Karnataka Govt's New Ordinance To Protect COVID-19 Officials Challenged In High Court [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka HIgh Court challenging the Ordinance passed by the Karnataka Government called 'The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020', to protect all officials engaged in COVID-19 duty, from physical harm. The petition filed by Advocate G R Mohan is likely to be heard by the court on April 28. The plea states that during the lockdown period...

New PIL In SC Seeks Relief For Employees Against Lay-Off, Termination, Pay Cuts By Private Entities [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court by Rajesh Inamdar and National Information Technology Sena a Union working for welfare of IT/ITES/BPO/KPO employees in Pune praying that the March 20 Advisory of the Labour and Employment Ministry, the March 29 GO of the Central government and the various state government resolutions, so far as they relate to the directions to the employers of both...

Plea Moved in Delhi HC Seeking Laptops/Tablets and High Speed Internet For Students Belonging To EWS, Enabling Them To Access Online Classes

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking court's direction to the Delhi Government to ensure that children belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) are provided with free laptops/ipads and high speed internet for ensuring their access to online classes conducted by schools. Filed by an NGO called Justice For All, the plea wants Delhi Government to remove all...

Decide Whether 'Not Releasing Prisoners/Undertrials Accused Under Special Enactments Is Discriminatory': Bombay HC Asks High Power Committee [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has directed the high power committee constituted by the state government to decide whether the distinction made between prisoners/undertrials accused under IPC and those under special enactments like MPID, MCOCA, NDPS, PMLA, UAPA etc for release on parole due to the pandemic of Covid-19, is discriminatory. Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a suo motu writ petition...

Kerala HC Restrains Sprinklr From Breaching Data Confidentiality; Govt Directed To Anonymize Data & Take Informed Consent [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala on Friday passed a slew of directions to address the concerns of data confidentiality over the controversial Sprinklr deal to process data related to COVID-19 cases in Kerala.A bench comprising Justices Devan Ramachandran and T R Ravi passed the directions after a four hour long hearing held through videoconferencing via Zoom.The following are the directions in...

NGT Directs Constituting High Level Task Team To Supervise Handling And Scientific Disposal Of COVID-19 Waste. [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed constituting a high level task team at the national level, to supervise handling and scientific disposal of COVID-19 waste in accordance with guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). A bench led by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said "At the national level, let a high level task team of Ministry of...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Citing Use Of Centralised ACs In HC During The Pandemic As A Potential Threat To Life

Delhi High Court has issued notice in an application highlighting the possible danger of using the centralised air conditioning system at the time of a virus pandemic. While highlighting the importance of the issue, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has issued notice to the Central Public Works Department of the Union Government. ...

Centre Appoints Advocate Savanur Vishwajith Shetty As An Additional Judge Of The Karnataka High Court [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Savanur Vishwajith Shetty, to be an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, for a period of two years. The Supreme Court Collegium had first recommended to elevate him vide a resolution dated March 25, 2019. However, the Government referred his name back for reconsideration with the following observation: "There is...

PILs Allege Non-Covid19 Patients Refused Treatment By Hospitals; Bombay HC Seeks State & Centre's Reply [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday while hearing a batch of PILs contending that hospitals in the city are turning away non-covid19 patients, directed the state and the central government to take the issue seriously and come up with effective solutions for the same in their affidavits. Justice KR Shriram heard the PIL filed by one Mehrwan Farshed in-chamber and directed the order passed...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Ensure A Helpline Number For Assisting Pregnant Women During Lockdown [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure that the helpline number which is proposed to be set up within two days, for assisting senior citizens in Delhi, is also made available to pregnant ladies. While taking the assurances given by the government of record, the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has also directed the Delhi...

'Violence Is Not The Answer Even Against Bad Journalism': PCI Takes Cognizance Of Alleged Attack On Arnab Goswami; Seeks Report From Maharashtra Govt [Read Press Note]

The Press Council of India has taken suo moto cognizance of the alleged attack on Editor-cum-Anchor of Republic TV news channel, Arnab Goswami. Two bikers allegedly attacked the car of the senior journalist at wee hours on Thursday in Mumbai. The incident occurred after Goswami made sharp remarks against silence of the opposition on the Palghar mob lynching incident. Condemning...

National Lockdown: Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till May 10 [Read Order]

In view of extension of the national lockdown and in exercise of its powers under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, a division bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma has extended all interim orders passed by it and by the courts subordinate to it, that expired subsequent to March 19, till May 10. Further, all orders of eviction, dispossession...