Covid19 -Oxygen Shortage: Delhi High Court Hearing-Live Updates

Saroj Super Specialty Hospital, Rohini has moved the Delhi High Court seeking urgent critical supply of oxygen to it after Max Hospitals. Delhi High Court bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli is hearing the...

Vedanta Seeks Supreme Court Permission To Reopen Sterlite Plant For Oxygen Production; Centre Supports

Copper manufacturer Vedanta Ltd has moved an urgent application before the Supreme Court seeking permission to re-open its plant in Tamil Nadu - which has been closed for violations of environmental laws - saying that it wanted to help the country with free production of medical oxygen for COVID patients. Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Vedanta, mentioned the matter before...

Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of COVID Issues

The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo moto cognizance on issues related to oxygen supply, drug supply, vaccine policy in relation to COVID19 pandemic.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat said that notice to the Union of India will be issued today and the matter will be considered tomorrow.Senior Advocate Harish Salve has been...

BREAKING : Delhi High Court Dismisses WhatsApp, Facebook's Challenge To CCI Order For Probe On New Privacy Policy

A single judge bench of Justice Navin Chawla of the Delhi High Court today rejected Facebook Inc and its subsidiary WhatsApp's challenge to an order by the Competition Commission of India directing a probe into WhatsApp's new privacy policy for being allegedly anti-competitive.The court said it found no merits in the petition and refused to quash the CCI probe.The bench had reserved its...

Centre's Order Reducing Oxygen Supply Hit Maharashtra As A Bolt From Blue : Bombay High Court Directs Restoration Of Earlier Quantity

Taking strong exception to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's communication which cut down the oxygen supply to Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court(Nagpur Bench) directed on Wednesday night that the oxygen supply should continue as before.The Court was referring to the communication dated April 18 issued by the Ministry, which cut down the oxygen supply to Nagpur from a plant...

"Beg, Borrow Or Steal Oxygen, Otherwise We Might Lose Thousands of Lives for Lack of Oxygen" :Delhi High Court To Centre

"Citizen can only fall back on the State. So you have to beg, borrow or steal and ensure the protection of fundamental emergency", remarked Justice Vipin Sanghi of Delhi High Court while hearing an urgent plea regarding the immediate need for oxygen at Max Hospitals in the Delhi NCR Region.The division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli was hearing an urgent plea...

'If Tatas Can Divert Their Oxygen, Why Can't Others? This Is Height Of Greed' : Delhi High Court Wants Industries To Supply Oxygen For COVID Emergency

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that steel and petroleum industries should divert their oxygen stock to address the medical emergency in the capital city on account of the COVID19 surge.A division bench comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli was holding a special sitting on Wednesday night at 8 PM to hear an urgent petition filed by Max Hospital highlighting acute...

'We Are Feeling Ashamed Of Ourselves' : Bombay High Court Pulls Up State Govt For Non-compliance Of Its Order To supply Remdesivir

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up the State Government for not complying with its earlier order directing the supply of 10,000 vials of Remdesivir, an anti-viral drug, to Hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in the city. Stating that the affidavits filed by the Additional Collector and Joint Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Nagpur were...

"Principle Of Non Refoulement Where Refugees Are Liable To Be Subjected To Persecution Can Prima Facie Be Read Into Article 21": Manipur High Court

While allowing the interim relief for arranging safe transport and passage of 7 Myanmarese individuals to Imphal, the Manipur High Court on Tuesday observed that the principle of non Refoulement can prima facie be read within the ambit of Article 21 of the Constitution.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Lanusungkum Jamir observed thus:"The...

Mandamus Cannot Be Issued For Setting Up An Adjudicatory Body Or Tribunal: Supreme Court

A mandamus cannot be issued by this Court for setting up an adjudicatory body or tribunal, the Supreme Court observed.The court observed thus while dismissing a writ petition filed by John Paily and others who sought a direction to set up an independent Tribunal comprising of retired High Court judges who can look into the claims of each parish Church to determine which faction/denomination...

[West Bengal HIRA v. RERA] Can State Enact Legislation Under Concurrent List To Occupy Same Field As Parliament, In The Name Of Cooperative Federalism? SC

Can a state, in the name of cooperative federalism, enact a legislation under the Concurrent List to occupy the same field that the Parliament has occupied?", asked Justice Chandrachud on Tuesday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was hearing the plea filed by the Forum For People's Collective Efforts, an umbrella homebuyers association, challenging the constitutional validity...

Use Of Artificial Intelligence Should Align With Our Constitutional Morality: Chief Justice SA Bobde

Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, speaking at a virtual event on Thursday, stressed that the Indian Judiciary's use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) needed to be aligned with constitutional morality. On this theme, he asserted the need to ensure that AI no way impedes or undermines constitutional and legal rights afforded to Indians. "The Indian Judiciary's usage of AI must align with...