Gujarat High Court Notifies Fresh Roster; Filing Restricted To Urgent Cases Only

The Gujarat High Court has notified a fresh sitting arrangement of Benches that will hear cases via video conferencing, between April 26 and April 30. It is also intimated that e-filing mode as well as physical filing mode is continued only for extremely urgent matters. Roster: Apart from two Division Benches, the High Court has notified eight Single Benches and their...

"Law Does Not Provide For Service Of Summons Via WhatsApp": Kerala High Court When Keeping In Abeyance Non-Bailable Warrant Against Anoop Jacob

The Kerala High Court recently held that a summons over WhatsApp was not an accepted mode of serving a summons. Justice VG Arun observed to the effect while keeping in abeyance a non-bailable arrest warrant issued by the Special court for Cases Relating to MPs and MLAs against Kerala Member of Legislative Assembly Anoop Jacob. He was issued a non-bailable warrant after he failed to...

Covid Surge: Judges, Officers, Employees Of Chattisgarh High Court, Subordinate Courts To Donate One Day Salary In CM Relief Fund

All the Judges, Registry Officers and Employees of the Chattisgarh High Court and Subordinate Courts will donate one day's salary in Chief Minister's Relief Fund in order to help the needy in times of the covid 19 pandemic.The order in this regard was issued on Friday by the Registrar General of the High Court stating that the direction has been passed on the approval of the Chief Justice of...

Covid 19: Calcutta High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till June 30

Reviving the suo moto case registered last year, the full bench of Calcutta High Court has extended the interim orders till June 30 passed by the Court in the said writ petition.The order was passed in view of the recent covid surge and restricted functioning of the High Court as well as the Subordinate Courts in State of West Bengal and UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The extension has...

[Covid-19] Wearing Mask Casually Leaving Mouth/Nose Exposed To Be Treated On Same Footing As Not Wearing Mask, Liable To Same Punitive Action: Punjab & Haryana HC

While disposing of the petition highlighting the grim situation of covid 19 pandemic, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday ordered that the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT of Chandigarh shall depute officials of the municipal bodies or health authorities for ensuring that mask etiquettes are followed by the general public and that the States shall promptly redress grievances on...

"Her Personal Views": Gauhati HC Grants Bail To Writer Who Allegedly Questioned Martyr Status Of 22 CAPF Soldiers Involved In Anti-Naxal Operation

Observing that prima facie, the Assam based Writer, Sikha Sarma had expressed her personal views on the use of the term 'Swahid/martyr' in respect of 22 CAPF soldiers who laid their lives in action or killed on duty (during Anti-Naxal Operation In Chattisgarh), the Gauhati High Court on Monday (19th April) granted her bail. The Bench of Justice Ajit Borthakur observed, "Taking note...

"Alarming Conditions In Delhi Prisons", PUDR Writes To Delhi HC Chief Justice Seeking Necessary Directions To Delhi Govt, Prison Authorities

People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has written a letter to the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, DN Patel regarding the alarming situation inside Delhi prisons in view of the virulent new wave of COVID. Referring to a report by the Indian Express, the letter states that there are presently 67 active cases of COVID among jail inmates and 11 among jail staff, including a...

Karnataka HC Directs Centre, State To Release Funds For Children With Rare Genetic Disease Of LSD

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Government of India to pay a sum of Rs 3 crore and the State Government to pay a sum of Rs 2 Crore to the Indira Gandhi Institute for treatment of children suffering from rare diseases called Lysosomal storage diseases (LSD's). The court has directed both the governments to pay 50 percent of the amount to the institute by May 10. A...

Oxygen Shortage : Hospitals Should First Approach GNCTD Nodal Officer, Says Delhi High Court

With two more hospitals moving the Delhi High Court for medical oxygen for Covid-19 patients citing shortage, the court today directed that the hospitals and nursing homes must exercise the option of approaching the Nodal Officer of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, before approaching the court - even as the Delhi Government alleged that red tapeism was being practiced by...

COVID Management Amid WB Polls- "No Institution Of Governance Can Excuse Itself From Obeying Election Commission's Orders": Calcutta High Court

After facing censure from the Calcutta High Court over its handling of the elections in West-Bengal amid the COVID crisis, the HC today remarked that no department or institution of governance could excuse itself from obeying the commands of the Election Commission of India. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee remarked, "Any...

COVID Surge: Madhya Pradesh High Court Extends Interim Orders Till June 15

In view of the extraordinary situation on account of the surge in Coronavirus cases in the State following the onset of the second Covid wave, the Madhya Pradesh High Court today suo moto extended the interim orders passed by it and the courts subordinate to it, which were subsisting as on March 10, till June 15. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sanjay Dwivedi...

Karnataka High Court Seeks State Response On Plea Seeking Priority For Disabled Persons In COVID Vaccination

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to respond by Monday on a petition filed by KARNATAKA RAJYA VIKALACHETHANARA RAKSHANA SAMITHI seeking vaccination on a priority basis for persons with disabilities. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindraj said "As this petition will require urgent consideration, list it on Monday when a...