High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing June 15 To June 21 Allahabad High Court 1) Allahabad HC Grants Wife Guardianship Of Husband In Comatose Condition; Calls Upon Central Government To Enact A Law [Uma Mittal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.] The bench comprised by Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery allowed the plea of a wife, to be appointed as the guardian of her husband lying in vegetative state. The court observed that even though there is no law for appointment of guardians for a person in a comatose state, the court was obliged in its capacity as a 'parens patriae' to do justice to the Petitioner. 2) [Buses For Ferrying Migrants] Allahabad HC Grants Bail To UP Congress Chief Ajay Kumar Lallu [Ajay Kumar Lallu v. State of UP] Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi allowed the regular bail application filed by UP Congress Chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, who has been in jail since May 21, allegedly for providing false information in the list of buses that were sent to ferry migrant workers home. The Court noted that given the nature of offences alleged in the present case, a case for grant of bail is made out. 3) Allahabad HC Seeks Status Report On Steps Taken By UP Govt To Prevent Rising Number Of Domestic Violence Cases During Lockdown [Ala Hazrat Helping Society v. State Of UP & Anr.] Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Yashwant Varma directed the UP Government to file a status report regarding the steps taken by it with regard to attending the grievances of all victims of domestic violence during Covid-19 pandemic. 4) Allahabad HC Directs Govt To Submit A Blue Print For Mass Testing Of Individuals For Covid-19 [In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres And For Providing Better Treatment To Corona Positive] The division bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to come up with a 'blue print' for conducting mass testing for Covid-19, in the city of Prayagraj. The court said that if the proposal of mass testing in Prayagraj turns successful, then the same model may be implemented in the entire state of UP, as a measure to combat the pandemic. 5) Why Are Appointments In District Consumer Foras Not Made In Time?, Allahabad HC Asks Govt [Gurvinder Singh v. State Of UP & Anr.] "Learned Standing Counsel may seek instructions and file a Counter Affidavit as to why appointments of members in the District Consumer Foras were not made in time, as to what is the status of the appointments as on date or the time frame within which appointments are likely to be made," the division bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Yashwant Varma ordered in a PIL seeking timely appointment of members to the District Consumer Foras. The matter will now be taken up on July 23, 2020. 6) Allahabad HC Issues Notice To UP Assembly Speaker In Plea Seeking Disposal Of Disqualification Proceedings Pending Against Congress MLAs [Aradhana Misra 'Mona' v. Speaker, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly] The division bench comprised by Justice Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh issued notice on a petition filed by Congress Leader in UP Assembly, Aradhana Misra 'Mona', seeking forthwith disposal of disqualification proceedings pending against Aditi Singh and Rakesh Singh- Congress MLAs alleged of indulging in anti-party activities. Bombay High Court 1) Safety & Health Of Passengers Adequately Taken Care Of Even If Middle Seat Is Filled; Bombay HC Rejects Air India Pilot's Plea [Deven Yogesh Kanani v. DGCA & Ors.] Division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade held that safety and health of passengers on board an aircraft with reference to the Coronavirus is adequate even if middle row seats are not kept vacant. Court thus disposed of a plea filed by a pilot from Air India who alleged that the national carrier violated the circular dated March 23 issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for keeping middle row seats empty. 2) Domain Name Registrar May Suspend Registration But Cannot "Block Access" To Domain Name : Bombay HC [HUL v. Endurance Domains Technology LLP & Ors.] Justice GS Patel while hearing a commercial suit filed by Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) seeking directions to online domain name registrars to block access certain fraudulent variants of HULs domain name held that such registrars as "Endurance Domains Technology, Go Daddy and Porkbun" can only suspend registration of specific domain names but "blocking access" is another matter. 3) Contracting Covid-19 Is No Ground To Ostracize Essential Service Staffers; Bombay HC Dismisses PIL Alleging Unhindered Movement Leading To Rise In Cases [Charan Ravindra Bhatt v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.] Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AA Sayed while dismissing a PIL alleging that unhindered movement of doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, policemen and others...

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