Delhi HC Asks Police To Submit Report In Plea Claiming Police Brutality For Not Wearing Masks While Roaming Outside [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to submit a status report in a plea claiming police brutality for not wearing masks while roaming around in streets. The Single Bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna has directed the Delhi Police to submit the status report before May 05. In the present criminal writ petition, the Petitioners claimed that on 20.04.2020, during the...

Delhi HC Seeks Netflix's Response On Plea To Stop Airing Web Series 'Hasmukh' Which Allegedly Maligning Reputation Of Lawyers [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of media streaming platform Netflix and producers of web-series 'Hasmukh' on a plea seeking to stop its airing on the ground that it allegedly maligns image and reputation of lawyers. The High Court also reserved its order on the plea seeking interim stay on the airing of the web series.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked Netflix and the...

Bhima Koregaon : NIA Court Extends Anand Teltumbde's Judicial Custody Till May 8

A Special court in Mumbai on Saturday rejected the bail application filed by academician and scholar Anand Teltumbde and remanded him to judicial custody till May 8. The 70-year-old Teltumbde is accused of having Maoist links and inciting the caste based violence which took place on January 1, 2018, in relation to the Bhima Koregaon incident. Judge DE Kothalikar of Special NIA Court...

When Can A Court Issue Non-Bailable Warrant Of Arrest, Process For Declaring A Person As Proclaimed Offender & Order of Attachment Under CrPC: Jharkhand HC Clarifies [Read Judgment]

The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated that non-bailable warrant of arrest and processes and order of attachment under the CrPC cannot be issued in a mechanical manner, and the court has to record its satisfaction with regard to the pre-requisites before passing such an order. "Non-recording of subjective satisfaction in the order will make the order bad and a non-speaking one....

Karnataka HC Starts Helpline To Assist In E-Filing And Video Conferencing [Read Notice]

The Karnataka High Court has started helpline numbers to assist Advocates and Party in Person/Litigant Public, for providing information about e-filing and use of Video Conferencing in Courts. As per the public notice issued by the order of the Chief Justice of High Court, Abhay Oka states that "As directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in suo motu Writ Civil NO 5/2020...

'Matter Of Govt Policy': Madras HC Dismisses Plea For Reduction In Salary Of Government Servants [Read Order]

The Madras High Court last week refused to order a reduction in salaries of Government employees during the lockdown period, while holding that the same is a matter of government policy. A division bench comprising of Justice M. Sathyanarayanan and Justice M.Nirmal Kumar was hearing a PIL filed by K. Amsa Kannan, 12th Ward Union Councilor of Thiruvannamali Panchayat...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Monitor Ration Shops And Ensure That Ration Is Being Disbursed To Beneficiaries

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that all the Public Distribution System (PDS) are open and efficiently disbursing ration to beneficiaries, as per the PDS scheme. The Single Bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul has also asked the Delhi Government to monitor the functioning of each ration shop through Sub Divisional Magistrates, and upload data on...

Madras HC Rejects Plea For Quashing Govt Order On Free Distribution Of Rice To Mosques During Ramzan; Seeks Reply For Extension Of Benefit To Other Marginalized Groups [Read Order]

In its recent order, the Madras High Court refused to interfere with a Government order for free distribution of raw rice to mosques, during the holy month of Ramzan. The Government of Tamil Nadu, on April 16, had issued a public order for supply of 5,450 tonnes of rice free of cost to 2,895 mosques in the state during the month of Ramzan, so that gruel may be prepared and given to...

Madras HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Insurance Coverage Of Upto 25 Lakhs For LPG Deliverymen In Case Of Death Due To Corona Virus [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has issued notices on a petition seeking insurance coverage of up to Rs. 25 lakhs for LPG deliverymen, in case of death due to corona virus infection. The Petitioner, T. Sivakumar, has prayed that the Respondents should be directed to collect the name list of all deliverymen employed by various LPG distributing Agencies through online communication and take...

National Lockdown: Madras HC Extends Life Of Interim Orders Till June 1 [Read Order]

In view of extension of the lockdown period, the Madras High Court has extended the life of all the interim orders passed by it, that were subsisting as on March 20, till June 1. The high court has also put all unexecuted orders of eviction, dispossession or demolition passed by it or the courts subordinate to it, at abeyance till June 1. The court has also clarified that in case...

Bar Council Of Rajasthan To Disburse INR 5000 Each To Lawyers In Need Of Financial Assistance [Read Notification]

The Bar Council of Rajasthan, through the Bar Council of India Advocates Welfare Fund Committee for the State, has announced that it will transfer Rs. 5000 to Advocates in need of Financial Assistance during the lockdown period. The Council has thus called for applications from distressed Advocates, latest by May 3, 2020. The stipulated amount will be credited directly to...

Appeals To Commercial Appellate Division Lie From Orders Passed Under HC Rules : Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently had the occasion to examine the scope of Appellate Jurisdiction of the Commercial Courts under Section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (hereinafter "Act") in the case of 'D&H India Ltd. V Superon Schweisstechnik India Ltd.' (hereinafter the "Superon Judgment") [being FAO (OS)(COMM) 237/2019, decided on 16.03.2020]. In a nutshell, the Delhi High...