COVID19- 'Upcoming Municipal Elections May Turn Out To Be Super Spreaders': Telangana High Court Issues Notice To State Election Commission

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the State Election Commission, asking it to furnish a plan that it proposes for managing crowding of voters at polling booths during upcoming Municipal elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "In the absence of any information about the course of action charted out either by the State or the State Election Commission to manage and...

Cooperative Society Can't Claim Citizen's Fundamental Rights : Kerala High Court Upholds Ordinances Merging District Cooperative Banks

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday upheld Ordinances amending the Kerala Cooperative Society Act to merge District Cooperative Banks in the state with the Kerala State Cooperative Bank. Delivering a detailed judgment on the issue, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan held, "The challenge raised … to the constitutional validity to the amendment made .. vide Ordinance 6 of 2020...

Covid-19: 'Even In Death Human Bodies Are Not Being Treated With The Dignity They Deserve': Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday took exception to the mess that the families of victims of Covid-19 are being made to undergo for cremation of their loved ones. "Even in death, human bodies are not being treated with the dignity they deserve" observed a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy on being informed about the difficulties...

[Oxygen Supply ] Delhi High Court Appoints Sr Adv Rajshekhar Rao As Amicus Curiae To Assist In The Delhi Covid Crisis Case

Delhi High Court has on Wednesday appointed Sr. Adv. Rajshekhar Rao as the amicus curiae to assist the Court in the matter concerning Covid 19 situation and supply of medical oxygen in the national capital. A division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli decided to appoint an amicus considering the complexities of the issues involved. During the hearing today, Sr....

Criminal Proceedings Can Be Quashed At Post-Conviction Stage Invoking Power U/S 482 CrPC Upon Settlement Between Victim & Convict: Kerala High Court

Criminal proceedings involving non-compoundable offence can be quashed at post-conviction stage invoking the power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure upon a settlement between the convict and the victim, the Kerala High Court held."If requirements of S.482 of Cr.P.C were satisfied in the sense that it was necessary to prevent abuse of the process of any Court or to secure...

COVID19: 'Black Marketing Of Life Saving Drugs': Jharkhand HC Raps Drug Controller, Asks Govt To Ensure Adequate Supply Of Drugs, Oxygen

Coming down heavily on the Drug Controller (for the State of Jharkhand) for her failure to discharge her duties and to put a check on black marketing of life-saving drugs, the Jharkhand High Court last week called it 'unfortunate' that she sought exemption from personal appearance before the Court.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad...

COVID19-Conducting Board Exams At This Perilous Time Puts Lives At Risk: Plea In Andhra Pradesh High Court Seeks Deferral Of AP Board Exams

A plea has been moved in the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging the conduct of Class 10 and 12 Board Examinations by the Andhra Pradesh Educational Board amid the worsening pandemic. "Conducting the aforesaid examination across Andhra Pradesh State at such perilous time, is nothing else but putting lives of lakhs of young students (including Petitioners herein) at utmost risk and...

Covid-19: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt Response On Plea For Interim Release Of Non-Heinous Crimes' Prisoners

A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government, the police and prison authorities on a plea by one Shobha Gupta seeking temporary release on bail or parole, of prisoners involved in non-heinous crimes, from the Central prisons in Delhi in view of an unrelenting surge...

Sitting Judge Of Allahabad High Court Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava Succumbs To Covid-19

Justice Virendra Kumar Srivastava, a sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court has succumbed to COVID-19 virus. After contracting the virus, he was shifted to PGI, Lucknow few days ago, where he passed away today. Justice Srivastava obtained his degree in Law in the year 1986 and post graduated in Law in the year 1988. He was appointed in the Higher Judicial Service in 2005....

After Bombay High Court's Intervention, Centre Increases Maharashtra's 10-day Remdesivir Allocation To 4,35,000 Vials

A day after the Drug Controller General of India (MoHFW) interacted with the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, Maharashtra's Remdesivir allocation for April 21-30, 2021 was increased by 1,66,000 vials; from 2,69,000 vials to 4,35,000 vials, by the Central Committee, on April 24.However, the State's counsel informed the bench, on Tuesday, that they hadn't received even 1/3rd quantity of...

Producer Anurag Augustus Moves Kerala High Court To Cancel Screenwriter Jinu V Abraham's Copyright Over Script For Film Kaduva

The petition may be one of the first moved before the High Court following the abolition of the IPAB after the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalization and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021.

Media Could Be Proactive But Has To Be Sensitive, Sensationalism Is Anathema To Responsible Journalism: Calcutta High Court

Dealing with a plea seeking strict enforcement of Section126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (April 27) remarked, "Sensationalism is anathema to responsible and responsive journalism." The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee further remarked, "Print and audio-visual media could...