Dwaraka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamran Khan Passes Away Due To Covid

Metropolitan Magistrate Kamran Khan of the Dwarka District Court, South West District, New Delhi has passed away due to covid on Tuesday morning.MM Kamran Khan dealt with the cases pertaining to the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and Delhi Development Act, 1957 and presided over the jurisdiction of Police Stations including Palam Village,...

COVID-19- "State's Affidavit Doesn't Reflect Ground Reality, Only Paints Rosy Picture, No Patient Should Remain Unattended": Gujarat High Court

Hearing the suo motu proceedings initiated by it to take stock of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state of Gujarat, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (April 27) expressed its unhappiness over the response filed by the State Government pursuant to the Court's last week order.The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (20th April) asked the state government to come up with a Reasonable...

District Courts/Tribunals In Uttar Pradesh To Hear Only Fresh Urgent Matters In Virtual Mode From April 28

Principal Secretary (Law) has been directed to take it up the State Government for ensuring proper testing and medical treatment of the Judicial officers, Court Staffs, and their family members.

Ensure Some Beds From Command Hospitals Are Available For COVID Patients : Karnataka High Court Directs Centre

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to ensure that some beds are made available for the benefit of citizens at hospitals operated by defence establishments in the city. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar while hearing a batch of petitions said "Military, Air Force, is there in the city. The request made by BBMP...

How A Politician Procured 10,000 Vials Of Remdesivir From Delhi When Capital Is In Crisis? Bombay High Court Asks

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre about private individuals procuring anti-viral drug, Remdesivir, directly from the manufacturer and distributing it, when companies are expected to provide stocks directly to the Centre. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni was referring to the petition filed by four agriculturists before...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Centre's COVID Vaccination Policy

The Kerala High Court today issued notice to the Centre on the challenge to the Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National COVID -19 Vaccination Strategy (Vaccine Policy) and to the private party vaccine manufacturers on the differential pricing strategies. A Bench of Justices Ashok Menon and Murali Purshothaman declined to pass interim orders at this time and expressed inclination to...

Inclusion Of 'Sale Of Books' As Essential Service During COVID: Plea Moved Before The Bombay High Court

A Plea has been moved before the Bombay High Court seeking inclusion of 'sale of books' as an essential service under the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968. The Plea has been moved by 'Marathi Prakashak Parishad', which is an association of Marathi publishers, though Advocates Asim Sarode, Purva Bora & Ajinkya Udane and it has impleaded Union of India and State of Maharashtra...

Plea In Delhi High Court Seeking Compulsory Home Quarantine For Persons Who Campaigned In WB Elections, FIRs Against Star Campaigners

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions on Union of India and Election Commission of India to ensure compulsory home quarantine for persons who campaigned in the West Bengal Assembly Elections in the last one week. The plea also seeks directions on Election Commission of India to register FIRs against all all-star campaigners and leaders of all political parties...

COVID Vaccination - Evolve Scheme To Give Priority For Persons With Benchmark Disabilities : Karnataka High Court Directs State

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to evolve a scheme or mechanism for giving priority to vaccination of covid-19, to persons with benchmark disabilities. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj in its interim order said "State govt may consider authorizing district welfare officer or any other officer to receive request...

SCAORA To Provide One-Time Financial Assistance Of Rs. 25,000 To Advocates On Record Undergoing Hospital Treatment For Covid-19

The Supreme Court Advocates-On- Record Association has introduced the "SCAORA Covid-19 Surge Affected Financial Assistance Scheme, 2021" to provide one-time ex gratia amount of Rs. 25,000/- to such Advocates on Record (AOR) who test positive. For this purpose, the Association will utilize Supreme Court AOR Welfare Trust. The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of...

Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Uniform COVID-19 Treatment Tariffs Across Private Hospitals, Labs, Diagnostic Centers

A petition has been moved in the Kerala High Court seeking direction to the state government to fix uniform COVID-19 treatment tariffs across private hospitals, labs, and diagnostic centers in the state. The petition was mentioned before a Vacation Bench of Justices Ashok Menon and Murali Purshothaman in the morning today. State Attorney KV Sohan took notice for the State Government and...

[Supply Of Oxygen]"Seems You Are Passing Orders As If Living In A Completely Different World": Delhi High Court Tells Delhi Govt.

Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that it seems that the Delhi Government is passing orders and issuing directions as if they are living in a completely different world, are out of sync and don't know the ground reality. The observation was made by a division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli after being informed about the order issued by GNCTD on 25th April asking hospitals...