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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...
No Patient To Be Refused Services, COVID Positive Report Not Needed For Hospitalisation: Centre Revises National Policy For Hospital Admissions
Days after the Supreme Court directed the Central Government to frame a uniform national policy on hospital admissions, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today revised the National Policy For Admission of COVID Patients to various categories of COVID facilities. The Health Ministry has called this move a 'patient-centric measure', which aims to ensure a prompt, effective,...
Witnesses' Evidence Cannot Be Discarded As A Whole Merely Because There Are Exaggerations, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that evidence given by a witness can not be discarded as a whole on the ground that it is exaggerated."To make a mountain out of a molehill, the molehill shall have to exist primarily. A Court of law, being mindful of such distinction is duty bound to disseminate 'truth' from 'falsehood' and sift the grain from the chaff in case of exaggerations", the bench...
COVID- 'There Should Not Be Any Effort To Protect Influential Persons': Jharkhand High Court Warns Agency Investigating Black Marketing Of Life Saving Drugs
The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday warned the concerned officers, entrusted with curbing black marketing of medicines during Covid-19, from protecting any influential person involved in such illegal activities. Noting that investigation in this regard is not being conducted in the direction, a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan...
Plea Seeking Setting Up COVID Vaccination Centres In RWA Offices: Delhi High Court Asks Govt To Consider Representation
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre and the Delhi Government to consider as representation the plea seeking setting up vaccination centres in RWA Offices, Residential Societies and NGO Compounds to ensure minimum exposure to covid for people going for vaccinations.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh asked the authorities to take a...