IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla Moves Bombay High Court Against FIR For Alleged Phone Tapping

Senior Maharashtra IPS officer Rashmi Shukla has approached the Bombay High Court in a criminal writ petition seeking protection against any coercive action in Mumbai Police's FIR connected to the leaking of sensitive documents related to police postings. Shukla, currently posted in Hyderabad as ADG CRPF, sought an urgent hearing of her plea. She is one of the senior-most IPS...

Delhi High Court Allows Delhi Bar Council's Plea For Setting Up Covid Facilities For Lawyers, Families

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Bar Council of Delhi seeking setting up of covid facilities for registered lawyers and their family members. The High Court directed Rockland Hospital, New Delhi to hand over its keys to the counsel appearing for the petitioner for the purpose of examination, sanitization, cleaning and making the aforesaid...

'If Procedure To Do Good Is Illegal, It Doesn't Make Purpose Good' : Bombay High Court To BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil On Remdesivir Procurement

On Monday, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) remarked that BJP MP from Ahmednagar Dr Sujay Vikhe Patil needs to introspect while referring to his social media videos glorifying his efforts to procure Remdesivir vials. A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and BU Debadwar remarked while hearing the petition seeking an FIR against Patil for allegedly unauthorisedly...

COVID Surge- "Shift Kashmiri Prisoners Back To Valley Jails, Consider Their Case For Parole": J&K HC Bar Association Requests Govt

Observing that many Kashmiri prisoners locked up in different jails outside Kashmir are contracting COVID, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHBA) yesterday urged the Govt. Of India and UT Of J&K administration to either shift Kashmiri detainees to the nearest jails in the Kashmir valley or release them on parole. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar...

Ex-MLA Amit Jogi Moves Chhattisgarh High Court Challenging Govt's 'Reservation In COVID Vaccination' Policy

Filing an application for intervention, Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) President & Ex-MLA Amit Jogi has challenged Chhattisgarh Government's COVID-19 Vaccination policy before the Chhattisgarh High Court.This IA has been filed in the suo moto cognizance matter related to the tsunamic second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inadequacy in medical infrastructure to tackle...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Advertisement Promoting Alcoholic Drinks In National Capital

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a PIL seeking action against a beverage company for putting up hoardings for promotion of an alcoholic drink across the national capital. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh has issued notice to the Respondents including the Delhi Municipal Corporation and the company which goes by the...

PIL To Allow Drug Firms To Sell Remdesivir In Domestic Markets: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To UOI, Pharma Companies

The Delhi High Court on Monday (May 3) issued notice to the Centre and various pharma majors asking them to respond to a PIL seeking that all drug firms involved in the making Remdesivir be allowed to sell it in the domestic market.The Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued the notice to the Health Ministry, Central Drugs Standard...

Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant Appointed As The Acting Chairperson Of National Human Rights Commission

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has authorized Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant, Member, National Human Rights Commission, NHRC India, to act as its Chairperson with effect from 25th April, 2021.Prior to his appointment as the Member, NHRC on 22 April, 2019, Justice Pant was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 13th August, 2014 to 29th August, 2017.Justice Prafulla Chandra...

Tamil Nadu's Advocate General Vijay Narayan Resigns

The Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, Vijay Narayan has sent his resignation to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (who submitted his resignation to Governor Banwari Lal Purohit today).Interestingly, the resignation was sent on May 1, a day before the declaration of the State Assembly election results, however, when he was asked as why he resigned even before the declaration of...

"District & Police Admin Failed To Discharge Their Duties": Jharkhand High Court Directs CID To Keep Strict Vigil On Black Marketing Of Life Saving Drugs

In a significant move, the Jharkhand High Court last week directed the State's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to keep strict vigil in black marketing of medicines and charging extra rate for Beds in hospitals, both in private as well as government. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad was hearing suo moto proceedings...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea For Enacting Law, Policies To Curb Child Begging, Protection Of Children On Streets

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking enactment of law or policies for the protection of rights of children on streets, for enacting law or policies to curb child begging and for making adequate arrangements of such children at child care institutes.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to...

"Delhi Riots Gripped By Communal Frenzy, Reminiscent Of Carnage During Partition Days": Delhi Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To One

A Delhi Court recently denied anticipatory bail to one Siraj Ahmad Khan, accused for being a part of a riotous mob which attacked a young boy namely Raman, in connection with the Delhi riots that broke out in February last year after opining that such days were "reminiscent of carnage during the days of partition." Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav rejected the anticipatory bail...