Madras HC Directs State Bar Council To Forthwith Amend Regulations To Provide For Interim Pay-Outs To Needy Advocates In 'Dark and Difficult Days' [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Tuesday recommended that the state Bar Council, at the earliest, insert in its Regulations, by way of amendment, a provision for "interim pay-outs to needy advocates in these dark and difficult days". The Division Bench was rendering its decision on a PIL moved by a Senior Advocate, raising "an important issue in general, and one that assumes par­ticular...

Deduction Of One-Day' Salary To PM CARE FUND During Covid Pandemic Cannot Be Said To Be Contrary To Public Interest Or Harsh: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the deduction of one-day salary of a Delhi University teacher for contributing to the PM CARES Fund. While dismissing the petition, the Division Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev Narula asked itself a question that wouldn't a 'stone hearted person' only challenge the decision to deduct one day's salary for a...

Rajasthan HC Cautions Judicial Officers & Court Staff Over Misuse Of Social Media & Engaging In Content Against Government Policies/ HC Admin [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has cautioned all the Judicial Officers and the Court staff of the High Court as well as the Subordinate Courts/ Tribunals/ Special Courts, to act "responsibly" over social media. "Judicial Officers and the Court staff are forwarding, liking, disliking and commenting upon the posts which are not only scandalous and derogatory but sensational also....

Plea In Allahabad HC For Use Of A4 Sheets With Double-Sided Printing In Court Filings [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking to implement the use of A4 Sheets with double-sided printing, instead of legal-size paper with one side printing, for filings in all the courts across Uttar Pradesh. The petition has been filed by 5 Law Students of the Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad, through Advocates Shashwat Anand and Ankur Azad. It may be...

"Absolutely Frivolous PIL Petition": Bombay HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Free Covid-19 Treatment to All Citizens With Rs.5 lakh Cost [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation filed by Sagar Jondhale a 42-year-old educationist and social worker who sought directions to the State of Maharashtra to provide free treatment to all citizens of Maharashtra who test positive for Covid-19, including free treatment at private hospitals and imposed a cost of Rs.5 lakh payable to the State. Division...

Delhi Labour Minister Directs NLU-Delhi To Reinstate Housekeeping Staff, University Says Matter Pertains To Contractor & Not University

Unlawful Termination Of Housekeeping Staff Of NLU-D:

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Domicile Reservation For Delhiites In NLU Delhi [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking quashing of the provision giving 50% reservation to students who passed their qualifying exam from the Institute located within the National Capital Territory. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has issued notice to the Delhi Government and has asked it to file its reply before the next date...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Process Pending Items Related To Digitisation Of District Courts Within Two Weeks [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to process the four pending items that are related to the project of digitisation/scanning of records and upgradation/enhancement of existing leased lines in the District Court Complexes within a period of two weeks under advance intimation to the High Court. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad...

[COVID-19] Magistrate May Authorize First Remand Of Accused Via Video Conferencing In Exceptional Circumstances Despite Bar Under Proviso(b) Of Section 167(2) CrPC : Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court on Monday held that if a Magistrate can authorize the remand of an accused for the first time via video conferencing in exceptional circumstances in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The Court said in the order as follows :"...in a very exceptional case, where the learned Magistrate is of the considered view that there is a serious apprehension that the accused...

'Activities Of The Detenu Are Normal Activities Of A Politician In A Democracy': J&K HC Quashes Detention Order Of NCP Leader Ali Mohammad Sagar [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today quashed the order for detention of senior National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Sagar, under the J&K Public Safety Act. The bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma observed that the grounds for his detention were "fragile" and "not justified". Sagar was arrested last year on August 6, under sections 107 and 151 of CrPC to prevent him from...

Karnataka HC Holds 270 Video Conference Sessions During COVID-19 Lockdown

The Karnataka High Court has conducted 270 sessions of virtual court sittings via video conferencing and heard a total of 1,758 cases between March 26 to June 6. Total number of 532 cases were disposed of by the HC, during the lockdown period. A press note issued by the court giving statistics of the cases heard during the lockdown period states that 987 cases were disposed off...

'State Must Set Its House In Order', Says Karnataka HC In Plea For Strict Enforcement Of 'Unlock' Norms In Reopened Places

Observing that "the State government was playing with the lives of people by being so casual," the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, once again asked the government on how it would enforce the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued by the Union government, while allowing opening of Malls, places of religion and hotels/restaurants, from June 8. A division bench of...