'Do Lives Matter Or Elections?': Telangana High Court Asks State Election Commission Over Decision To Conduct Local Elections Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

The Telangana High Court on Thursday pulled up the State Election Commission for allowing campaigning and holding elections amid the havoc created by second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. "Are elections necessary at this time when Covid-19 is creating a havoc? Do the people's lives matter or the elections?" asked a Bench led by Chief Justice Hima Kohli. Elections of...

ICAI's Refusal To Recognise CA's Retirement From Previous Firm And Register New Firm Offends Article 19(1)(g): Kerala High Court

In a recent decision, the Kerala High Court observed that the refusal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) to recognise the retirement of a Chartered Accountant from his earlier firm and allow registration of his new firm would violate his right to practise his profession. Allowing the writ petition, the Court through a Bench Justice N Nagaresh observed that the...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Quashes State's Circular Mandating Re-Registration Of Vehicles Registered Outside J&K

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Thursday quashed a Circular issued by RTO, Kashmir, mandating the vehicle owners who have purchased their vehicles from outside Jammu and Kashmir, bearing outside registration mark, to apply for a new registration mark in the UT. A Division Bench at Srinagar comprising of Justices Vinod Chatterji Koul and Ali Mohammad Magrey observed that the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Concerning Establishment Of Covid Care Facilities For Judicial Officers

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea concerning establishment of covid care centres and facilities for Judicial officers in the national capital. The Court also directed the District Judges to coordinate with District Magistrates to address the judicial concerns of the judicial officers and their family members.A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and...

'We Don't Want Hospitals To Be Potential Jatugrihas' : Bombay High Court on Frequent Hospital Fires in Maharashtra

Taking judicial note of the frequent hospital fires in the State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court said it would expand the scope of the PILs regarding Covid-management on Thursday and asked the civic authorities to ensure all the hospitals are fire compliant. "First there was an incident in Bhandup, then in Virar, then Nashik, and now in Thane. We are going to expand...

Several Patients In Waiting For 1 ICU Bed: 76-Year Old Critical Covid-19 Patient Gets Relief From Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court was today informed by a major city hospital, on the plea of a 76-year old senior citizen critically ailing from Covid-19, that though the Covid-19 information portal of Delhi government was showing 1 ICU bed as being available, infact there were "several patients already in the waiting and hence no bed is available." With the second deadlier wave of the Covid-19...

Most Unfortunate That A Former HC Judge Paid Bribe For Governor Post : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently observed that "It is most unfortunate that a former Judge of the High Court has paid bribe to the petitioner for securing the Post of Governor, which act of the complainant not only lowered the prestige of a Judge and also affected the image of the Governor's post." A single-judge bench of Justice K Natarajan made this observation while refusing to...

Former Judge Of Allahabad High Court Justice Dev Kant Trivedi Passes Away

Former Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Dev Kant Trivedi passed away today after prolonged illness. He had retired from the Bench in January, 2001. Justice Trivedi qualified the Uttar Pradesh Judicial Services in the year 1962. He was promoted as a District Judge, Rampur and later served as District Judge, Kanpur Dehat, Mathura and Meerut. He was elected as the President...

Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Court Monitored Probe Into Alleged Siphoning Of Funds Collected Under CM Covid-19 Relief Fund

A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking court monitored probe into alleged siphoning of money collected under the Chief Minister's Covid-19 Relief Fund. The development follows a viral social media post of a RTI reply as per which, the Fund received over ₹ 34.77 crore between March 2020 and January 2021, while in the same period the expenses were ₹ 17.27...

Plea in Delhi High Court Seeks Action Against Politicians Hoarding And Illegally Distributing Covid 19 Medicines, Prays Detention Under NSA

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking registration of FIRs against leaders of political parties indulging in hoarding and illegally distributing covid 19 medicines denying the access to the said medicines to the public at large.The petition moved by Dr. Deepak Singh, Chairman of Hruduya Foundation and filed by Advocate Gaurav Pathak also seeks...

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh Moves Bombay High Court Against Preliminary Enquiry Against Him

Param Bir Singh filed a petition in the Bombay High Court on Thursday, challenging two preliminary enquiries initiated against him by the Maharashtra government.In his petition, Singh claimed he was being targeted and harassed for highlighting the alleged "corrupt malpractices" of former state home minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh.Singh in his plea also claimed that during his meeting...

Pandemic Being Used As Excuse By State For Acting In Flagrant Breach Of Court's Orders: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 28) came down heavily on State Government for its failure to file a status report in a matter within time citing the COVID pandemic. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was presiding over a Public Interest Litigation and when the matter was listed for reporting compliance, the State prayed for more...