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Second Covid Wave: Delhi High Court Temporarily Amends Service Of Notices, Summons, Daks Through Email, Fax, Whatsapp Till Further Orders
In wake of the recent surge in Covid 19 cases in national capital, the Delhi High Court on Friday has temporarily amended physical mode regarding service of notice, summons and daks by permitting the same to be effected through email, fax or whatsapp till further orders.The circular issued by the Registrar of the High Court however mentions that the conventional mode of physical delivery may...
Breaking- Karnataka High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And All Subordinate Courts Till May 29
The Karnataka High Court on Friday extended the operation of all interim orders passed by it or the subordinate courts and Tribunals, that are due to expire till May 29, 2021.A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said "During last three weeks there has been exponential rise in covid-19 cases in the state. Yesterday there were 14,738 case of covid positive out...
Bombay High Court Allows 58 Jain Temple Premises To Operate Kitchen For Nine Days of Ayambil Tap
The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed 58 Jain temple/trusts to open up their kitchens for cooking 'pious food' for the nine days of Ayambil Oli Fast, starting Monday, after they undertook to home deliver the cooked food. The bench of Justices SC Gupte and Abhay Ahuja refused to allow takeaways as initially sought by the petitioners observing that it did not fulfill the rigours of...
Manipur High Court Declares Election Of Congress Leader As Member Of State Assembly Null And Void For Non Disclosure Of Information In Election Affidavit
The Manipur High Court on Thursday declared as null and void the election of Congress leader Okram Henry Singh as a member of State Assembly (Wangkhei Assembly Constituency) in 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly after observing that failure to disclose name of the spouse and his dependents, details of pending criminal cases and educational qualification would constitute a corrupt practice...
Karnataka High Court Seeks State Response On Prison Conditions
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to file a detailed response in regards to the conditions of prisons in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj summarised the issues on which the state will have to respond by May 29. The issues are as follows. Hygiene of prisoners. The court noted hygiene...
Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks Direction To Use Lockdown Fines to Provide Sanitizer Dispensers Inside Buses, at Railways Stations
A local NGO has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the BMC and State to provide sanitiser dispensing machines in public places like railway stations, bus stands and slums by using the funds collected for violating lockdown norms. The petition also cites sanitization measures undertaken by other cities. The civic bodies of...
Journalist's Disorderly Conduct Causes Irreparable Damage To Journalism, High Time That Govt. Reviews List Of Accreditations: HP High Court
Because of mushroom growth of journalist and the cut-throat competition amongst the journalists themselves, their standards are declining leading to the decline of the institution of Journalism: HP HC
Second Covid Wave: Telangana High Court To Function Completely Through Virtual Mode On Rotation Basis
In view of the surge in increasing covid 19 cases, the Telangana High Court on Thursday modified its earlier SOP by deciding that all the benches will hear the cases virtually with immediate effect instead of continuing with hybrid mode of hearings. The said procedure will be followed on rotational basis by the division as well as the single benches of the High Court. The notification...
Gujarat Govt Figures On COVID19 Not Matching With Actual Positive Cases : Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday observed that had the Gujarat Government taken pre-emptive steps earlier, the present grim situation of COVID-19 pandemic could have been avoided."If the state had taken steps, not that the State was sleeping, but if there was a push, if all of this had been done earlier, before the PIL was registered, situation would have been better", Chief Justice...
NBSA Asks Aaj Tak To Air Apology On April 23 For Attributing Fake Tweets To Sushant Singh Rajput
Rejecting Aaj Tak channel's review petition, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has asked Hindi news channel 'Aaj Tak' to air an apology on April 23 at 8PM for its misreporting in relation to the death of film actor Sushant Singh Rajput.The NBSA affirmed its earlier order passed on October 6 last year in which it was found that the channel had violating broadcasting norms...