Test For Allowing Or Rejecting An Amendment To 'Section 34' Arbitration Petition: Calcutta HC Explains [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has observed that the test for allowing or rejecting an amendment to existing grounds in an Arbitration Petition under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act is whether the proposed grounds would necessitate filing of a fresh application for setting aside of the Award. The court was dealing with an application filed by a party seeking amendment of the...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Pass Order on Implementation Of Revised Wages Of Prisoners Within 3 Weeks [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to pass an order on implementation of revised wages of prisoners within a period of 3 weeks. The Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh has further directed the Delhi Government to submit a status report on this issue before the next date of hearing. The order has come in a writ petition filed by Nitin Verma, wherein it was...

Allahabad HC Asks UP Govt To Explain Closing Of Hospitals For Non-Covid Patients [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Monday asked the Government of UP to its reply on a plea filed by the All India People Front, challenging its decision to restrict all the Government Hospitals, Private Hospitals and the Nursing Homes in the State from opening the OPD and treating the non-COVID patients. A division bench of Justice Pankaj Mittal and Justice Yashwant Verma observed that...

Students Can Opt Out Of Remaining ICSE Board Exams, Results Can Be Determined Based On Pre-Board Exams : CISCE Tells Bombay HC

The Council For The Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) informed the Bombay High Court on Monday that students of class 10 and 12 have the option to not appear in the remaining board exams of ICSE and have the result completed on the basis of marks obtained in pre-board examinations or internal assessment and also the marks awarded in the papers which he/she has already written...

Domain Name Registrar May Suspend Registration But Cannot "Block Access" To Domain Name : Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday while hearing a commercial suit filed by Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) seeking directions to online domain name registrars to block access certain fraudulent variants of HULs domain name held that such registrars as "Endurance Domains Technology, Go Daddy and Porkbun" can only suspend registration of specific domain names but "blocking access" is...

Allahabad HC Grants Wife Guardianship Of Husband In Comatose Condition; Calls Upon Central Government To Enact A Law [Read Judgment]

In a significant order passed on Monday, the Allahabad High Court allowed the plea of a wife, to be appointed as the guardian of her husband lying in vegetative state. The bench comprised by Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed that even though there is no law for appointment of guardians for a person in a comatose state, the court was obliged in its capacity...

Lucknow Bench Of The HC Suspends Physical Functioning From June 17; HC Summer Vacation Extended Till July 3 [Read Notices]

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has suspended physical functioning of court from June 17 onwards. It is intimated that the High Court will resume to the virtual system that was being followed before re-opening of courts from June 8. In related news, the Administrative Committee of the Allahabad High Court has resolved to extend the period of HC summer vacation till July...

Hotels As COVID Facilities: Delhi HC Allows Selected Hotels To Make A Representation About Their Concerns Before the Delhi Govt [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has allowed the hotels, who have been approached by the Delhi Government for using their premises as COVID facilities, to raise their concerns before the Delhi Government who shall deal with the same in accordance with law. The Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has allowed the said hotels to approach the Delhi Government with their concerns regarding...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Suspension of Legal Interviews With Prisoners Lodged In Delhi Prisons [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the validity of theDelhi Government's order dated 25/03/20 wherein the legal interviews with the prisoners lodged in Delhi prisons have been suspended in light of COVID19. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notice to the Delhi Government who is also directed to file a status...

Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Moved by NGO Seeking To Assist In the Cremation of Bodies of COVID19 Victims [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by an NGO that wishes to assist the government authorities in cremating the bodies of COVID victims. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has issued notices to the National Disaster Management Authority and to the Delhi Government. Filed by an NGO called Mokshda Paryavaran Evam Van...

Madras HC Seeks Status Report From TN Govt. On Manufacture, Sale, Pricing, Quality, Usage And Disposal Of Face Masks [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and the state of Tamil Nadu on a PIL to devise and formulate proper rules and regulations as regards manufacture, quality control, specification, pricing, usage and disposal of face masks by the public at large. The Division Bench was hearing a petition raising the issue of usage of face masks by the people of the State of Tamil...

Orissa HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till July 15 [Read Order]

Considering that normal functioning of the Courts of the State may not be resumed in immediate future, a division bench of the Orissa High Court comprising of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Savitri Ratho, has extended all interim orders passed by the High Court and by the courts subordinate to it, till July 15, 2020. The bench has also put in abeyance, any orders...