Premature Release - UP Govt.'s Policy To Release Prisoners Only On Republic Day Arbitrary:Supreme Asks Govt To Consider All Eligible Persons Regardless Of Application

The Supreme Court on May 4 told the state of UP to not deem as ineligible for consideration for premature release those life convicts who have not specifically applied for the relief, and obligated the state government to conduct periodical assessments to identify those who are so entitled.It may be noted that clause 3 (a) of the UP government's policy of August 1, 2018 (framed under Article...

Billing By Pvt Hospitals Highly Inflated And Unreasonable: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism To Regulate Cost On COVID19 Treatment Across The Country

Alleging commercial exploitation of Covid patients by private hospitals, a plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking nationwide Cost Related regulations for treatment of Covid 19 patients at private/ corporate hospitals.
The plea has stated that presently when the nation is fighting a battle against a pandemic, all private hospitals running on public land allotted at...

Supreme Court Dismisses Gautam Navlakha's Plea For Default Bail In Bhima Koregaon Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by jailed activist Gautam Navlakha seeking default bail in the Bhima Koregaon case. Navlkaha wanted to include the 34-day period of his unlawful custody in 2018 while computing the period for filing chargesheet under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph dismissed Navlakha's...

Rational & Equitable? Experts Analyze Centre's Affidavit Which Defends COVID Vaccination Policy

The Central Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that its vaccination policy was formulated based on widespread consultations with experts, state governments and vaccine manufacturers.The affidavit was filed in response to the prima facie observations made by the Supreme Court in its April 30 order that the Centre's vaccine policy was detrimental to right to health...

BREAKING : Allahabad High Court Says Compensation Must Be At Least ₹ One Crore For Death Of Polling Officers Due To COVID During Election Duty

The Court has asked UP Government and State Election Commission to reconsier the Rs 30 lakh compensation announced.

Election Commission, Higher Courts & Govt. Failed To Fathom Disastrous Consequences Of Permitting Elections Amid Covid19: Allahabad High Court

"The Election Commission, the Higher Courts and the Government failed to fathom the disastrous consequences of permitting the elections in few States and the Panchayat elections in the State of Uttar Pradesh," said the Allahabad on Monday. A Single Bench of Justice Siddhartha has observed that due such short-sightedness, there has been a spike in Covid-19 cases in the State and the...

Breaking: Apprehension Of Death On Account Of Covid19 Pandemic Is A Valid Ground For Grant Of Anticipatory Bail: Allahabad High Court

In a very important decision concerning the right to life of persons accused of committing a criminal offence, the Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that apprehension of death on account of reasons like the present pandemic is a valid ground for grant of anticipatory bail. The order has been passed by a Single Bench of Justice Siddharth in view the inadequate medical facilities...

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...