Cat Owner Moves Kerala HC Challenging Refusal Of 'Pass' For Buying Pet Food Amid Lockdown [Read Petition]

Challenging the refusal of Kerala police to issue 'pass' for buying pet-food amid the COVID-19 lockdown, a cat-owner has filed a writ petition in the High Court of Kerala.The petitioner, N Prakash, an owner of three cats, is aggrieved by the decision of the police to refuse him vehicle pass for purchasing cat food.In the petition filed by him as party-in-person, he states that the cats are fed...

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd's Plea Challenging Downgrading of Credit Rating [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited challenging the downgrading of its credit rating by ICRA. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has issued notices to Securities Exchange Board of India, and ICRA Limited. ICRA Limited is an Indian independent and professional investment information and credit rating agency....

COVID19: DHCBA Introduces Scheme To Give Ex Gratia Amount to Advocates In Financial Need [Read Circular]

Delhi High Court Bar Association has come up with a scheme to provide ex gratia relief to advocates who have been severely affected by the nationwide lockdown and restrictive functioning of the courts. The resolution for the scheme was unanimously passed on April 3, in an executive committee meeting which took place through video conferencing. The scheme will be implemented...

Release Of Accused/Convict Breaching Lockdown Order At The Cost Of Risking Lives Does Not Fall Under 'Extremely Urgent' Category: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court while rejecting two separate bail applications filed on different grounds on Friday observed that release of an accused or a convict in 'breach of the lockdown order' and at the cost of risking lives of many cannot be considered to fall within the category of "extremely urgent matter" which is exclusively being heard by the Court during the lockdown period. Justice...

'Right To Make Reproductive Choices A Facet Of Personal Liberty Under Art 21' :Kerala HC Allows Abortion For 14 Year Old Rape Survivor [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has allowed the termination of 24-week long pregnancy of a 14 year old rape survivor.Terming it a "difficult and disheartening situation", a division bench comprising Justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Shaji P Chaly passed the order after an urgent hearing held via video-conferencing, based on the opinion of the Medical Board that the continuation of pregnancy...

COVID-19: Karnataka State Bar Council Creates Relief Fund To Supply Essentials To Needy Advocates [Read Circular]

In view of standstill of court work due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) has launched a KSBC Covid-19 Advocates Relief Fund to help young, women and financially weak lawyers practicing in the state. By way of the abovementioned funds, the KSBC will assist needy lawyers who depend on their daily earnings for survival, and will make necessary...

Breaking: Bombay HC Stays Bail Granted To Former IL&FS CEO & Vice Chairman As Offences Are Punishable With More Than 7 yrs

A special bench of the Bombay High Court on Saturday stayed the bail granted to former MD and CEO of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) Financial Services Ltd (IFIN) Ramesh Bawa and former Vice Chairman Hari Sankaran, observing that they have been accused of offences punishable with more than 7 years, making them ineligible to be released on parole. Justice...

COVID-19 : J&K HC Passes Slew Of Directions For Protection Of Health Workers, Compliance Of Lockdown Guidelines

The Jammu And Kashmir High Court on Friday dealt with a batch of petitions and passed various orders regarding several issues of governance during the nationwide lockdown. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice Geeta Mittal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal conducted the proceedings via video conference. Details regarding those orders are as follows:-The Bench suggested that associations of...

We Expect A Balanced And Humane Approach From Police: Madras HC On Action Against Lockdown Violators [Read Order]

"we expect the Police Administration to adopt a Balanced and Humane approach in this matter, since the emergent situation on account of Corona or COVID-19 is a very unique kind of problem and large scale problem which the State as well as people at large have to face and therefore the Police Administration should adopt a sympathetic, balanced and humane approach towards the...

Lawyers Express Concern On Communalizing Corona

Lawyers practicing in various Courts in Delhi have issued a letter expressing grave concern regarding the dissemination of fake news about a minority community being responsible for the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country by various sections of the media. The letter urges the Press Council of India, Editors Guild and the Government to "strongly deprecate the peddling of such...

Delhi HC Issues Additional Directions On Digital Filing, Mentioning And Hearing [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has decided to continue with its restrictive functioning, which was ordered in light of the COVID19 pandemic, till the further orders are passed. On March 23, the court had decided to restrict its functioning only to the most urgent matters, hearings for which were allowed to take place through video-conferencing. In that order, The court...

COVID19: Ambassadors Are Interacting With Indian Students Stranded in Bangladesh Through Virtual Platforms, MEA Informs Delhi HC [Read Order]

In a plea seeking evacuation of Indian students stranded in medical colleges in Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs has informed the Delhi High Court that the Indian Ambassadors are interacting with the Indian community through virtual platforms for their engagement in the time of crisis and to provide assistance. 'Indian nationals and communities are being mobilized to...