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...

Make COVID Vaccines Available At ₹150 By Invoking Price Control Measures: Plea Filed Before Jharkhand High Court

A plea has been moved before the Jharkhand High Court seeking direction to bring COVID-19 Vaccines (Covishield, Covaxin, etc) under price control by invoking Section 3 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and National Disaster Management Act, 2005. The petition has been filed by a practicing lawyer, Mohammad Mumtaz Ansari and it further seeks direction to fix the price of the vaccines...

Arrange Finances For Transgenders' Shelter Homes In The State Of Assam: Gauhati High Court To State Govt

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (April 29) directed the Social Welfare Department of the State Government to make arrangement for finances for three shelter homes situated in the State of Assam.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak remarked,"At least an interim arrangement be made so that at least for the next two months these shelter homes...

Benefits Flowing From Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme Are Incentives And Are Not Part Of Pay: Supreme Court

Benefits flowing from Assured Career Progression Scheme ('ACPS') and Modified ACPS (MACPS) are incentives and are not part of pay, the Supreme Court observed.The Court allowed Centre's appeal against the Delhi High Court direction to grant the second financial upgradation to the employees under the MACPS w.e.f. 01.01.2006 by relying upon a judgment in Union of India & Ors. v. Balbir...

Arbitrary Price Fixation, Centre Obtains 50% Of Vaccine Doses At Discounted Fair Price: Plea #4 In Kerala High Court Against Vaccine Policy

"The petitioner is … approaching this Hon'ble Court seeking affirmation that the constitutional principles of right to life, equality and dignity, taught to generations of lawyers by teachers like Prof. Mallar, continue to operate during difficult times such as these." A fourth writ petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court challenging the Liberalised Pricing and...

Acute Shortage Of Oxygen Exists In Bihar, Ensure That Oxygen Quota Fixed For Bihar Is Made Available To State: Patna High Court To Centre

Noting that there was an acute shortage of medical oxygen in the State, particularly in the hospitals treating COVID patients, the Patna High Court on Wednesday (April 28) directed the Central Government, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to take all possible measures to ensure that the quota fixed for the State Government. The bench of Justice Chakradhari...

Consider State's Request To Increase Oxygen, Remdesivir Allocation : Karnataka High Court Directs Centre

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Government Of India to immediately consider the request which would be made by the State Government seeking to increase the cap on supply of Remdesivir and Oxygen allotment to the state, in view of the increase in Covid-19 cases. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said "The Central...