Chief Justices of Delhi & Punjab & Haryana High Court Test Positive For COVID-19

The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, D N Patel has tested positive for COVID-19, PTI has reported quoting Court Sources. He is currently in home isolation and the Sources have informed that he is asymptotic and doing fine.Earlier 3 judges of the Delhi High Court tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel tests positive for COVID-19, in...

Don't Deny Remdesivir To Covid Patients Admitted In Non- Covid Hospitals : Bombay High Court

Earlier this week, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court passed pertinent directions to deal with the city's crumbling health infrastructure owing to the exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, specifically on the non-availability of anti-viral drugs Tocilizumab and Remdesivir, oxygen supply, and beds. The division bench of Justices ZA Haq and Amit Borkar passed the orders in a...

Ensure Labs Give COVID19 Test Results Within 24-hours : Karnataka High Court Directs Govt

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday directed the State Government to issue appropriate orders to all recognised laboratories to provide test results to patients who have undergone RT-PCR test at the earliest and not later than 24-hours. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "It is pointed out that considering the fact that a large number of...

Breaking: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Deep Sidhu In Red Fort Violence Case [Read Order]

A Delhi Court has granted bail to Deep Sidhu, accused in the Red Fort Violence case in connection with he violence that broke out during the farmer's tractor rally on Republic Day.Additional Sessions Judge Neelofer Abida Perveen granted bail to Sidhu subject to his furnishing personal bond with two local sureties in the sum of Rs. 30,000/- each to the satisfaction of the Court.Furthermore,...

"I Admire Ability To Fast For Whole Day Without Even Drop Of Water": Justice Chandrachud To Lawyer Who Sought Listing Of Case After Ramadan

"I admire the ability to fast for whole days without even a drop of water", Justice D. Y. Chandrachud told an advocate on Friday.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was hearing an SLP arising out of a November 29, 2019 judgment of the Allahabad High Court confirming the conviction of the petitioner for murder and the sentence of life imprisonment.The counsel sought time to file...

Covid19 -RT-PCR Test Reports Shall Be Sent Immediately To Patients On WhatsApp: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court said that Covid test results should be given to patients immediately through Watsapp and hard copies without waiting for them to be uploaded on the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)'s website. A division bench of Justices ZA Haq and MA Borkar, hearing its suo motu PIL, further said that once a Covid-19 positive patient is given his report,...

COVID19- Sr. Adv Ashwani Kumar Urges SC To Issue Suo Motu Directions To Centre, States For Banning Political Rallies And Other Events, Export of Vaccines

In the wake of the "gravity of threat to human life" posed by the COVID pandemic, Senior Advocate Dr. Ashwini Kumar has urged the Supreme Court to discharge its constitutional responsibility and issue directions to the Central and State Governments for banning "super-spreading events" and for an aggressive vaccination drive.In his letter to the CJI and the other judges of the apex court,...

'Kumbh Mela Attendees Violating COVID19 Protocols' : Plea In Supreme Court To Stop Mass Gatherings In Haridwar

A Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to stop mass gatherings in Haridwar city for the ongoing Kumbh Mela.The petition also highlights the threat posed by mass campaign rallies in poll-bound states like West Bengal and seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to take corrective steps.The petition filed by a Noida...

Restore Extension Of Limitation Period Amid COVID Second Wave : SCAORA Moves Supreme Court

Citing the threat posed by the COVID-19 second wave to litigants and lawyers, the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has approached the Supreme Court seeking the extension of limitation period for filing of cases in courts and tribunals.The Association seeks the restoration of the suo moto order passed by the Supreme Court on March 23, 2020, which had extended the limitation...

Private Vehicle Is Not A "Public Place" As Explained In Section 43 NDPS Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a private vehicle would not come within the expression "public place" as explained in Section 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.The bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph observed that total non-compliance of Section 42 is impermissible though its rigor may get lessened in certain situations.In this case, recovery was...

Section 258CrPC Not Applicable To 138 Cases- Supreme Court Suggests Amendment To NI Act Empowering Magistrate To Recall Summons

The Supreme Court has recommended an amendment empowering Magistrate to recall summons in respect of complaints under Section 138 Negotiable Instrument Act.The Constitution Bench headed by CJI SA Bobde observed that Section 258 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not applicable to complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and the Magistrates are not empowered to...

Hope Time For First Woman Chief Justice Of India Won't Be Very Far Off : Justice RF Nariman

Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman on Friday said that he hoped the time for the first woman Chief Justice of India will not be very far off."We have had a woman President. We have had a woman Prime Minister. We have never had a woman Chief Justice of India", Justice Nariman said.He made these comments during his lecture on the topic "Great Women of History" delivered as the...