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Breaking: COVID-Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Relief To Borrowers In Form Of Fresh Loan Moratorium, Temporary Cease On Declaration Of NPA By Banks
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for relief to borrowers in the form of a fresh loan moratorium, extension of time period under the restructuring scheme and temporary cease on the declaration of NPA by the financial banks to bring a relief for the public interest at large in wake of the Pandemic.The plea has been filed seeking the directions to take effective...
Price Factor Of Vaccines Won't Impact Ultimate Beneficiary As States Have Declared Free Vaccination : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Central government has, submitted before the Supreme Court that the price factor of Covid vaccines will not have any impact on the ultimate beneficiary namely, the eligible person getting the vaccine since all State Governments have already declared their policy decision that they'll administering vaccine to its residents, free of cost. "Thus, while it is ensured that the...
"COVID Vaccination Policy Conforms To Constitutional Mandate, Executive Needs Discretion, Requires No Interference By Court,: Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Central Government has submitted before the Supreme Court that its vaccination policy conforms to mandate of Article 14 and Article 21 of the Constitution of India, and therefore requires no interference by the Supreme Court. Further Centre has stated that in the times of such grave and unprecedented crisis, the executive functioning of the government needs discretion to formulate policy...
India A Secular Country, A Religious Group In Majority Can't Resist Other Community's Fundamental Right To Hold Religious Processions, Festivals: Madras High Court
"If religious intolerance is going to be allowed, it is not good for a secular country. Intolerance in any form by any religious group has to be curtailed and prohibited," observed the Madras High Court recently. The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice P. Velumurugan was dealing with a dispute involving a long-standing dispute between the Hindu and Muslim residents (in a...
Prashant Kishor's Appointment As Advisor To Punjab CM: Supreme Court Issues Notice To Punjab Govt. In Plea Against HC Judgment
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday (May 6) issued notice to the Punjab Government in an appeal arising out of final judgment and order dated passed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissing the petition challenging the appointment of Prashant Kishor as Principal Advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh.The Punjab & Haryana High Court had, while dismissing...
Justice DK Basu, Former Calcutta High Court Judge And The Petitioner In The Landmark DK Basu Case, Passes Away
Former Calcutta High Court Judge Justice DK Basu passed away at 3.20 am at Peerless Hospital today.He was one of the Petitioners in the landmark Judgment in DK Basu v. State of West Bengal (AIR 1997 SC 610) where the Supreme Court laid down specific guidelines required to be followed while making arrests.Justice Basu started his legal profession as an Advocate in the Calcutta High Court...
Siddique Kappan's Wife Sends Notice To UP Govt. Alleging Non-Compliance of SC's Order, Providing Misleading Info About His Medical Condition
The Wife of Journalist Siddique Kappan, Raihanath Kappan has sent a notice of contempt (through Advocate Wills Mathews) to the Uttar Pradesh Government Alleging Non-Compliance of Supreme Court's Order dated April 28 and also, for submitting wrong/misleading information before the SC regarding his medical status. Significantly, the Supreme Court had, on April 28 directed that...
Students Federation Of India(SFI) Moves Supreme Court Seeking Free COVID Vaccination For All, GST Waiver On Oxygen Concentrators
The Students Federation of India(SFI) has approached the Supreme Court with an application seeking directions to provide universal free vaccination to all citizens of India and to waive off the goods and service tax that has been levied on the import of the oxygen concentrators used for personal use. The Federation, through an application has sought direction Central Government and...
Supreme Court Directs Audit Of Medical Oxygen Supplied To States/UTs To Ensure Accountability
The Supreme Court has directed an audit of the supplies of liquid medical oxygen made by the Centre to all States and Union Territories."The purpose is to ensure that the supplies which have been allocated are reaching their destination; that they are being made available through the distribution network to the hospitals or, as the case may be, the end ...
Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee Takes Stock Of Child Care And Protection During COVID 19 Second Wave
Supreme Court's Juvenile Justice Committee, in coordination with UNICEF held a review meeting on Wednesday to take stock of actions taken by various states on child care, protection and wellbeing of the children during the second wave of the COVID-19. The Committee in its meeting chaired by Justice Ravindra Bhat who is the Chairperson of the Committee, deliberated upon the...
No Material Produced By Centre To Show Increasing Delhi's Oxygen Allocation By 210 MT Will Reduce Other States' Quota :Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to strictly observe its earlier direction of providing 700 MT of medical oxygen to the National Capital Territory of Delhi on a daily basis and affirmed that there shall be no reduction in the allocation and availability of medical oxygen.Observing that the Centre is under an obligation to ensure a daily supply of 700 MT to meet the existing...