Third Party Insurance : IRDAI Decides To Withdraw Long Term Packages Of 3 And 5 Years

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has decided to withdraw long term packages offering third party insurance for 3 years and 5 years for four-wheelers and two-wheelers respectively, with effect from August 1, 2020.The long term packages were introduced following a Supreme Court direction in 2018 that all general insurers should offer 3-year third party policies for...

Telangana HC Warns State Govt. Of Contempt For Failing To Comply With Order Of COVID-Testing Of Dead Bodies Released By Hospitals [Read Order]

Perusing the compliance report of the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, the Telangana High Court on Monday observed that the state government's report is absolutely silent on the issue whether the dead bodies being released from hospitals are duly tested for the presence of Coronavirus or not. "According to the Media Reports, the testing of the dead bodies is not being...

Delhi Govt Is Expected To Comply With LG's Order Regarding Testing of Asymptomatic Patients: Delhi HC Says While Disposing Off Plea [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has disposed of a plea challenging the decision of the Delhi Government to not to test asymptomatic patients for COVID19 by noting that the recent order of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has already resolved the said issue. While disposing of the petition, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan observed that it is expected from...

Saket Court Orders Sealing And Sanitization Of Court Premises As A Magistrate Tests Positive For COVID19 [Read Circular]

Saket District & Sessions Court has directed for the sealing and deep sanitization of courtroom, Ahlmad room and chamber of a Duty MM who has tested positive for COVID19. It is also mentioned in the order that all those Court Officials and Advocates who attended the concerned Magistrate's court on 03/06/20 are advised to self quarantine themselves as per medical advice and...

Continuation Of Work At Coastal Road During Lockdown; Bombay HC Grants Liberty To 20 Mumbai Residents To Move SC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted liberty to twenty Mumbai residents who are members of a group called 'Save Our Coast' to move Supreme Court as they questioned the continuation of construction work for the coastal road in violation of the lockdown rules.Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SS Shinde was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Priya...

Rajasthan HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging RERA Extension To Real Estate Projects

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL challenging an order passed Rajasthan Real Estate Regulation Authority granting an "across board" 12-months extension for completion of registered real estate projects, due to the Covid-19 lockdown situation. The notice has been issued by a division bench comprised by Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and...

"The Pandemic Has Brought An Atmosphere Weariness & Exasperation"; Bombay HC Grants Bail To Architect Who Charged At Cop After Being Told To Wear A Mask [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a 27-year-old Architect who was arrested after charging at a police officer who reminded him to wear a mask while he was taking a stroll at Marine Drive during the lockdown. Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing the bail application filed by Karan Nair who was strolling on Marine Drive footpath without a mask on May 8 and has been in jail...

Students Of NLU-Jodhpur Lead Initiative To Arrange Shramik Trains For Migrants

In a commendable move, the Legal Aid and Awareness Committee of National Law University Jodhpur led efforts to get a train sanctioned for 1650 migrant workers from Surat/Ahemdabad to Jharkhand on June 10.The Committee with the help of a local Non-Governmental Organisation, Prayas Center for Labour Research and Action[CLRA], acquired the contact details of the migrant labourers, traced...

Gujarat HC Issues Contempt Notice Against GHCAA President Yatin Oza For "Scurrilous" Remarks Against HC & Its Registry [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued criminal contempt notice against Senior Advocate and the President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association, Yatin Oza, for making "scurrilous remarks" against High Court and its Registry, during a live press conference on Facebook. Taking suo moto cognizance of the incident, the bench comprised by Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice NV...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea For Postponing PG Exams For AIIMS [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea seeking a direction to be issued to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to postpone the exams for post graduate (PG) courses. While acknowledging that there's a strong need for AIIMS to augment its capacity by adding more junior doctors on their rolls in the present scenario, the Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath noted...

Calcutta HC Bar Association Resolves To Not Participate In Physical Hearings; Urges CJ To Withdraw June 5 Notification For Resumption Of Normal Functioning

Citing that it is a matter of life and death of the Advocates and about their livelihood, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association was "most reluctantly constrained to resolve" on Monday that its members would abstain from participating in the physical functioning of the court on any date fixed, urging that the Court withdraws its June 5 notification for resumption of normal functioning of...

UP Govt Approves Ordinance To Enhance Punishment For Cow Slaughter; Photos Of Persons Accused Of Sale & Transport Of Beef To Be Published

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday approved the draft "UP Prevention of Slaughter (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020," for strengthening the cow slaughter laws in the state. The ordinance approved in a cabinet meeting led by CM Yogi Adityanath, has enhanced the punishment prescribed under the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, with an aim to deter slaughter of cows in...