HOD, Director Of Hospital Ought To Know Nature Of Sickness And Treatment Of Patient: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that in the medical field, Head of Department and the Director of a medical institution ought to know the nature of sickness and treatment of the patient keeping in view the welfare of the patient.The observation came from a division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh while dealing with a letter patent appeal filed by one Mehraz...

Karnataka State Bar Council Sanctions Aid To Advocates Who Test COVID Positive

The Karnataka State Bar Council has decided to sanction a sum of Rs. 10,000 to Advocates who are tested positive for COVID 19 and who are in home quarantine and a sum of Rs 25,000 to those Advocates who are infected by COVID 19 and are hospitalized. As per a press noted issued by the Bar council states that "In order to mitigate the sufferings of the infected Advocates, the Bar Council...

'Forced To Prescribe NCERT & CISCE Approved Textbooks': Punjab And Haryana High Court Issues Notice On CBSE Affiliated Schools' Petition

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government over an application filed by the CBSE Affiliated Schools Association, submitted that they (along with other private unaided schools) are being forced to prescribe only NCERT and CISCE approved textbooks under the threat of withdrawal of recognition/NOC.Calling this decision 'totally illegal and high-handed', the...

COVID-"Hospitals Taking Advantage Of Pandemic & Collecting Exorbitant Charges": Madras High Court Seeks Centre, State Govt's Response

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Thursday (May 6) sought response from the Centre and the State in a plea seeking strict implementation of the government order which mandates allocation of a minimum of 50% of the total bed strength in private hospitals for COVID patients. A Division Bench of Justice M.S. Ramesh and Justice B. Pugalendhi observed, "Exorbitant charges have...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [May 3, 2021 To May 9, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Non-Supply Of Oxygen Criminal Act, Not Less Than Genocide : Allahabad High Court Orders Enquiry Into COVID Deaths [In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres…] In a strongly worded order concerning death of Covid-19 patients due to shortage of Oxygen supply, a Division bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar stated...

Specify Procedure To Repatriate/Deport Foreigners Who Don't Have Evidence Regarding Nationality: Delhi High Court Asks Centre

While dealing with the case of three people who claimed to be Bangladeshi citizens though they could not produce any documentary proof of the same, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 5) asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to place on record the procedure for repatriation, adopted in respect of such foreign nationals, who do not have any documents. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh...

'Cannot Find Favour When Free Speech Is Celebrated' - Kerala High Court Quashes 'Censure' against KSEB Cashier For WhatsApp Text Against CM

In a judgment from March 26, the Kerala High Court quashed an order of censure against a cashier working with the Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd. (KSEB), who had allegedly disseminated 'defamatory' content against the Government of Kerala and its Chief Minister in a private WhatsApp group. Setting-aside the order of censure, a Single Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran...

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

No Proper Response To The Queries By Court: Patna High Court Warns Contempt Action Against Union Home Ministry Officials

" It is also made clear that the Court may initiate a contempt proceeding against those who would be found in not cooperating the court proceeding."