Law Student Moves Meghalaya HC Against Govt. Order Mandating Download And Use Of Contact-Tracing Apps By Those Under Home Quarantine

The Meghalaya High Court has been moved in a PIL challenging the mandatory imposition of "Corontine App" and "Stay Safe Meghalaya App" contact tracing apps by the state government. Jade J. Lyngdoh, a student of National Law University, Jodhpur has challenged the March 29 order of the Government of Meghalaya mandating all persons who have been recommended for home quarantine/ isolation...

High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing June 1 To June 7 Allahabad High Court 1) Allahabad HC Directs Govt To Establish District Level Committees To Supervise Functining Of Quarantine Centers [Shaad Anwar v. State of UP] The bench comprising of Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to constitute a three-member Committee in every district so as to...

Bombay HC Allows Standalone Liquor Shop In Mall To Open Noting That It Has Separate Entrance Independent Of Mall Entrance

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to grant permission to 'World Of Wines', a liquor store which is located inside a mall at Nariman Point, to operate as a standalone liquor shop and effect home delivery of liquor as per the Corporation's guidelines. Division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade was hearing a...

Allahabad HC Directs Police Authorities To Take Lawful Action Against A Man Accused Of Abusing Safai Karmcharis [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the police authorities in the state to take apposite legal action against a man who was accused of abusing a Safai Karmchari and threatening to harm her family. The bench comprising of Justices Anil Kumar and Manish Mathur has asked the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district to act on the FIR and take action in compliance with...

'Keralites Stranded In Dhaka To Be Repatriated On June 15-16 In Phase III Of Vande Bharat Mission': Centre Assures Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Government of India informed the Kerala High Court on Friday that the third phase of the Vande Bharat Mission for repatriation of Indian citizens stranded abroad is due to start on June 10 and that the Keralites in Bangladesh, Dhaka are being accommodated on the flights scheduled on June 15 and 16 from Dhaka to Delhi. The High Court was hearing a writ petition seeking directions to the...

Bombay HC Orders Status Quo On Requisition Of Redeveloped Properties As Quarantine Centers [Read Order]

The High Court of Bombay on Friday directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to maintain status quo with regard to its order for requisition of some re-developed buildings as quarantine centers. The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Surendra P. Tavade after it was informed that the original owners / tenants of...

Notification Raising IBC Threshold For CIRP Prospective In Nature : NCLT [Read Order]

The Chennai Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has held that the Central Government's decision to enhance the minimum threshold for the initiation of insolvency proceedings is prospective in nature. On March 24, 2020 the Centre issued a Notification under Section 4 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IB Code), through which the minimum threshold for a petition to...

Bar Council Of Delhi Moves HC Seeking Grant Of Medical & Term Insurance To Advocates Registered Under CM's Advocates Welfare Scheme [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by the Bar Council of Delhi seeking a direction to the Delhi Government to grant medical and term insurance to Advocates who are duly registered under the Chief Minister's Advocates Welfare Scheme, within a period of 15 days. The single-Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has granted time to the Government to...

'Injustices Faced By Black Americans Not Relics Of Past' : Washington Supreme Court Judges Issue Solidarity Statement

Washington Supreme Court Justices have issued a statement, condemning the injustices against black Americans by the justice systems of the United States of America, and have urged the legal community to reflect on the moment and act together in a bid to eradicate racism. The letter, written to the Judiciary and the Legal Community, states that the "devaluation and degradation of...

Doctor Moves Delhi HC Against Govt. Order To Limit Covid 19 Testing To Only Symptomatic Individuals

A Delhi based ENT Surgeon has moved the High Court against the Delhi Government's Order to limit Covid-19 testing only to the symptomatic category of individuals. It is stated that the said order is contrary to the "international practice" of testing those patients who are asymptomatic, but have to undergo a medical surgery. The petition filed by Dr. Manni Hingorani points out that...

No More Demand From Migrant Workers For Shramik Trains; State Govt Informs Bombay HC

The State government informed the Bombay High Court on Friday that currently there is no demand from migrant workers for shramik trains to be taken back to their native places. Court had directed the State to file a report regarding those migrant workers whose application for leaving the State through special Shramik trains and buses are pending. Division bench of Chief Justice...

"Junior Advocates, Non-VIP Clients Struggle To Get Urgent Matters Up On Docket, As Registry Circulates Cases Of Billionaires In No Time", GHCAA President Urges CJ To Resume Physical Courts [Read Letter]

Highlighting the trials of junior advocates and "non-VIP clients" in getting cases registered, the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association President has written to the Chief Justice to resume physical functioning of the Court to put an end to the discretion of the registry in matters of listing, allowing every advocate to uniformly appear before the Judge assigned the subject as per...