Delhi High Court Vacates Stay Order On Reservation of 80% ICU Beds In 33 Pvt Hospitals For Covid Patients

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramanium Prasad today vacated a stay on an order of Delhi's AAP Government which had reserved 80% of ICU beds in 33 private hospitals in the capital for Covid-19 patients. The court further directed the Delhi Government to file an affidavit within 3 days and posted the matter to be heard on merit before the Single Judge bench on...

Make Public Aware What 'Green Crackers' Are : Karnataka High Court To State Govt

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to issue an order tomorrow itself clarifying the meaning of "Green Crackers" and give wide publicity to it so that members of the public are aware of it. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said :"State government has banned bursting of any crackers except green crackers and that permission...

Unemployment Due To COVID A Dominating Factor: Madras High Court Grants Bail To Theft Accused

"COVID-19 is an unfortunate situation, wherein a large number of young men and women lost their employment", observed the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Monday (09th November) while granting bail to two-person accused of committing theft.The Bench of Justice S. M. Subramaniam was hearing the bail application of two petitioners, who were arrested and remanded to judicial custody for...

Karnataka High Court Asks State To Decide On Prosecuting Tejasvi Surya MP For Not Wearing Mask

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the State government to inform whether it will prosecute Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya and other political leaders who have violated COVID-19 norms by not wearing face masks during political rallies and have admitted to the breach in the form of paying the fine amounts imposed on them. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka...

Delhi Riots: Video Footage Showing His Alleged Involvement Doesn't Pertain To The Day Of Incident: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Accused

The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Wednesday (11th November) granted bail to one Anwar Hussain in a case related to the communal violence which took place in north-east Delhi in February 2020.The Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, while granting him the relief, observed that the video footage showing his alleged involvement in the riots and murder was not of the day of the incident."In...

Karnataka High Court Seeks Details About Functioning Of Aargoya Setu App

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday called for technical details about the functioning of the Aarogya Setu application to understand how data is shared of an individual who downloads the application with the Government and other agencies. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty directed the Centre to provide the following details : 1. What kind...

Bombay High Court Directs Immediate Medical Examination Of Varavara Rao To Consider Prayer For Shifting To Hospital

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed immediate medical examination of 81-year-old Varavara Rao, lodged in Taloja jail in the Bhima Koregaon case, to ascertain whether he needs to be shifted to Nanavati Hospital.The Court directed that a panel of doctors from Nanavati Hospital should examine him via video call immediately, either today itself or at the latest by tomorrow morning. If...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Seeks Explanation From Magistrate Ordering Remand In Case Of Automatic Arrest on Registration of FIR

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently pulled up the Police Department for effecting arresting automatically on registration of FIR and overlooking safeguards against arrest, contained under Section 41A (Notice of appearance before police officer) of CrPC. The Court also asked the Judicial Magistrate to explain on what basis he remanded the arrestee to custody and authorized detention...

Leading Peaceful, Non-Violent Procession Is A Fundamental Right: Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Ex-MLA

Leading peaceful and non violent procession is a fundamental right under Article 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) of the Constitution of India, the Kerala High Court observed while quashing criminal proceedings against former MLA Dominic Presentation.A criminal case offence under Secs 143, 147, 283 r/w 149 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the former legislator in 2018 for causing...

Lawyer Moves Allahabad High Court Seeking Removal Of Idgah Mosque From Site Claimed As Krishna Janam Bhoomi

A writ petition has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking removal of Mathura's Shahi Idgah Mosque, allegedly built on Krishna Janmabhoomi. The petition filed by Advocate Mahek Maheshwari seeks that the temple land should be handed over to the Hindus and a proper trust for Krishna Janmabhoomi Janmasthan be formed, for building a temple on the said land. In the interim, the...

Minor's Consent For Sexual Intercourse Relevant For Deciding Bail Application Of 'Rape' Accused: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a man accused of 'raping' a minor girl on the ground that the girl had consented to the sexual intercourse."Although, she could not have consented for sexual intercourse as well as leaving custody of her custodian but for deciding the bail, her conduct is sufficient to grant bail to the petitioner", Justice Anoop Chitkara observed.Twenty...

Bombay High Court Hearing On Plea For Release Of Varavara Rao- LIVE UPDATES

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