Doctor Asked To Keep Clinic Open During Pandemic Not Eligible For PMGKP Compensation Unless Requisitioned For COVID19 Duty : Bombay HC

Private practitioners who opened up their clinics during the pandemic from the fear of FIRs being registered against them for disobeying the civic chief's directions would not be eligible for the Rs. 50 lakh compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) if they succumbed to the virus unless they were specifically assigned to treat Covid-19 patients, the Bombay High...

Ascertain Infrastructure In Existence To Cater To Girl Students' Needs In Various Educational Institutions: Patna HC Constitutes 3-Member Committee

The Patna High Court on Tuesday (09th March) constitutes a Committee of three Lady Advocates to visit a list of Educational Institutions to ascertain the exact status of the existence and functionality of infrastructure to cater to the needs of the girl students in such institutions. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar ordered thus after perusing the...

Tandav Row: Allahabad HC Lucknow Bench Extends Interim Protection From Arrest For Amazon Prime Video Head Aparna Purohit In Lucknow FIR Till April 6

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit in a FIR registered against her at Lucknow, for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in a bad light in the web-series Tandav. A Single Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, while adjourning hearing of Purohit's anticipatory bail plea, extended...

Kerala High Court Stays Show-Cause Notice For IGST Demand On Ocean Freight

On Monday, 9 March 2021, the Kerala High Court issued the notice to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) upon a plea challenging applicability of the goods and services tax (GST) on importers of goods who are not recipients of a service. Justice AM Badar additionally issued notice to the Joint Director, Directorate General of GST and the Joint Commissioner of Central...

Plea in Telangana High Court Challenges Telangana District Judges Recruitment Notification 2020

A lawyer, aspiring to become a District Judge, has moved the Telangana High Court challenging the 2020 recruitment notification for the entry level judiciary exam, alleging that the same is discriminatory, unconstitutional and also opposed to the Telangana State Judicial (service & Cadre) Rules, 2017. The plea has been filed by a practising Advocate of the High Court, Vangala...

SLP Filed Only Against 'Review Order' Of HC Not Maintainable, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that Special leave Petitions filed only against the order of the High Court in Review Petition is not maintainable. In this case, the special leave petitions against the substantive order were dismissed in 2010 without any liberty to file a review application(s) or approach the Apex Court again in case of an adverse verdict in the review application(s). Thereafter...

Petition U/s 482 CrPC Challenging Domestic Violence Act Proceedings Maintainable: Meghalaya High Court

The Meghalaya High Court has held that petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before it challenging Domestic Violence Act proceedings is maintainable.In this case, it was contended that the proceedings under the DV Act, 2005 are purely civil in nature and the relief contemplated under Sections 18 to 22 are civil reliefs with no criminal liabilities and as such, the...

CAA Protests: "His Movement Could Be Controlled Through Suitable Conditions": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Student Activist

The Allahabad High Court on Monday (08th March) granted bail to a student activist in connection with a case linked to the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act last year. The Bench of Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan granted bail to Activist Nitin Raj, U.P. vice-president of the All-India Students Association (AISA) while noting that his presence and the movement...

Delhi High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of "Stubborn Reluctance To Wear Masks Properly" On Flight; Issues Guidelines

Justice C Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court,taking suo-motu cognizance of what he described as an "alarming situation" on an Air India flight bound towards Delhi from Kolkata on Mar 5, has issued a slew of directions to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and commercial airlines in the country with respect to in-flight Covid-19 protocol. In an order passed on Monday, he...

Delhi High Court Extends Parole To Former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala In Teachers' Recruitment Scam Case

Indian National Lok Dal supremo and former Chief Minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala's parole has been extended till Apr 12 by the Delhi High Court in the JBT teachers' recruitment scam case. Chautala has been serving a 10-year sentence in the case in Delhi's Tihar Jail since 2013. The order extending parole has been passed by a Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and...

Promotion Of Candidate Will Take Effect From Date Of Eligibility And Not Date On Interview: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Monday held that the promotion of a candidate would take effect from date of eligibility and not from the date of interview as per the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) governed by the UGC Regulations.The prayer in the three petitions, filed on behalf of Dr. Kiran Gupta, Prof. PB Pankaja and Manju Arora Relan, sought for the promotion to the post of Professor from...

"Absolutely Illegal And Unjustified": Advocate Mehmood Pracha Moves Delhi Court Against Delhi Police's Second Raid

Advocate Mehmood Pracha has moved a Delhi Court against the second raid conducted by the Delhi Police's Special Cell on 9th March 2021, calling the whole exercise as "completely illegal and unjustified". Pracha has been representing many accused persons in the Delhi Riots conspiracy cases that broke out in February last year. The Delhi Police has raided Mehmood Pracha's office in December...