Use Of Arogya Setu Still Mandatory Despite Centre's Submission That It's Voluntary, Petitioner Tells Karnataka HC

The use and installation of 'Aarogya Setu', the contact tracing app developed by the National Informatics Centre, is still made mandatory despite the clarifications made by the Central Government, submitted Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves before the High Court of Karnataka.The Court is hearing the petition filed by Anivar Aravind, cyber security activist, raising privacy concerns about...

Bhima Koregaon: Bombay HC Directs NIA & State To Inform About Conditions & Social Distancing Measures In Byculla Jail Where Sudha Bharadwaj Is Lodged

The Bombay High Court on Friday while hearing an appeal filed by lawyer and tribal rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj directed the National Investigation Agency and state government to take instructions regarding the prevailing conditions in Byculla jail and the social distancing measures being implemented in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice...

[Covid and Courts] Kerala Courts Dispose 10919 Cases Via Video Conferencing

LiveLaw has taken an initiative to analyse the functioning of High Courts across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have taken various parameters such as the volume of cases filed, the number of cases disposed, the proactive steps taken by the High Courts, guidance to the subordinate judiciary etc. This data compilation will be an ongoing work and periodically revised with...

Madras HC Quashes Criminal Case Against Mentally Disabled Man Accused Of Participating In Tuticorin Protests [Read Order]

The Madras High Court last month quashed a criminal case against a mentally disabled man who was accused of participating in a protest against the shooting incident at Thoothukudi on the closure of Sterlite Industries. Before the Court, his counsel submitted that the accused is a mentally ill person, undergoing treatment for psychological disorder and without knowing the consequences, he...

'Vested Interests Acting Against Promotion Of Siddha Medicine': Madras HC Pulls Up Centre, State For Not Recognizing Native Medicine In COVID Cure [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government on account of the fact that Siddha Medicine is not being given its due recognition by the Department of AYUSH or the state in the cure of COVID. The Court was moved in a Habeas plea against the detention of a person claiming to be a Siddha Medical Practitioner and the producer of an alleged cure medicine...

How Can Names Of COVID-19 Patients Be Revealed?This Involves Right To Privacy: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Friday issued notice to the State and Centre in a PIL seeking directions to evolve a special mechanism for revealing names of Covid-19 patients for the benefit of the public at large so that one "can stay away from such people" and go to the doctor at the initial stage of contraction of the virus. A division bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice MS Karnik heard...

Use PM CARES, Contingency Funds To Mitigate Hardship Faced By Advocates: Bar Council of Delhi Writes To Prime Minister [Read Letter]

Bar Council of Delhi has written a letter to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, requesting him to release funds to the tune of ₹500 crores from the Contingency Fund of India as well as PM CARES Fund to mitigate the hardship faced by advocates in Delhi NCR region. It is highlighted that the legal community in Delhi NCR area is facing severe financial crisis which...

Lawyer And Law Student Write To Allahabad CJ Seeking CBI/SIT Probe Into Alleged "Fake Encounter" Of Kanpur Gangster Vikas Dubey & Aides [Read Letter]

A letter petition has been addressed to the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court seeking an independent CBI/ SIT enquiry into the alleged police encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey, who was arrested yesterday from MP's Ujjain, allegedly for killing eight policemen in UP's Kanpur on July 3. The letter, penned by Supreme Court Advocate Pawan Prakash Pathak and a final year law...

RBI Must Monitor Implementation Of Loan Moratorium Circular; Borrower Entitled To Seek Moratorium As A Matter Of Right For Continuity Of Business : Karnataka HC

The High Court of Karnataka has held that a borrower is entitled to seek loan moratorium on the basis of the Reserve Bank of India's March 27 circular, on the ground that the non-grant of it would affect the continuity of buisness.While acknowledging that the grant of moratorium as per the RBI circular is the discretion of the bank, the Court stated that it is "mandatory" for the banks to...

Madhya Pradesh HC Disposes PIL Against Tik Tok App As 'Infructuous' [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation against Tik Tok observing that it has become infructuous. One Naman Choubey had approached the court submitted that the mobile application owned by a Chinese firm named M/s. Bytedance is causing harmful and hazardous effect on the children and youth of the country who are becoming addicted to it causing degradation...

Madras HC Directs State To Provide Ration Supplies To Migrant Workers Regardless Of Ration Cards [Read Order]

Considering the plight of migrant labourers who are without food, the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State Government to provide ration supplies to migrant labourers, after satisfying that they are really migrant labourers, irrespective of whether they have ration cards or not. The bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and V. M. Velumani was informed that the State Government...

Delhi HC Permits Exclusion Of Students From Online Classes On Failure To Pay Tuition Fee Despite Financial Capacity [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday partially read down the Delhi Government's order restraining private schools from precluding such students from attending online classes, who do not pay tution fee. In a plea filed by the Queen Mary School Northend, a single bench of Justice Jayant Nath has held, "Where the parents are in default for payment of tuition fee for more than two months,...