Direct Labs/Hospitals To Inform Persons Who Come For COVID-19 Test To Be In Home Quarantine Till Results : Karnataka HC To Govt [Read Order]

Observing that the State and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) should take all possible steps to reduce time required for making available Covid19 test reports, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the state to issue directions to laboratories and hospitals to inform those coming for the swab test about their obligation to go for home isolation till the report is available....

Gujarat HC Grants Custody Of Infant Twins To Their Mother Dismissing Allegations Of Affairs And Homosexual Relations Against Her As Irrelevant [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court while granting a mother with the custody of her twin infants suggested that there must be some limit to the nature of allegations that can be put forth against a mother filing for the custody of her children so that they can be brought up in a decent environment. Responding to allegations of heterosexual and homosexual affairs against the mother of the infants,...

Time Limit For Availing Transitional Input Tax Credit Under GST Mandatory : Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Availing Transitional ITC Under GST Must Be Time Bound, Holds Madras High Court. [Read Order]

Madras HC Restrains Patanjali From Using 'Coronil' Trademark [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently restrained Patanjali Ayurveda from using the trademark 'Coronil'- the controversial drug that the company initially claimed to be a cure for the deadly Corona virus. The injunction order was passed by a single-Judge bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan, in a plea moved by a Chennai based private company Arudra Engineering, claiming rights over...

NCLAT Dismisses HDIL's Appeal; Gives Go Ahead To Initiate Insolvency Proceedings

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld the order passed by NCLT, Mumbai Bench, against the real estate giant Housing Development & Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) for initiation of insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC). HDIL had contended that it was not given enough opportunity to put forth its case and hence the order...

J&K HC Constitutes 5 Member Committee To Examine E-Connectivity Issues At The HC [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday constituted a Committee to examine the issue of e-connectivity at the High Court. The Committee led by Home Secretary of the J&K Government, Shaleen Kabra, shall undertake an audit of the facilities and infrastructure at the High Court and submit its report before the Chairperson of IT Committee of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir...

"Can His Family See Him From A Reasonable Distance" Bombay HC Seeks NIA & State's Response, Asks For Update On Varavara Rao's Health

The Bombay High Court on Monday sought to know from the National Investigation Agency and State government regarding the health condition of 81-year-old Telugu poet Varavara Rao, one of the eleven accused in Bhima Koregaon case, who tested positive for Covid-19 and was shifted to Nanavati Hospital on Sunday. Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice SP Tavade was hearing Rao's...

Conception Of Pregnancy Post Tubectomy Not Medical Negligence: P & H HC [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the doctor performing tubectomy, at the time of child delivery, cannot be attributed medical negligence merely because she did not explain that the tubes would regress to their normal size after the delivery, and that during the regress, the tubes are likely to slip, thereby exposing chance of further pregnancy. The Single bench was hearing...

Chargesheet Submitted Without The Forensic Report Cannot Be Accepted As Complete Chargesheet: Meghalaya Court Pulls Up Police, Grants Bail In NDPS Case [Read Order]

While granting bail to a person accused under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, a trial court in Meghalaya has clarified that the court cannot accept a chargesheet to be complete if it's submitted without a forensic science report. While pulling up the police for not placing the Chemical Analysis Report on record, the Special Judge at East Khasi Hills noted...

Over 250 Members Of The Bar Endorse Representation Seeking To Resume Physical Hearing With Safety Measures Before Bombay HC Chief Justice [Read Letter]

A representation has been made before the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court endorsed by over 250 members of the bar including some senior advocates asking for physical hearings to be resumed or in the alternative have regular hearings via video conferencing.Senior Advocates like BA Desai, Yusuf Muchhala, Rajani Iyer and Arif Bookwala are amongst the 254 advocates who have endorsed the...

Karnataka HC Rejects Petition Seeking To Move Covid19 Testing Laboratory Situated In Residential Area

The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation filed by two residents seeking directions to the authorities to shift or close down a covid-19 testing laboratory in their vicinity. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice M Nagaprasanna said "The petitioner counsel is unable to point out any statutory provisions which impose...

Delhi Riots: Delhi HC Reserves Order In Ishrat Jahan's Plea Challenging The Extension Granted To Delhi Police For Completing Investigation Against Her

Delhi High Court has reserved order in a plea challenging the order dated 15/06/20 passed by ASJ Dharmender Rana wherein the police was granted an extension of 60 days to complete investigation in cases pertaining to Delhi riots against Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan. The judgment has been reserved by the Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait. Filed by Congress Counselor Ishrat Jahan,...