Regularisation Of Court Mangers: Supreme Court Asks Kerala HC To Hear The Plea Expeditiously, Orders Status Quo On Fresh Appointment

While refusing to enter into merits of the plea by two Court Managers seeking regularisation in High Court, the Supreme Court has on Tuesday requested the Kerala High Court to take up the matter on the decided date May 21st 2021. A division Bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice BR Gavai has directed that status quo as of today, be maintained till the matter is heard by the High Court...

'This Is Contempt Of All Orders Passed By Us': High Court Raps Gujarat Govt. On Bharuch Covid Hospital Fire Incident That Claimed 18 Lives

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday rapped the State authority for its failure to implement judicial orders for maintenance of fire safety norms at all hospitals, to avoid any untoward incident. In view of the recent Bharuch Hospital fire incident that claimed 18 human lives, a Division Bench comprising of Justices Bela Trivedi and Justice Bhargav D Karia said that it is contemptuous on...

[Char Dham Road Project] Centre Opposes Petitioner's Request For Adjournment, Supreme Court To Hear The Case On Friday

Centre Opposes Petitioner's Request For Adjournment Of Hearing By 3 Wks; Supreme Court Posts Matter For Friday

Breaking- 'This Is Unconstitutional': Telangana High Court Slams State Government For Stopping Ambulances Carrying Covid-19 Patients At Borders

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday slammed the State Government for preventing ambulances, transporting Covid-19 patients from neighbouring states, from entering Telangana in the absence of a prior secured hospital admission. "This is a blatant violation of the Constitution. You are denying medical treatment to people," a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and...

State Did Not Pay Heed To Expert Warning About COVID Second Wave : Uttarakhand High Court Pulls Up State Government

The Utttarakhand High Court on Monday pulled up the state government over its lack of preparedness to deal with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic."Despite the fact that in January 2021 the scientific community kept on warning about the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State did not pay any heed", a division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice...

Intervenors Write To CJI Seeking Urgent Listing Of Application In Suo Moto Migrants Crisis Case

Activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar have penned a letter to the Chief Justice of India seeking an urgent listing of their Intervention Application in the Suo Moto case pertaining to migrant workers pending before the Supreme Court.The Intervenors in the matter state that as the whole country is in the "grip of an immense humanitarian crisis of healthcare...

Breaking: "Every Tom, Dick & Harry Should Not Be Brought To This Position": Orissa High Court Strikes Down Own Rule Allowing Senior Designation Sans Proposal/ Application

The Orissa High Court on Monday struck down Rule 6(9) of the 'High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019' which confers power on the Full Court to designate an Advocate as Senior in the absence of any proposal from Judges or application from such Advocate. A Division Bench comprising of Justices CR Dash and Pramath Patnaik observed that the Rule is not in...

Plea Before Supreme Court To Convert Religious And Charitable Places That Own Property & Enjoy Tax Exemption To Covid Centres

Supreme Court has been approached by the President of Taxpayers Association of Bharat seeking directions to convert Religious and Charitable places who own property that enjoys benefit u/S12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act, into covid centres. A three-judge Bench led by Justice Chandrachud was scheduled to hear the plea on Monday, but unable to owing to some technical glitches...

'Fantastic Order': Kerala High Court Lauds State Govt Order Fixing Daily Ward Rates In Private Hospitals Within Rs 3000

In the course of a special sitting convened by the Kerala High Court to discuss measures to rationalise COVID-19 treatment tariffs across private hospitals, lauded the Government of Kerala for its latest order detailing tariffs for various components of Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals A Division Bench comprising of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Dr Kauser Edappagath orally...

Youth Bar Association Of India Moves Supreme Court Seeking Door-To-Door Vaccination Of Vulnerable Sections Of Society

The Youth Bar Association of India has moved the Supreme Court seeking for directions for appropriate measures to be taken for the provision of door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination of all the citizens residing in India, particularly the elderly, differently abled, less privileged, weaker sections, and those who are unable to register online for their vaccination.The petition on behalf of...

Counter-Productive To Exercise Powers Under Patents Act Over COVID Vaccines, Drugs At This Stage, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it is not in favour of exercising powers under the Patents Act, such as compulsory licensing or government authorization, over COVID-19 vaccines and medicines at this stage.In an affidavit filed before the top court, the Central Government has said that it is engaging in diplomatic level talks with other nations for procurement of vaccines and...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-64]

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