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"Who Will Get Vaccinated When There Is No Vaccine?" Delhi High Court Questions 'Irritating' Caller Tune For Vaccination
Questioning the caller tune used for awareness of covid Vaccination drive, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre who will get vaccinated where there is not enough vaccines. Stating that there should be some sense of emergency, the Court also asked the Union of India and the GNCTD to ensure steps regarding dissemination of information of covid 19 management."You have been playing...
Bombay High Court Allows Termination Of 23-Week Pregnancy For 16 Year Old Sexual Assault Survivor
On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court allowed a 16-year-old survivor of sexual assault to terminate her 23-week-old pregnancy. A Vacation Bench of Justices KK Tated and Abhay Ahuja allowed the petition moved by the father of the child. The Bench remarks in its Order, "…there is no doubt that continuance of this pregnancy is causing a grave injury to the mental health of...
Man Fails To Obtain Passport Due To FIR For Not Wearing Face-Mask During COVID: Madras High Court Directs Issuance Of The Same Within 4 Weeks
The Madras High Court recently granted relief to a man who failed to obtain a passport due to an FIR, which was registered against him for allegedly not wearing a face mask, when he was driving his two-wheeler during the Pandemic condition.The Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh directed passport authorities to process the application submitted by him, if he satisfies all the...
Declare Strike/Self Isolation Called By 'Contractual Health Employees Federation' As Illegal During Pandemic: Bihar Govt Moves Patna HC
Filing an Interlocutory application before the Patna High Court in a clutch of petitions concerning the COVID situation in the State, the state of Bihar on Thursday (May 13) sought the declaration of the strike/self-isolation called by the "Bihar State Contractual Health Employees Federation" as illegal during the pandemic period. Before a division bench comprising of Chief...
COVID-19- "This Is A War Like Situation, Additional Stretchers Should Be Procured For All Those Who Need Treatment": Madras High Court
Underlining that this is a war-like situation where treatment has to be afforded to all who need the same, the Madras High Court on Tuesday (May 13) directed that additional stretchers by government hospitals be procured to house patients in corridors and other places available. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy today again took up...
P&H High Court Reviews COVID Situation In Haryana, Punjab & Chandigarh UT
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday asked the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh alongwith representative of Central Govt. regarding various issues arising due to Covid 19 pandemic.Beside other things relevant health issues like shortage of ventilators in Govt Hospital Chandigarh, wastage of vials of vaccine, over burdened ambulance facilities shortage of medical...
'District Judiciary Should Restrain From Passing Orders That May Bring Disrepute': Allahabad High Court Stays FIR Against CMO Running Covid Vaccination Service
The Allahabad High Court has stayed an FIR lodged against a Chief Medical Officer, who is running vaccination services, at the instance of a Judicial Officer, for allegedly issuing a false medical certificate. A Division Bench of Justices Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajit Singh has urged all the judges of the District Courts throughout the State of to be "more careful" and...
Why COVID Facilities Offered By Railways, Air Force Not Used?Karnataka High Court Asks State, BBMP
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to give an explanation as to why it did not take over Covid facility for the benefit of the general public offered by the Railways and Indian Air Force. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said "Failure stares at the face when there are...
'At Least Fill Up Vacancies' : Bombay High Court Pulls Up State Govt Over Dearth Of Medical Staff In Prisons Amid COVID19
Hearing a suo motu PIL on the surge of Covid-19 cases among prison inmates and staff, the Bombay High Court, on Wednesday, pulled up the State officials on the shortage of medical and paramedical staff inside prisons. There are over 30,000 prisoners across 47 prisons in the State of Maharashtra, despite which one-third of the sanctioned posts for medical officers were lying...
State Should Compensate Families Of COVID Patients Who Died Of Oxygen Shortage, Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday put the state government to notice that on the next date it would consider the issue of granting compensation to the family members of the 24 people who died at a Covid hospital in Chamarajanagar due to shortage of supply of Oxygen. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said: "The State government will have to take...
Karnataka HC Staff Dies Of COVID Without Getting RT-PCR Result; High Court Directs Action Against Lab
A staff member of the Karnataka High Court died awaiting results of the RT-PCR test results, following which the Karnataka High Court on Thursday reiterated that the state government should direct and ensure that all laboratories make available test results within 24-hours.The Court has directed the State Government to initiate action against the concerned lab for not acting as per the...