Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Increase The Number of Beds And Ventilators For COVID Patients [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to increase the number of the beds and ventilators for COVID19 patients so that all COVID patients in need can get these facilities. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan further directed the Delhi Government to look into the suggestions given by Delhi Medical Association in their press...

Manipur HC Pulls Up Lady Cop For Her 'Contemptuous' FB Post Against Judiciary; Issues Notice To 20 FB Account Holders [Read Order]

The Manipur High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against a woman cop who allegedly posted derogatory, defamatory and contemptuous remark in her face book account against Judiciary. Thounaojam Brinda, an officer of Manipur Police Service, had made some comments in the social media platform after a NDPS Case accused was granted bail by the Court of Narcotic Drugs and...

Hubli Sedition Case : Three Kashmiri Students Released On Default Bail After 100 Days Of Custody [Read Order]

A Judicial Magistrate First Class, in Hubli, recently granted default bail to three Kashmiri students who were arrested in a sedition case over allegedly posting pro-pakistan videos on social media. The accused Basit Aashiq Sofi, (22), Talib Majeed, (20) and Amir Mohi Uddin Wani, (20), have walked out of prison after being behind bars for over 100 days. The magistrate court...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Franklin Templeton's Decision To Wind Up 6 Debt Funds

The Delhi HC has issued notice to the Trustee and Asset Management Company of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund and also to SEBI on a writ petition challenging the Winding Up notice issued by the Mutual Fund to close its 6 debt fundsThe petition filed by Amruta Garg also challenges a consequent notice issued for E-voting. Challenge has also been made to SEBI's Mutual Fund Regulations. Petitioner...

Allahabad HC Seeks UP Assembly's Reply In Plea Seeking Disposal Of Pending Disqualification Proceeding [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by Congress Leader for the state of Uttar Pradesh, Deepak Singh, seeking forthwith disposal of disqualification proceedings pending against former Congress MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh, who switched to BJP in 2018. The bench comprised by Justices Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Dinesh Kumar Singh has asked the...

Bar Council Of Delhi Opposes Centre's Proposal To Decriminalize Dishonour Of Cheques Under Sec 138 NI Act, Other Economic Offences

The Bar Council of Delhi has opposed the Central Government's decision to decriminalize minor economic offences, stating that the same will cause rampant "institutional damage". In a letter address to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Setharaman, Co-chairman of the Council, Sanjay Rathi, has said that the proposal to decriminalize 39 provisions contained in 19 different Acts...

Delhi HC Directs Payment Of Doctors' Salaries After Taking Suo Moto Cognizance On Media Reports

After taking suo moto cognizance of the matter, the Delhi High Court has directed the North DMC to disburse salaries of resident doctors of Kasturba Hospital and Hindu Rao Hospital which have been pending since March 2020. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan has set it the following schedule for the payment of salaries: 'so far as...

Bombay HC Advises Citizens To Stay Indoors, Quotes Nehru's "Tryst With Destiny" Speech, Asks State To Consider Increasing Public Healthcare Budget [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday passed several directions while hearing a batch of PILs and petition raising various issues regarding the state of public health care amidst the pandemic of Covid-19 in the State of Maharashtra. Court asked the State to consider increasing budgetary allocation for public healthcare and advised citizens to 'serve' or perform 'seva' to others by...

'Prison Service Cannot Be Equated With Normal Service': Calcutta HC Holds Prisoners To Not Be Governed By Minimum Wages Act [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that prisoners in the state of West Bengal are not to be governed by the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and the rates fixed under such provisions by the appropriate government as minimum wages. "Prison service cannot exactly be equated with normal service, outside incarceration. There are certain distinctly discerning features in the...

Bombay HC Grants Bail To Nine Citizens Of Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan Accused Of Violating Visa Conditions By Indulging In "Tabligh Activities" [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to nine citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan accused of violating their visa condition by indulging in "Tabligh Activities" in Gadhchiroli district of Maharashtra. Justice Manish Pitale of the Nagpur bench was hearing a bail application filed by Batyrov Shukratbek and others who were arrested on April 29 after an FIR was registered...

Safoora Zargar's Detention Against International Law Standards : American Bar Association Appeals For Her Immediate Release

The pre-trial detention of Safoora Zargar does not appear to meet the standards of international law, including treaties to which India is a state-party, said the Center for Human Rights, American Bar Association."International law, including treaties to which India is a State party, only permit pre-trial detention under narrow circumstances which do not appear to have been met in Ms....

All India People Front Moves Allahabad HC Against Govt Order Restricting Treatment of Non-Covid Patients to "Emergency Cases Only"

The All India People Front has moved the Allahabad High Court against a Government notification restricting all the Government Hospitals, Private Hospitals and the Nursing Homes in the State from opening the OPD and treating the non-COVID patients. On March 31, 2020, the State Government had issued a notification whereby inter alia, the Government Hospitals, Private Hospitals and...