Delhi HC Decides To Partially Resume The Functioning of Delhi International Arbitration Centre Through Video Conferencing [Read Notification]

Delhi High Court has decided to partially resume the functioning of the Delhi International Arbitration Centre from June 08. The decision has been taken in a meeting held on May 30, of the Arbitration Committee of the High Court of Delhi. The notification states that: 'Hearing rooms of DIAC shall remain inaccessible till further orders. However,...

Centre Invites Public Comments On Proposed Amendments To Central Motor Vehicle Rules

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has re-invited suggestions and comments from all stake holders including general public on the proposed amendment in the Motor Vehicle Rules regarding registration of new vehicles, driving licences, and recall of old vehicles. These notifications were earlier issued on 18th of March this year. However, it was felt that the stakeholders need...

Taking Cognisance Of Plight Of Journalists During Lockdown, Telangana HC Directs State To Consider Their Grievances 'Most Sympathetically' Within 2 Weeks [Read Order]

Taking cognisance of the plight of the Journalists' Community during the lockdown, the Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the State to consider "most sympathetically" within 2 weeks the representation the court has required to be made before it in this behalf. The Chief Justice-led bench was hearing a PIL urging that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Journalists in the State are finding...

Kerala HC Cancels Bail Granted To Rape & Murder Accused; Drops Proceedings Against Public Prosecutor And Counsel For Accused [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has cancelled the bail granted to a rape and murder accused. Earlier, the High Court had granted bail to Safarshah, accused of kidnap, rape and murder of a minor girl aged 17 years, on the ground that no charge sheet even after 90 days of the arrest of the accused. Later, the Senior Public Prosecutor filed a petition seeking recall of the order stating that the...

Justice NV Ramana Releases NALSA's National Helpline Number and 'Handbook of Formats: Ensuring Effective Legal Services'[Read Press Note]

Speaking at a webinar on Thursday, Supreme Court Judge, Justice NV Ramana emphasized on the need to provide door-step legal remedies during the prevalent crisis created by the pandemic. "During such times, when the victims cannot reach us, it imperative for us to reach them," he said while highlighting the plight of women and children during the lockdown. Justice Ramana, also...

[COVID 19] Central Govt. Notifies SOPs For Religious Places, Offices, Restaurants, Shopping Malls Etc. [Read SoPs]

"Religious places/places of worship/Offices/Restaurants/Shopping malls/Etc outside containment zones will be allowed to open up."

'No Person Can Indulge in Violence and Riots In Garb Of Exercising Free Speech': Delhi Police Submits Affidavit In Jamia Violence Case

Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that it had followed a standard protocol to control the unruly mob and to maintain law and order during the Jamia violence. While claiming that he police used proportionate force to stop an alleged mob of unlawful assembly, the Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police states that is not only the right but an obligation and a duty of...

Kerala HC Refuses To Stay Online Classes; Refers Parent's Plea To Division Bench [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has refused to stay the online classes conducted in Kerala. A parent had approached the High Court seeking a direction to the state government and the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) to stop broadcasting online classes till all state school students are provided with the technological facilities for attending such classes. In her petition,...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Submit Affidavit Indicating The Time Required To Upgrade The Internet Lines of District Courts And For Digitising Court Records [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to submit an affidavit indicating the time required for upgradation of existing lease lines from 34 MBPS to 1 GBPS in each District Court Complex and for the digitisation of the court records. While taking into consideration that the request for upgradation was made to the Delhi Government back in 2018, the Division Bench of Justice...

NCDRC To Begin Virtual Hearings From June 15 [Read Circular]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) will begin hearing of cases via video conferencing from June 15 onwards. The Commission had resorted to restricted functioning on March 16 in view of the pandemic and it was notified that all the matters requiring extremely urgent hearing may be mentioned before the President, NCDRC, at his Residential Office. Through...

Can Covid-19 Be Transmitted By Mere Touch Of A Person Carrying Virus? Bombay Asks Expert Committee Led By Civil Aviation Secretary

The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Expert Committee headed by Secretary, Civil Aviation to clarify whether mere touch of a person infected with Covid-19 can lead to transmission of the virus. A division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade was hearing the writ petition filed by Commander Deven Y Kanani of Air India who relied upon circular issued by the Government...

[Covid-19] Info On Govt's Welfare Schemes Are Not In Public Domain, Madras HC Directs Govt.To Collate All Information On Schemes [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed all Governmental Authorities to provide the Welfare Schemes that are in vogue, including the ones announced during the COVID pandemic, to the Office of the Additional Advocate General for the state of Tamil Nadu. The Madurai seat of the High Court called upon the AAG to collate all these Welfare Schemes and submit the same as soft copy to the...