Delhi HC To Continue Restrictive Functioning Till Aug 31, Might Resume Partial Physical Functioning From Sep 1 Subject To Situation [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has decided to continue with the current mode of restricted functioning in light of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. As per the decision taken by the Administrative and Supervision Committee of the Delhi High Court, the restrictive functioning of the courts subordinate to the High Court will also be extended till August 31. However, the court has said...

Bombay HC Appoints Sr Adv Nitin Thakker As Legal Guardian And Manager Of All Properties & Assets Of 87-year-old Lawyer Who Is Now Incapacitated [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court while hearing an 'unusual suit' filed by Senior Advocate Nitin Thakker and another advocate who worked for 87-year-old Solicitor and Advocate Kirit Damania previously for several years, Court invoked inherent power under Section 151 of CPC and declared Nitin Thakker as the lawful guardian and manager of all assets and affairs of the octogenarian who is incapacitated...

COVID-19 : Will You Treat Quarantine/Treatment Period Of Staff As Period On Duty? : Karnataka HC Asks State

The Karnataka High Court has asked the state government to clear its stand on whether, if a worker or an employee is forced to undergo quarantine on the ground that he is a primary contact or is forced to undergo quarantine because he is tested positive, whether the quarantine period or the period required for undergoing treatment for COVID-19, can be treated as the period spent on...

Gujarat HC Launches E-Filing Facility, Exclusive Physical Filing Counters & More [Read Press Note]

The Gujarat High Court has launched 5 exclusive counters for Physical Filing of cases that will function from 11.00 am to 02.00 pm on all working days. These counters, set up at Gate No. 2 of the High Court premises, are earmarked as follows: Counter 1— All Single Judge and Division Bench Bail matters including regular, temporary, anticipatory bail and parole,...

Termination Of A Probationer During The Period Of Probation Does Not Amount To Retrenchment: Delhi HC [Read Order]

In a significant order, the Delhi High Court has reiterated that termination of services of a probationer does not amount to 'Retrenchment' under Section 2(oo) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. "The law with respect to the termination of service of a probationer is well-settled that termination of a probationer during the period of probation does not amount to retrenchment within...

SC Asks Selection Committee To Expedite Appointment Of Members To NGT [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central Government to expedite the process of appointment of Judicial and Expert Members to the National Green Tribunal. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna in a writ petition filed by the NGT Bar Association (Western Zone), aggrieved by delay in filling up the vacancies at...

Staying Exams Behind The Back Of Examinees Willing To Appear Physically, Is Detrimental To Their Interest; Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday declined the prayer for stay on examinations proposed to be held on August 17 and August 25 by the Maharashtra University of Health Science, Nashik (MUHS) for the students of Bachelor In Dental Surgery and Masters In Dental Surgery observing that cancellation of such exams behind the back of those examinees who are willing to physically appear for writing the...

Courts In India Have Power To Grant Anti-Arbitration Injunction Against Foreign-Seated Arbitration, Albeit Sparingly : Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ruled that while civil courts in India do have the power to grant anti-arbitration injunctions against a foreign-seated arbitration, however, this power is to be used sparingly and with abundant caution."It is only under the circumstances enumerated in and exhaustively discussed in paragraph 24 of (the 2003 Supreme Court ruling in Modi Entertainment...

Gujarat HC Adjourns Suo Moto Contempt Proceedings Against Yatin Oza Till Aug 17 [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has deferred hearing in the suo moto contempt proceedings pending against GHCAA President Yatin Oza, with a view to first dispose of the intervention application moved by Advocate Amit Panchal. Oza had tendered an unconditional apology for his remarks against the High Court and its Registry. However, the bench comprising Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice NV Anjaria...

P&H HC Directs GST Authority To Consider Plea For Re-Classification Of Ayurvedic Ingredient Based Sanitizers Within 12% GST Bracket [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday disposed of a PIL for reclassification of "AUS ingredients based sanitizer" within 12% GST Tariff bracket instead of 18%, with a direction to the GST authority to consider the same. The bench of Justice Jaswant Singh and Justice Ashok Kumar Verma disposed of a writ petition filed by the Haryana Ayurvedic Drugs Manufacturers Association...

[Wildlife Protection Act] SC Dismisses PIL Challenging Provision Permitting Hunting Of Wild Animals In Certain Cases [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the constitutional validity of Section 55(c) and Section 11 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.Section 11 of the Act empowers the Chief Wild Life Warden to permit hunting of wild animals to be permitted in certain cases, if he is satisfied that any wild animal specified in Schedule I has become dangerous to human life...

PIL Filed In Kerala HC Demanding Independent Inquiry Into Kozhikode Plane Crash And Closure Of Airport [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking immediate closure of the Calicut International Airport and an independent and impartial open inquiry by a Court of inquiry headed by a retired judge as opposed to the closed investigation which is being undertaken by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the air-crash of 7th August, 2020 at...