Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Release Grant Within 15 Days For The Payment Of Salaries Of Resident Doctors Working In Hospitals Run By NDMC

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to issue grant in aid to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation within 15 days for the payment of stipends to the resident doctors working in the hospitals run by North DMC. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has further directed the North DMC to utilise the said grant only for the payment...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion Of Advocates As Eligible Professionals To Access Benefits Under MSME Act

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking inclusion of advocates as eligible professionals under the scheme of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act, in order to make them eligible for beneficial credit facilities. While dismissing the PIL, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan highlighted that the...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt and Municipal Bodies To Submit Action Taken Against Buildings That Have Violated Norms on Ensuring Seismic Structure Stability

Delhi High Court has directed the municipal bodies as well as the Delhi Government to submit a report stating that steps they have taken to ensure that buildings in Delhi are complying with the norms laid down for seismic stability structures. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has further directed the authorities to inform the court about...

Karnataka HC Rejects Plea By Relative Of DK Shiva Kumar Against Consent Given For CBI Investigation In To Corruption Charges

The Karnataka High Court rejected a petition filed by a close relative of formerMinister D.K. Shivakumar challenging Karnataka Government's "sanction" to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe charges against D.K. Shivkumar, the petitioner and others under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The alleged offences came to light in August 2017 when the Income...

BJP MLA Moves Rajasthan HC Challenging Speaker's Decision Permitting Merger Of Six BSP MLAs With Congress [Read Petition]

BJP MLA Madan Dilawar has filed a fresh petition before the Rajasthan High Court, challenging the Speaker's decision rejecting his complaint against merger of six BSP MLAs with Congress. He has submitted that since the six MLAs "voluntarily gave up their membership" of the BSP, on whose ticket they were elected, and also because they have now joined the Congress party in violation of...

Karnataka HC Dismisses Challenge Against Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance 2020

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed challenging the 'The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020', promulgated to protect all officials engaged in COVID-19 duty, from physical harm. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H P Sandesh, said "Without going into the question of whether Central Ordinance will apply to the State of...

"High Court Cannot Exercise Power Under Section 482 CrPC When There Exists A Remedy Of Statutory Appeal Under Section 29 Of Domestic Violence Act": Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A single judge Bench of the Delhi High Court, last week, held that High Court cannot entertain the petition in its extraordinary power under Section 482 Cr.PC, given the fact that there is a clear remedy of Appeal under Section 29 of the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act. "Preliminary objection of the Respondent has given rise to a neat legal nodus before this...

Mandatory To Make The Choice Of Health Over Religion: Gujarat HC Expresses Displeasure About Religious Appeasement Policy Of State Govt. [Read Judgment]

"Government’s main focus should be protecting the health and wellbeing of the people at all cost, even if it means hurting the religious sentiments of some religious leaders."

"There's A Probability That They Would Not have Intended To Snatch The Rifle From An Army Man":Kashmir Court Grants Bail To Two Persons Booked Under UAPA[Read Order]

While granting bail to two persons accused under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the trial court in Baramulla observed that considering the strata of society the accused persons come from, they could not have dared to snatch the rifle from an army man. Special Judge Sanjay Parihar further observed that security forces some time work under the hostile atmosphere and...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Delhi Govt's COVID19 Regulation Which Empowers A Police Officer To Impose Fine On Offenders

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging clause 3(g) of the Delhi Epidemic Diseases, (Management of COVID-19) Regulations, 2020, which authorises the police officer of the rank of Sub Inspector and above to impose fine on any person who violates the provisions of the said notification. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has...

Bombay HC Refuses Bail To G N Saibaba; Says 'Except For Narrating Ailments Said To Be Suffered By Him, No Further Details Given'

The Bombay High Court, while rejecting the bail application filed by former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba on Tuesday, noted that apart from narrating ailments suffered by the wheelchair bound 90% disabled professor who is serving life imprisonment, no further details are given in the application and considering that he tested negative for COVID-19, Court said that no ground was made...

Delhi HC Directs Internet Service Providers To Block Websites Illegally Streaming Disney Cartoons [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Internet Service Providers to block a list of 118 'rogue websites' which are illegally streaming Disney cartoons. The Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher noted that if the Plaintiffs are not protected, as prayed for, irreparable damage would be caused to their commercial and statutory interest. The order has come in a suit filed...