High Courts Weekly Round Up [May 11- May 17]

Allahabad High Court 1) Allahabad HC Allows Imprisoned LLB Student To Get Laptop From Outside To Appear For University Online Examination [Tarun Singh v. State of UP & Ors.] A bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh allowed a law student to obtain a laptop from outside the jail precincts, to enable him to appear in the Online Quiz Examination conducted by his university. It...

Delhi Court Directs Downloading Aarogya Setu App And Continuously Switched On GPS and Bluetooth As A Mandatory Condition for Bail [Read Order]

In almost all the matters where the bail was granted today, the Additional Sessions Judge at Patiala House Court directed the prisoners to download the Arogya Setu app and keep their GPS and Bluetooth open as a mandatory bail condition. Additional Sessions Judge Naveen Kumar Kashyap, while granting interim bail for under different sections of the IPC, ordered the released...

Bombay HC Disposes PIL For Ration Benefits To Tribals After State Undertook To Ensure That No Member Is Left Without Food & Basic Necessities

The Bombay High Court on Friday disposed of a PIL based on the undertaking mad by the State Government to provide the benefits of the various public distribution schemes to the tribals in the State of Maharashtra. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AA Sayed took note of the circular dated 27th April 2020 issued by the Ms. Manisha Verma, Principal...

Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Domicile Reservation For Delhiites In NLU Delhi

Imputing "utter discrimination" by National Law University, Delhi, a writ petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the provision giving 50% reservation to students who passed their qualifying exam from institute located within the National Capital Territory. Besides, petitioner Pia Singh, a General/Unreserved Category candidate, a permanent resident of Delhi and...

NDMA Develops 'National Migrant Information System (NMIS)', Online Dashboard For Capturing Information On Migrants Movement

MHA has urged States to make use of the online tool.

Rajasthan HC Disposes Plea For Waiver Of School Fees Amid Lockdown Based On State Assurance [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday disposed of a PIL seeking waiver of school fees, after the Government apprised the court that a policy decision for the same had been taken. The Petitioner, Advocate Rajeev Bhushan Bansal had approached the High Court stating that due to lockdown situation, parents are unable to pay necessary fee to the private school authorities. Hence, he prayed...

State's Inability To Execute Production Warrant Not A Reason To Detain A Person : Delhi HC Allows Habeas Plea [Read Order]

Holding that the inability of the State to execute a production warrant issued by a state is not a reason to detain aperson, the Delhi High Court on Friday allowed a habeas corpus petition to direct the release of a person. The petition was filed by on Vinod Bansal, who was detained in Tihar prison. He was stated to be facing 11 cases. Though he was granted regular bail in ten of those cases,...

Migrants Crisis - Ensure Uninterrupted Working Of Helpline Numbers; Nodal Officers Should Remain Easily Available : Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Delhi Government to ensure the uninterrupted working of the helpline numbers set up to enable the return of migrant workers to their native places."we direct the respondent No.1 to ensure the uninterrupted working of their helpline number so that people may approach the Nodal Officers through the helpline numbers. The very purpose of helpline...

Kerala HC Disposes Of 400 Bail Applications In 7 Days Via Video Conferencing

The Kerala High Court, which received national attention in implementing e-courts in this COVID-19 lockdown period, disposed of a record number of bail applications over last 7 days. One of its new judges, Justice P V Kunhikrishnan, who dealt with bail applications in the previous 7 days of vacation sitting, disposed of as many as 400 bail applications.Between March 24 and May 13, 1462...

Hooghly Net Shutdown : Calcutta HC Asks State To Explain Power Of District Magistrate To Suspend Internet And Its Justification [Read Order]

In a special sitting held on Saturday, the Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal Government to file affidavits explaining the jurisdiction of the District Magistrate to pass order for internet shutdown in Hooghly district, and also regarding the justifiability of the suspension."The State shall file two separate affidavits, one pertaining to jurisdiction of the District Magistrate to...

Chhattisgarh HC & Subordinate Courts To Resume Regular Functioning From May 18; Guidelines Issued [Read Order]

The Chhattisgarh High Court has decided that the High Court and the Subordinate Courts will start regular/ normal functioning w.e.f. May 18, 2020 and only a limited number of cases (fresh cases and more than 05 years old cases) will be taken up for hearing. Pertinently, the summer vacation of the High Court was scheduled to end on June 12, 2020 however the same was cancelled vide...

Delhi HC Restrains Zydus Wellness From Running Complain Commercial In a Disparagement Suit Filed By Horlicks [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has temporarily restrained Zydus Wellness Product Limited from running its Complan advertisement on the ground of its alleged similarity to another chocolate drink Horlicks. While holding that there's a prima facie case for disparagement, the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta noted that the present advertisement in the electronic media would be clearly...