Karnataka HC CJ's Heartwarming Gesture - Welcomes Court Staff Who Recovered From COVID-19 Back To Work

In a move that won hearts, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, extended a warm welcome to to Mary Josephine, a court staff who reported for work on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19.Karnataka High Court Chief Justice, Abhay Oka, welcomes court staff Mary Josephine who resumed duty today after being cured of #COVID19#KarnatakaFightsCorona...

SC Upholds BCI's Order Dismissing Complaint Against Lawyer Alleging Professional Misconduct [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, last week, upheld an order passed by Bar Council of India dismissing a complaint alleging professional misconduct by a lawyer.Bindu Kumar Mohanlal Shah was the counsel for defendant in a suit filed by one Harmanbhai Umedbhai Patel against a person who allegedly encroached a property which was a 'gaucher land'.The complaint before the Bar Council was that the lawyer issued...

Centre Amends Motor Vehicle Rules To Incorporate More Safety Measures [Read Notification]

The Ministry of Road Transports and Highways has notified Central Motor Vehicles (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2020 which amends a few provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, including Rule 100 and 125.The following are the changes made through these Rules which has been published in the Official Gazette on Monday :Safety GlassesThe windscreen and window glass of every motor...

Testing Has Been Recommended For Eligible Individuals Coming With Due Prescriptions Of Doctors: ICMR Informs Delhi HC [Read Letter]

Indian Council of Medical Research has informed the Delhi High Court that it has recommended testing for only those eligible individuals who are coming with due prescriptions of doctors. The clarification was provided to the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla in a plea challenging the mandatory requirement of a doctor's prescription to undergo a COVID19 test. By a...

'Courts, With Dockets Already Over-Flowing"': P & H HC Restricts Filing Of Multiple Writ Petitions On Similar Cause Of Action [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week restricted the practice of filing multiple writ petitions with regard to the same or similar cause of action. Noting that "the dockets of the Courts are already over-flowing", Justice Anil Kshterpal opined that the filing of the multiple petitions is "neither in the interest of justice nor in the interest of the Judicial Institution". The...

Delhi Govt Has Not Released Its Share Of Salaries Payable To Sanitation And Health Workers on COVID Duty: NDMC Informs Delhi HC [Read Order]

North Delhi Municipal Corporation has informed the Delhi High Court that the Delhi Government has not released its share of salaries payable to the sanitation workers, health workers, and doctors who are on COVID duty. The municipal body further informed the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad that due to the order of the Supreme Court in Dr Arushi Jain...

State Government Approves Annual Budget Of Rs.50,000 To Cover Cost Of Spectacles For Each Bombay HC Judge & Their Spouses [Read Resolution]

In a surprising move, the Government of Maharashtra has approved and sanctioned an allowance of Rs.50,000 per annum for judges of the Bombay High Court and their families to buy spectacles. A government resolution dated July 10 was issued by the Law and Judiciary Department, signed by Legal Advisor and Joint Secretary Yogesh Ameta stating that the amount was determined for covering cost...

How Many Prisoners In Last 3 Years Were Not Released Within 24 Hours Of Being Granted Bail, Delhi HC Directs DG (Prisons) To Conduct Inquiry And Submit Report [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Director General (Prisons) to conduct an inquiry as to on how many occasions were the prisoner not released within 24 hours of being granted bail by a competent court, for reasons not attributable to that prisoner. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has directed the DG (Prisons) to submit a status report indicating...

Hindus Professing 'Sanatana Dharma' Not A Religious Denomination As Such For The Purposes Of Article 26 : Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

"Hindus as such are not a denomination/section/sect; nor as Hindus, professing and having faith in Sanatana Dharma, one such."

Varavara Rao Taking Undue Advantage Of COVID-19 To Seek Bail : NIA Tells Bombay HC

The National Investigation Agency, which took over the probe in the Bhima Koregaon violence from Pune police in January this year, has reiterated that Varavara Rao, the octogenarian Telugu poet who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, is trying to take undue benefit under the garb of Covid-19 and his old age in seeking bail on medical grounds. Vikram Khalate, SP, Head Office Branch,...

Madras HC Denies Interim Relief To Cooperative Banks Against 2020 Ordinance Subjecting Them To RBI Supervision [Read Order]

The Madras high court on Monday refused immediate interim relief to cooperative banks which have challenged the Centre's ordinance bringing them under the purview of the RBI.The two petitioners before Chief Justice A. P. Shah and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy are "some of the pioneers in Cooperative Banking in this country and their activities date back almost to a century". They have...

Delhi HC Adjourns Riots Cases Hearing Till July 27; Says, No Further Time For Reply

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a batch of petitions seeking proper investigation into the Delhi Riots, after directing the parties to complete the supply of documents on each other. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a division bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan that a common reply has been filed in all the petitions seeking registration of...