Religare Finvest Scam: Delhi HC Directs AIIMS Director To Constitute A Medical Board For Looking Into The Treatment Given To Kavi Arora in Prison [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to constitute a medical board to look into the treatment and diet given by the jail authorities to Kavi Arora, one of the accused in the Religare Finvest scam. The Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait further directed the Jail Superintendent to provide all medical documents/test reports...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Proper Arrangements For The Treatment of Both COVID and Non-COVID Patients in Delhi Hospitals [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a PIL seeking expeditious furnishing of reports after conducting tests for the infection of COVID19 virus. The Division Bench of Justice Hima and Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has issued notice to the Delhi Government. In a previous order in the same PIL, the Delhi High Court had directed the Delhi Government to ensure that...

Lockdown Crisis Not A 'Public Emergency' Under Section 5 Of Factories Act : Karnataka Govt Admits In HC

The Karnataka Government admitted to the High Court of Karnataka that it was difficult to justify its order relaxing labour laws in the State on the basis of Section 5 of the Factories Act, as the lockdown situation cannot be termed as a "public emergency" as specified under the provision."Although it is difficult to locate the present situation within contingencies of section 5 of the...

Karnataka HC Directs State To Ensure Adequate Transport Facilities To Migrant Workers From North Eastern Region [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has asked the state government to ensure that adequate transport opportunities are available to the migrant workers from North Eastern States to reach their destination. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice B V Nagarathna made this suggestion after going through the written submission of the state in which it was stated that...

Restrictions Imposed On Religious Places During Lockdown Are In Larger Public Interest: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

"Merely that in certain areas restrictions have been relaxed cannot be a ground to relax the same qua religious places of worship."

'Closure Of Branch Irrelevant Where Assessee Chooses Determination Of Tax Liability Under Compounding Provision': Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"Closure of branch is irrelevant where the assessee chooses determination of tax liability on a compounding basis", ruled the Kerala High Court on Friday. The assessee engaged in the business of jewellery had its Head Office at Changanacherry and three branches at Kottayam, Thiruvalla, and Chengannur. From the year 2006-2007 onward the assessee was paying tax under Section 8(f) of the...

[Decongestion Of Prisons] Madras HC Recalls Parole Orders Based On Police Assurance To Provide Quarantine Faculties [Read Order]

The High Court of Madras on Monday recalled the parole orders of 11 convicts who were released from prisons subsequent to the order of a coordinate bench dated March 26, 2020, for decongestion of prisons amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench comprising of Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice R. Suresh Kumar has ordered that the parole stands recalled/ cancelled and the convicted...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate Savitri Ratho As Judge Of Orissa HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Savitri Ratho as Judge of the Orissa High Court. The same is pursuant to the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Colelgium in January this year. The Orissa HC Collegium had recommended elevation of Ratho in May last year. However, the SC Collegium had deferred the same vide its resolution dated October...

Centre Notifies The Appointment Of Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani As Judge Of J&K HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani as a Judge of Common High Court for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh. The same is pursuant to the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium in January this year. The J&K High Court Collegium had recommended elevation of Wani in March last year. However,...

'Completely Unacceptable' : Delhi HC On District Judge's Refusal To Accept Bail Bond On Ground That Softy Copy Of HC Order Wasn't Authenticated

The Delhi High Court has criticized a District Judge for refusing to accept the bail bond of an accused on the ground that the soft copy of the HC bail order produced by him was not authenticated. This came in a plea moved under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code challenging the order of the District Judge who refused to accept the bail bond of the Appellant on the ground that the...

Plea In Madhya Pradesh HC For Constitution Of Committee To Prevent Communalism Within Police Force [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking constitution of specialized Committee to address the concern of rising "communalism" within the Police force in the state. The petition, filed by one Deepak Bundela, a practicing Advocate of the High Court, also seeks constitution of a "Police Complaints Authority" in the state. Bundela has moved the High...

'Non-Cooperation During Investigation Is Irrelevant In Plea For Revocation Of Pardon': Delhi HC Dismisses ED's Plea Against Grant Of Pardon To Rajiv Saxena [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that the condition of pardon of a court approver- to make "full and true disclosure"- applies to the proceedings before the Court, and do not encompass the proceedings during investigation. "Where the purpose of tendering pardon is obtaining of the evidence of the person, by, and before, the Court, the "full and true disclosure", required to be made...