COVID Second Wave- "Desist From Exploiting Situation By Overcharging Affected Persons": MP High Court To IMA Members

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (07th April) asked the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and MP Nursing Home Association members to desist from "exploiting" the coronavirus situation by overcharging the affected persons in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sanjay Dwivedi was hearing two Interlocutory...

Open Source Programmer Moves Kerala High Court Against IT Intermediary Rules 2021

On Friday, a free-and-open-source (FOSS) programmer moved the Kerala High Court challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (the Rules). A Bench of Justice PV Asha took up the petition on Friday and asked the Office for the Assistant Solicitor General to take instructions from the Union government in respect of the...

Second Covid Wave: NCDRC To Function Through Video Conferencing From April 12, Suspends Physical, Hybrid Hearings

In view of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, the President of the National Commission Disputes Redressal Commission of India (NCDRC) Justice RK Agrawal, today decided to suspend the physical hearing and hybrid hearing of the cases till further orders.According to the notice released dated 10th April 2021, it has been stated that the cases listed for physical hearings and hybrid hearings...

Arbitration- Tribunals Should Decide Objections On Its Jurisdiction As Preliminary Issue; High Courts Have Limited Power To Interfere In Proceedings :Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently made significant observations with regard to the power of an Arbitral Tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction and the manner of deciding the same. A Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh also addressed the issue of jurisdiction of High Courts over arbitral tribunals and the scope of such interference. Law governing applications under Section 16...

Mental Healthcare Act: Delhi HC Seeks Status Reports On Plea Alleging Lack Of Grievance Redressal Bodies

A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought status reports on the current functioning of the Mental Health Review Board and the State Mental Health Authority on a plea by a 19-year old man alleging that there was no grievance redressal mechanism in Delhi under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017.The 19-year old has moved Court seeking directions to the resp...

Arnab Goswami Exempted from Personal Appearance In Anvay Naik Suicide Case In Alibaug Court

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, extended the ad-interim relief granted to Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and exempted him from personal appearance before a the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, in Alibaug, in the abetment of suicide case against him. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing an amended plea by Goswami, seeking to quash the...

Only After Performing Of Essential Functions As Teacher That State Can Ask A Teacher To Perform Additional Work: Allahabad High Court

Underlining that performing additional duties is not the reason for which a teacher is appointed, the Allahabad High Court recently directed that all teachers substantively appointed as such should function and perform teaching work first and only thereafter, additional work may be given to them in case of need. The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra observed, "It is only...

Surrender Of Accused Under Extradition Proceedings Cannot Be Processed Until Finality Of All Criminal Proceedings Against Him In India: Delhi HC

The Court held that the grant of bail or the permission to travel abroad in pending cases/ FIRs would not be covered by the phrase “discharged, whether by acquittal or on expiration of his sentence or otherwise” under sec. 31(1)(d) of the Extradition Act, 1962.

Mehbooba Mufti's Plea For Issuance Of Passport- "Take Decision Uninfluenced By Single Bench Observations": J&K High Court [DB] To Passport Authority

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday (09th April) disposed of former Chief Minister of J&K & Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's appeal directed against Single Bench ruling, dismissing her writ petition seeking directions to concerned authorities to issue a passport to her. The bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani and Justice Tashi Rabstan, however,...

Breaking: JJ Act- Child Born In Live-in Relationship To Be Construed As Child Born To Married Couple: Kerala High Court-Read Judgment

Law does not differentiate unwed couple and legally wed couple to recognize biological parents

Orissa High Court Dismisses Plea Proposing Red Ant Chutney As COVID-19 Cure

The Orissa High Court on Friday (09th April) dismissed a plea which claimed that that 'Kaai (Kukuti) Chutney (paste)' which is prepared using red ants, can prevent infection through the COVID-19 virus. Dismissing the plea, the bench of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray said that the use of red ant chutney or soup by the tribal communities for medicinal...

Additional District Judge Has Jurisdiction To Entertain A Petition Filed Under Section 34 Arbitration And Conciliation Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that an Additional District Judge has jurisdiction to entertain a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.Principal District Judge can only be considered first among equals and the Additional District Judge is in no way considered to be inferior to the Principal District Judge, the bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and K....