Delhi HC Asks Delhi Govt To Remove Restrictions From A Containment Zone If There Are No Fresh Cases, Surveillance And Testing To Continue As Per Guidelines

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to abide by its submission of removing restrictions from DG-3 Society Vikas Puri, which was designated as a containment zone, as no fresh case has been reported from the said area. The Single Bench of Justice Rekha Palli has also asked the Delhi Government to follow its protocol of testing and surveillance as per the guidelines and...

Delhi HC Directs Civic Bodies of Delhi To Submit Affidavits Indicating Their Preparedness To Deal With An Earthquake on an Urgent Basis

Delhi High Court has asked all the civic bodies in the city to submit affidavits indicating their preparedness to deal with an earthquake and how the same will be implemented on an urgent basis. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar has asked for the affidavits to be filed within one week by the Commissioners of all the MCDs, Chairman of NDMC,...

Reconsider Capping Price Of N-95 Masks Urges Bombay HC As Centre Contends Masks Already Sold At 47% Reduced Price

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre and National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority regarding the cap on price of N-95 masks considering the Drug Price Control Order which states that the government will have to ensure that prices are not increased more than 10% of prices prevailing in preceding 12 months. Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice...

Delhi HC Directs Centre & Delhi Govt To Ensure Adequate Testing And Real Time Updating Of Data Related To COVID19

Delhi High Court has directed both the Centre and the Delhi Government to ensure that testing is carried out by the Central Government as well as the State Government run hospitals, as far as possible, subject to availability of testing kits with priority be given to the persons approaching for test on the recommendation of a doctor. While hearing a suo moto matter on the...

Delhi HC Asks Centre, JNU To File Affidavits In Plea Challenging 27% Reservation For OBCs In PG Courses [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government and Jawaharlal Nehru University to file affidavits in a petition challenging the provision of 27% reservations to the persons belonging to OBC category in post graduation courses in Central educational institutions, specifically in JNU. While giving 4 weeks time to the Respondents to file affidavits-in-reply, the Single Bench...

Delhi Riots: Crime Branch of Delhi Police Files Charge Sheet Against Shahrukh Pathan And Others

The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has filed the charge sheet in the cases pertaining to Delhi Riots. Filed before a trial judge in the Karkardooma District Court Complex, the charge sheet pertains to offences punishable under sections 147,148,149,283,186,188,353,332,323,307,505, 120B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 27 of Arms Act, and Sections 3 and 4 of PDPP Act....

Delhi HC Temporarily Suspend Physical Service Of Summons and Documents, Delivery Through Email And WhatsApp Will Be Preferred [Read Circular]

In light of the rising cases of COVID19 in Delhi, the Delhi High Court has temporarily amended the process regarding the service of notice, summons and daks. By the order dated June 03, Chief Justice DN Patel has directed that all documents/notices/summons/daks through physical mode be dispensed with, except there's a specific order to that effect by the court. The order further...

"If Children Can't Allow Parents To Live In Peace, Atleast Don't Make Their Life A living Hell"; Bombay HC Gives Stern Warning To Daughter Who Allegedly Tortured Mother Mentally & Physically [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday gave a stern warning to one Sarita Somkuwar, a woman accused by her own elderly mother of torturing her both mentally and physically, that if there is even one more complaint of harassment, she will not be allowed to enter the flat where she is residing with her 19-year-old son and mother.Division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade heard the...

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...