Karnataka HC Take Suo-Motu Congnizance of Difficulty Faced By Covid-19 Patients In Getting Medical Treatment [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the state government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Central government, after taking suo-motu cognizance of two letters written to it highlighting the difficulty faced by patients tested positive for coronavirus in getting immediate medical treatment at affordable prices. A division bench of Chief...

FCI Has Been Operating Its Godowns With Extended Hours To Ensure Timely Delivery of Food Grains At Fair Price Shops: Delhi Govt Informs HC [Read Order]

Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that the Food Corporation of India has been operating its godowns with extended hours, even on holidays and Sundays, to ensure timely delivery of God grains at Fair Price Shops (FPS) and non-PDS Centres. The information was given by the Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain before the Division Bench of Justice Hima...

Delhi Govt Moves HC Challenging The Admission Notification Of NLU Delhi For Not Providing Reservation To OBC And EWS Categories

Delhi Government has moved an application before the Delhi High Court challenging the admission notification issued by the National Law University, Delhi, so far as it eliminates vertical reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) categories. Moved as an application in a pending writ petition titled Balvinder Sangwan v. State of NCT...

'Glow & Handsome' : Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief To HUL Against Emami

The Bombay High Court on Monday, in an ex-parte order, granted relief to Hindustan Unilever Limited and restrained Emami from initiating any legal proceedings against HUL for use of the trademark 'Glow & Handsome' without giving a seven day prior written notice to the plaintiff. Justice BP Colabawalla heard the commercial suit filed by HUL via video conferencing after the matter...

'Condition Of Children Pathetic': NHRC Issues Notice to Centre, Bihar On Denial Of Mid-Day Meals Due To Closure Of Schools

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry along with the Government of Bihar after taking Suo Motu cognizance of the difficulties of impoverished children in Bhagalpur who have not been supplied with mid-day meals due to the extended closure of schools. It is informed, through a Press Release dated July 6,...

Home Ministry Permits Conduct Of Exams By Universities, Institutions

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday permitted the conduct of examinations by Universities and Institutes.The final term examinations are to be compulsory conducted as per the UGC guidelines and academic calander for universities and as per the Standard Operating Procedure approved by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Ministry of Home Affairs permits the conduct of examinations...

Centre Extends Term Of Justice (Retd.) Bansi Lal Bhat As Officiating Chairperson Of NCLAT [Read Notification]

The Central Government has extended the term of (Retd.) Justice Bansi Lal Bhat as the Chairperson (Officiating) of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), for three months. He was appointed to the said office on March 12, 2020 and took charge on March 15, for a period of three months. His tenure has now been extended for a further period of three months with effect from...

UP Police Continues To Register FIR Under 'Unconstitutional' Section 66A IT Act ; Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash It [Read Orders]

The Supreme Court had struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in its entirety in a judgment delivered in 2015 (Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India). Last year, the Apex Court had expressed its concern and displeasure about the continued use of this 'unconstitutional' Section 66A of the IT Act. Recently, a person named Rohit Singhal approached the High Court seeking to quash...

State Wants To Ensure That No Student Is Left Out Of Online Classes, Karnataka Govt Tells HC

The State Government on Monday ,replying to the petitions filed challenging the decision to ban online classes, submitted before the High Court of Karnataka that the decision was an 'interim measure' and was not violative of fundamental right to education. Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadgi said that the ban was an interim measure only, till the final decision is taken by the...

Delhi HC Directs Jail Superintendent To Provide Necessary Gadgets To A Prisoner Who Wishes To Appear For Online B.A. Exams [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the concerned Jail Superintendent to provide necessary gadgets and an instructor to operate the computer, if required, to a prisoner who wishes to appear for the mock as well as main B.A examination. The Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait directed for the necessary arrangements to be made in the prison itself instead of granting interim bail...

Writ Jurisdiction Against 'Wilful Defaulter' Declaration By Identification Committee Attracted Only In Case Of Patent/Gross Illegality: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that Courts, in exercise of their writ jurisdiction, can intervene on a declaration of Wilful Defaulter in the first instance only where the limited grounds of patent malafide, arbitrariness, bias or abuse of the process of law by the Identification Committee are established."The fast-track scheme of the relevant legislation and RBI guidelines operating in...

Delhi HC Denies Interim Suspension of Sentence To Murder Convict Who Wished To Remarry 'To Fill Colours In His Lonely Life' [Read Order]

Delhi High Court denied relief to a murder convict who sought interim suspension of sentence for 3 months to get find a partner for himself and get married. While denying relief, the Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar observed that: 'Since the appellant is undergoing life sentence, his desire to get married cannot be a reason to grant...