Former Chief Justice Of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Sanjay Kumar Seth Succumbs To COVID

Former Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Sanjay Kumar Seth succumbed to the COVID-19 in the wee hours of Friday.Justice Sanjay Kumar Seth took oath as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in November 2018 and retired in June 2019.Justice Seth was enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1981 and practiced in Jabalpur on Civil and Constitutional matters. He...

Prayer Meeting With Huge Crowds Should Be Treated As Prayer Hall For Public Worship Requiring Permission Under Rules: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition challenging an order of the Kanyakumari District Collector prohibiting prayer meetings in a residential house. From the facts of the case, Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madurai Bench found that the petitioner, one T Wilson, had not been conducting private prayers in his house as he initially submitted but was holding...

Minor Contradictions Can Not Be A Ground To Discredit Witnesses' Testimony In Criminal Trial, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that minor contradictions can not be a ground to discredit the testimony of the witnesses in a criminal trial.The court was considering an appeal filed by the accused who were convicted for the offences under Section 302 read with 34, IPC and Section 135(1) of the Bombay Police Act. In appeal, one of the contentions raised by the accused was that there are...

AIBE-XVI: Deadline For Online Applications Extended Till June 15

In view of the recent surge in the COVID-19 cases across India, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to extend the last date of registration for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) XVI till June 15, 2021.Significantly, the Bar Council of India had, last month decided to reschedule the date of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE)-XVI and it was notified that the revised date would be...

Bombay High Court Directs Police To Trace Out Remdesivir Boxes Unloaded By BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil

On Thursday, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) took strong exception to a press conference held by the Ahmednagar District Collector to support BJP MP Dr.Sujay Vikhe Patil in relation to his alleged unauthorized procurement and distribution of Remdesivir drug.The court was hearing a petition seeking directions for an FIR against BJP MP Patil from the Ahmednagar constituency for...

Youth Congress Leaders Move Kerala High Court Against "Exorbitantly High" COVID Test Rates In Private Labs Across Kerala

Kerala Youth Congress Leaders and sitting Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Shafi Parambil and KS Sabarinathan have moved the Kerala High Court against the high rates charged for COVID-19 testing in the state. The plea, filed through M/s George Poonthottam and Associates asserts that after adding the constituents of the tests, the total cost for a test is below Rs 300, as...

'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...