[Tripura Marriage Raids By DM] To Conduct Impartial Inquiry It Is Essential To Shift District Magistrate Out Of Agartala: High Court

The Tripura High Court on Monday issued notice in a PIL seeking criminal action against the District Magistrate for misusing and abusing his official authority in relation to a viral video of an incident that took place on 26th April 2021 in Agartala wherein a marriage function was stopped midway by the DM and his team which had allegedly run past the covid curfew hours in the city. A...

COVID Vaccination, Tele-Calling, Legal Aid, Mulaqat Etc. Facilities In Tihar Jail: Delhi High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Slew Of Issues

Dealing with the Plea filed by Natasha Narwal and others seeking certain reliefs, facilities, and flagging further issues in Tihar, the Delhi High Court on Monday (May 3) issued a slew of directions to the Delhi Government and also sought its response on several issues. The Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh dealt with a slew of issues and on most of them, issued direction to the ASC...

Covid Vaccine Reservation Based On Financial Status: Chhattisgarh High Court Asks State To Reconsider Policy Limiting Benefits To Antyodaya Card Holders

The Chhattisgarh High Court today observed that the State Government's policy for inoculating only "Antyodaya Card" holders against the Covid-19 virus is prima facie unsustainable. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu observed,"If any priority is to be given for vaccination by effecting subclassification, is it not necessary...

Indian Air Force Has Offered To Set Up COVID Facility In Bengaluru, Karnataka HC Told

The Karnataka High Court was on Wednesday informed that Indian Air Force has offered to set up a dedicated Covid Care facility at Jalahalli, Bengaluru, for the treatment of the general public.In a memo filed by by the Central Government, it was informed that in compliance with the earlier directions issued by the court, a meeting was chaired on May 3, by P.Ravi Kumar, Chief Secretary...

Death Of Election Duty Staff Due To Covid-19: Allahabad High Court Seeks CCTV Footage Of Counting Areas

In order to assess the culpability of Election Commission with respect to 135 people who succumbed to Covid-19 virus days after performing election duties in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday sought CCTV footage of the designated counting areas. "We make it clear that any slackness on the part of the Election Commission on this issue will not be tolerated," a...

Allahabad HC Seeks Report On Treatment Given To Sitting High Court Judge VK Srivastava Who Succumbed To Covid-19 Last Week

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday sought response from the State health authorities about the treatment that was given to Justice VirendraKumar Srivastava, a sitting Judge of the High Court, who succumbed to COVID-19 virus last week. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar directed Additional Advocate General Manish Goyal to file an affidavit bringing...

"Prima Facie We Feel That This Can Be Adjudicated By CAT":Bombay High Court On Param Bir Singh's Petition

Expressing their disinclination to entertain the plea filed by Param Bir Singh challenging the two preliminary enquiries initiated against him by the Maharashtra Government, a bench of the Bombay High Court said that he should have approached the Central Administrative Tribunal. "We are of the prima facie view that the reliefs claimed can be adjudicated by the...

Covid: Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Extension Of Due Dates For Compliances Under Income Tax, GST Act, Waiver Of Late Fees Interest Or Penalty

A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking extension of all the due dates of compliances specified under the Income Tax Act, GST Act, Employees Provident Fund Act, Employees' State Insurance Act and other allied labour laws falling between 20th March till 31st July, 2021 owing to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The petition alternatively seeks a relief of waiver...

Supply Electricity To Vedanta For Medical Oxygen Production Without Insisting On Parallel Operation Charges : APTEL Directs TANGEDCO

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity(APTEL) has directed the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) to supply electricity to Vedanta Sterlite's copper plant in Tuticorin without insisting on payment of parallel operation charges for the purposes of production of medical grade oxygen.On April 30, the Supreme Court, taking note of the shortage of medical oxygen amid...

Bombay High Court Issues Notice To NIA On Stan Swamy's Bail Plea In Bhima Koregaon Case

On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court issued notice to the State and National Investigating Agency (NIA) on the bail pleas of Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old tribal rights activist accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgaar Parishad case. The bench also condoned 189- day delay in filing an appeal against the trial court's refusal to release him on emergency bail in October last year....

Large Amounts Of Alcohol In Sanitisers Contribute To Hospital Fires , Says A Plea In Bombay High Court

A fire forensic investigator has sought to intervene in the PIL regarding covid -19 management in Maharashtra, in which he attempts to give practical solutions to avoid hospital fires. The intervention states that large amounts of alcohol in the air inside the ICU because of excessive use of sanitisers and huge curtains surrounding patients that block cross-ventilation...

COVID-"Consider Home Delivery Of Oxygen Cylinders By Municipal Authorities, Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Guidelines

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh to "consider home delivery of oxygen cylinders by Municipal Authorities" after noting that the same would "reduce the pressure on the Administration as well as on the Government and Private hospitals." A division bench comprising of Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh also...