Patna High Court Decides To Start Functioning In Physical Mode On 'Experimental Basis' For Two Weeks, SOP Issued

The Patna High Court has decided to start functioning in physical mode purely on 'Experimental basis' for 'Two weeks' i.e., from 4.1.2021 till 15.1.2021 while observing the social distancing norms. The Notice to this effect was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court by an order of the Chief Justice on Tuesday (29th December). The Notice states, "Due to...

Creation Of UHID To Be Voluntary: Centre Notifies Unique Health Identifier Rules

The Union Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare has notified Unique Health Identifier Rules, 2021.The notification states that the ministry intends to create Unique Health Identifier (UHID) for identification and authentication of beneficiaries in various health IT applications implemented by the Ministry.According to National Digital Health Mission, every patient who wishes to have their...

Litigants Facing Difficulties In Absence Of Central Administrative Tribunal Bench At Srinagar: J&K High Court

Underlining the difficulties faced by the litigants of the Kashmir region in pursuing their cases before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu Bench, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Thursday (31st December) hoped that difficulties in the process of establishment of the Bench of the CAT at Srinagar are removed "as expeditiously as possible." The Bench of Justice Vinod...

Uttarakhand HC Notifies 'High Court Of Uttarakhand Rules, 2020'; A4 Paper & Both Side Printing Made Mandatory

Making the use of A-4 sheets with printing on both sides in all the proceedings mandatory, the Uttarakhand High Court has Notified 'High Court Of Uttarakhand Rules, 2020'on Thursday (31st December). The 'High Court Of Uttarakhand Rules, 2020' shall apply to all matters including petitions, memorandum of appeals, applications, affidavits, annexures, vakalatnama or any other...

Significant Kerala High Court Judgments Of 2020

The Kerala High Court pronounced several significant verdicts in 2020. Here is an annual round-up.Transfer Deed Can Be Declared Void U/s 23 Senior Citizens Act Only If It Expressly Contains Condition To Provide Basic Amenities/Physical Needs To Senior Citizen[Subhashini vs. District Collector]A bench comprising Justices K.Vinod Chandran, VG Arun and TR Ravi held that the condition as...

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Adult Woman Married Of Her Own Free Will From Children Welfare Home

A vacation bench of Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani and Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri on Friday directed the release of a married woman who was lodged in Rose Udaan Care Children's Home for Girls, Delhi after her father lodged a missing complaint FIR alleging that she was a minor. Mr. Avinash Sarvan, the petitioner and husband of the woman, approached the...

Opinion Of Doctors Of Armed Forces To Prevail On Question Of Physical Fitness Of Candidates: Delhi High Court

Reiterating that the opinion of doctors of the Armed Forces shall prevail over that of private or other government doctors on the question of an applicant's physical fitness, the Delhi High Court today rejected a plea by an aspirant of the Central Armed Police Forces.A vacation bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon hearing the plea said that, as the standard of physical fitness...

International Arrest Warrant By Itself Not Sufficient To Extradite A Person To UAE Unless There Is A Written Request: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that International Arrest Warrant issued by itself will not suffice to arrest an accused and extradite him to UAE. Nationals of Contracting States shall not be extradited unless there is a request made by the State concerned, Justice N. Nagaresh observed.One Sreejith Vijayan is accused in a criminal case in Dubai which resulted in issuance of International...

RTI Application Not To Be Rejected Merely For Not Annexing Proof Of Citizenship: CIC

The Central Information Commission has observed that an RTI application cannot be rejected merely for not annexing proof of identity of the applicant.The authority can demand such proof only in rarest of rare case in which there is doubt about the citizenship status of the applicant, the Commission observed.R K Malik, had filed an RTI application before Central Public Information...

Delhi High Court Directs AIIMS To Constitute A Medical Board For Examining 25 Weeks Foetus Abnormalities

In a significant order, a vacation bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Wednesday directed the Medical Superintendent of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a board for examining the condition of a women, the petitioner in this case, seeking termination of her 25 weeks foetus on the ground that she was suffering from Bilateral...

District Magistrate Who Was Allegedly Responsible For Post-Midnight Cremation Of Hathras Victim, Transferred By UP Govt

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday (31st December) transferred, along with 16 other IAS officers, Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar (who was allegedly responsible for past-midnight cremation of Hathras Rape Voctim) to Mirzapur in the same capacity. Ramesh Ranjan, the Joint managing director of UP Jal Nigam, has been made the new District Magistrate...

Taking Note Of Elephant's Emotional Bonding With Caretaker For 20 Years, Madras High Court Stops Department From Taking Its Custody

In an interesting judgment, the Madras High Court has permitted a man to keep the custody of an elephant even though he was not having the requisite transfer certificate under the Wildlife Protection Act to keep its possession.While passing the extraordinary order, a single bench of Justice GR Swaminathan took note of the emotional bonding which the animal has developed with its caretaker...