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"Right Of Access To Justice Includes Right To Access Live Court Proceedings"; e-Committee Of SC Releases Draft Rules On Live Streaming; Invites Inputs And Suggestions From Stakeholders
The e-Committee of the Supreme Court has released its Draft Model Rules for Live-Streaming and Recording of Court Proceeding, and has invited for suggestions and inputs from all stakeholders on or before 30 June, 2021.Chairperson Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud has written to the Chief Justices of all High Courts, sharing the Draft Rules, with the request to share inputs and suggests for...
'LGBTQIA+ Community Cannot Be Left In A Vulnerable Atmosphere' : Madras HC Issues Guidelines Against Police Harassment
In a significant judgment upholding the rights of members of LGBTQIA+ community, the Madras High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to ensure that they are not harassed by police in missing complaints lodged by their parents.While considering a writ petition filed by two lesbian women against police harassment, a single bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh noted that a societal change is needed...
Need More Time To Work Out Modalities For PM CARES Relief For Children Orphaned Due To COVID, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Central Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it needs more time to work out the modalities for the scheme of relief under the PM CARES Funds for children orphaned due to COVID-19.Last week, the Supreme Court had sought for the details of the welfare scheme announced under the PM CARES for children who lost their parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Today, Additional...
Postpone AIIMS INI CET 2021 Amid COVID, Doctors Move Supreme Court
A group of 23 MBBS doctors have filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the postponement of the Institutes of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET 2021) which is scheduled to be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on June 16.The INI CET 2021 exams with over 80,000 candidates have been scheduled on very short notice of 19 days, while the doctors...
Supreme Court Orders Protection To Couple Who Were Denied Relief By P&H HC Observing 'Live-In Relation Is Socially & Morally Unacceptable'
Hearing an appeal against the final Judgment and order by Punjab & Haryana High Court which refused to grant protection to the couple observing that the live-in-relationship, which is morally and socially not acceptable and no protection order in the petition can be passed, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered Punjab Police to Grant Protection to the Couple.The Bench of Justice Navin Sinha...
Supreme Court Weekly Round Up May 31- June 6, 2021
JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Constitute Committees To Hold Preliminary Inquiries Before Lodging Sedition Cases Against Senior JournalistsCase: Vinod Dua vs. Union of India [WP(Crl) .154 of 2020] Citation: LL 2021 SC 266In its judgment quashing sedition case against Journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court rejected the plea to direct the State Governments to...
VC Hearings- Address Issues Including Poor Connectivity, Inferior Audio-Video Quality: Justice DY Chandrachud Writes To MP High Court Chief Justice
In a letter written to Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Supreme Court Justice D. Y. Chandrachud has asked him to address the concerns raised by the Bar regarding several issues associated with Video Conferencing hearing including poor connectivity, inferior audio-video quality. Requesting Chief Justice Rafiq's to take corrective measure and acknowledging the...
"Failure To Administer Second Dose Would Frustrate The Very Exercise Of Administering Initial Dose": Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that the failure to administer the second dose would compromise and frustrate the very exercise of administering the initial dose. While observing so, the Court asked the Delhi Government and the Centre to place on record the communications exchanged between them with regards to the persons who have not been administered the second dose of Covaxin till...
Supreme Court Grants Two Weeks Interim Bail to Unitech Ex- Promotor Sanjay Chandra
The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to construction giant Unitech's erstwhile promoter Sanjay Chandra on grounds of his father-in-law's death last month.The vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and M. R. Shah was considering Chandra's plea for interim bail of 4 weeks, urging that the Petitioner's wife is in a state of shock due to the sudden demise of her only surviving...
LiveLaw Practitioners Series: "How To Contradict A Witness?" - By Justice Abraham Mathew
LiveLaw in association with AILU-Kollam is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" . Justice Abraham Mathew (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala) will speak on "How To Contradict A Witness?". Mr BG Harindranath (Former Professor, National Judicial Academy) will moderate the session. The details of the webinar are as follows: Date & Time: June 5, 2020,...
Advisable That Students Produce Negative RT-PCR Results For Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences (MUHS) Exams : Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has directed the Maharashtra University of Health Science (MUHS) to issue advisories asking medical students to produce a negative RTPCR covid-19 report along with their hall ticket at the examination centre on June 10, or before their following paper."In case an examinee, is not having such a RT-PCR certificate, he can have report of a Rapid Antigen test...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Stay Maharashtra University Of Health Science's Offline Semester Exams
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Saturday refused to stay the Maharashtra University of Health Science's (MUHS) decision to conduct the 'Winter 2020' examinations through the 'offline mode' for medical students from June 10, 2021.A bench of Justice Avinash Gharote has posted the PIL, seeking online examinations, or vaccination for nearly 40,000 undergraduates before they...