Former Judge Of Bombay HC And Human Right Activist Justice Hosbet Suresh Passes Away

Former Judge of the Bombay High Court and human rights activist, Justice Hosbet Suresh passed away on Thursday, at 91. Justice Suresh began his law practice from the Bombay City Civil Court in 1953. Between 1960 and 1965 he was a part-time professor of Law at the Government Law College, Bombay. He was appointed as a judge of the Bombay City Court in 1968 and was promoted to...

Delhi HC To Hear Contempt Petition Against Delhi Govt & LNJP Hospital For Mishandling Of Covid Affected Dead Bodies

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a contempt petition filed against the Chief Secretary and the Principal Health Secretary of the Delhi Government for flouting the directions issued by the High Court in a suo moto case registered against manhandling of Covid affected patients/ dead bodies. The contempt petition filed by Advocate Avadh Kaushik also states that the...

Amulya Leona Granted Default Bail By Magistrate As Police Fails To File Chargesheet Within Mandated Time

She has been under custody since February 20.

Chhattisgarh HC Restrains Police From Taking Coercive Action Against BJP's Sambit Patra In Firs Over Tweets Against Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi [Read Order]

Granting interim relief to BJP's national spokesperson Sambit Patra, the Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday directed the state Police to not take any "coercive action" against Patra for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups. Patra had moved the High Court, seeking quashing of the two FIRs registered against him for the alleged offences of defamation,...

Delhi HC Directs All The Private Hospitals That Are Called Upon To Reserve 20% Beds For COVID Patients To Also Conduct Tests Of Those Seeking Admission For Non-COVID Procedures [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed all the private hospitals in Delhi that have been called upon to reserve 20% beds for admitting COVID-19 patients, are equipped with labs to conduct the COVID-19 test and have the sanction of the ICMR to do so, should proceed to conduct tests on symptomatic/asymptomatic persons, who seek admission in the hospital for undergoing surgeries/procedures of...

Delhi HC Constitutes Committee of Doctors To Inspect The Feasibility of Converting Certain Hotels Into COVID Facilities [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee of Doctors to inspect the feasibility of certain hotels to be used as extended COVID hospitals by the Delhi Government. To check whether using these hotels as COVID facilities would have any adverse effect on the staff working therein, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has asked the said committee to look into the matter and submit a...

'Transporting Migrant Workers Fast Is In The Interest Of State": Telangana HC Prescribes Ear-Marking Of 2-3 Bogies In Each Train For Migrants, And Provide More Shramik Trains [Read Order]

"It will be in the interest of State, to transport the migrant workers as soon as possible out of the State", observed the Telangana High Court on Wednesday."For, while the migrant workers are within the borders of our State, it is the duty of the State to look after their personal, and physical needs, which undoubtedly imposes a great financial burden on the State exchequer", the...

The Concept Of Video Conferencing Is New But The Courts Have Risen To The Occasion: Delhi HC Notes While Disposing Of Plea Seeking Courts To Hear All Matters [Read Order]

While disposing of a plea seeking courts to hear all matters, the Delhi High Court observed that the procedure of hearing matters through video conferencing is new to both the court and the counsel and each day throws a new challenge but that is not to say that the High Court and the Subordinate Courts have not risen to the occasion. These observations were made in a plea...

Breaking: Delhi HC Stays Investigation Against Vinod Dua In An FIR Accusing Him of Spreading Communal Enmity Through His YouTube Show [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has temporarily stayed the investigation against Vinod Dua in an FIR which alleges him of spreading misinformation and causing communal enmity on his YouTube show. While holding that there's no prima facie case against Mr Dua to warrant the registration of FIR, the Single Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani noted that there is no allegation that...

Delhi HC Directs All Private Hospitals That Are Called Upon To Reserve 20% Beds For COVID Patients To Also Conduct Tests Of Those Seeking Admission For Non-COVID Procedures [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed all the private hospitals in Delhi that have been called upon to reserve 20% beds for admitting COVID-19 patients, are equipped with labs to conduct the COVID-19 test and have the sanction of the ICMR to do so, should proceed to conduct tests on symptomatic/asymptomatic persons, who seek admission in the hospital for undergoing surgeries/procedures of...

'She May Abscond; Alleged Slogans Affect Public Feelings': Bengaluru Court Denies Bail To Amulya Leona In Sedition Case [Read Order]

Stating that the investigation is not completed and if granted bail she may abscond, a sessions court on Wednesday rejected the bail application filed by Amulya Leona (19), arrested in February on sedition charges for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-CAA protest site. Rejecting the bail application, Additional Session Judge Vidyadhar Shirahatti, said : "The I.O. has...

'Trial Court, While Deciding Bail, Should Consider Awarding Reasonable Sum, As Interim Compensation, To Victims, Particularly Those From Unprivileged Classes": Orissa HC

"Dreadful crime challenges the belief in fundamental goodness of the society and if there is an understandable motive or response to some form of provocations, we can't comprehend them as it falls beyond the bonds of moral acceptability", observed the Orissa High Court on Wednesday, urging grant of compensation to victims even at the stage of bail. The Single Bench was considering an...