issues Directions For The Release Of Oxygen Cylinders Lying In Judicial Custody To Facilitate Treatment Of COVID Affected Persons
In an urgent hearing conducted on Saturday (May 8), the Jharkhand High Court issued an order for utilization of Oxygen cylinders which are lying in judicial custody in different districts in connection with various cases for the purpose of treating COVID-affected persons. The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad conducted the urgent hearing in view of...
Dying Declaration Can Be Sole Basis For Conviction Only When Court Is Satisfied That It Is True And Voluntary, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a Court must be satisfied that the dying declaration is true and voluntary, and only then could it be the sole basis for conviction without corroboration.In this case, the Karnataka High Court reversed the acquittal recorded by the Trial Court and convicted the accused in a murder case. To convict them, the High Court relied on the dying declaration made by...
Kerala High Court Notifies E-Filing Rules
The Kerala High Court has notified its Electronic Filing Rules For Courts (Kerala), 2021 (Rules) for Courts across the state. The new rules prescribe e-filing for all cases in courts in Kerala. A person who is unable to access the e-filing portal is required to visit a 'designated counter', paying required fees. Files having a size greater than 10 MB will have to be filed at a...
Lawyers Be Given Essential Access To Courts, Offices During Lockdown: Tamil Nadu Bar Council Writes To State Government
In a letter sent to the State government, the Chairman of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, P. S. Amalraj today urged the Chief Secretary of Government of Tamil Nadu to issue directions to the police officers to allows the Lawyers to have access to courts and their offices during the recently announced lockdown. It may be noted that vide order dated May 8, 2021, the...