Registration And Sale Of BS-IV Vehicles Is Not Permitted: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme court has made it clear that no registration and sale of the BS—IV vehicles is permitted. The court had on March 27 said it was permitting sale of 10 percent of unsold BS-IV vehicles to make up for six days lost due to the lockdown which was imposed on March 25. When the matter was taken up yesterday through video conferencing, the bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and...

SC Issues Notice On Plea To Direct Insurers To Provide Medical Insurance For Mental Illness Treatment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) in a plea seeking for directions with respect to violation of Section 21(4) of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 whereby insurers are bound to provide medical insurance for treatment of mental illness. A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices Rohinton F....

Plea In SC Alleges That Registry's 'Pick & Choose' Policy For Listing Discriminatory, Seeks Court's Intervention To End Preferential Treatment

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions of impartiality and equal treatment to Registry of the Top Court in matters of listing cases, without adopting a "pick and choose" policy.The petition by way of a Public Interest Litigation has been filed by Lawyer Reepak Kansal and avers that the intervention of the Court is necessary in order to dissuade the Registry eco-system...

Virtual Courts An Attempt From Judiciary To tell The Citizens that "We Value Your Time":.Justice Chandrachud Inaugurates Kerala HC's e-Project

Justice DY Chandrachud has inaugurated Kerala High Court 's e-Module in consonance with the High Courts e-Committee via a live telecast.He termed the virtual courts as citizen-centric and said it is an attempt from the judiciary to tell the citizens that "we value your time".Inauguration of this E-module encompassed introductions to the "Interoperable Bail Module and E-filings in High Court...

Employees Cannot Be Fired Merely For Being Homosexual Or Transgender: US Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

"An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law."

"Will Be Catastrophic In The Alarming Situation Amid Covid-19": Plea In SC Seeks Stay On Jagannath Rath Yatra [Read Petition]

The Odisha Vikas Parishad has approached the Supreme Court seeking to stay the annual Lord Shri Jagannath's Rath Yatra in the state, which is scheduled to take place on 23 June, 2020, on the ground of impending threat of the pandemic. As per the plea filed through Advocate Ranjeeta Rohatgi, the religious congregation attracts more than 10 lakhs people every year, and if the Festival...

Covid Affected Lawyer Moves SC Seeking Intervention In Case Over Covid Management [Read Application]

A Delhi-based Advocate, Udian Sharma has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the suo moto case registered over management of COVID-19 situation, to highlight "complete apathy" and "disorganized state of affairs" prevalent in the State of Delhi. The lawyer, himself a COVID-19 patient, has sought to intervene in the case titled "In Re Proper Treatment Of COVID-19 Patients...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Foreigners Have 'Suffered Enough'; Have Right To Return To Their Native Country At The Earliest : Madras HC

In a notable judgment, the Madras High Court directed the closure of criminal proceedings against 31 foreign nationals who were facing proceedings under the Foreigners Act for participating in the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi in March in violation of visa conditions.The Court also declared that they have a right to their native country at the earliest, and that their continued...

[Breaking] Delhi HC Extends The Operation Of Interim Orders Subsisting On June 15 For One More Month In Light Of Continuing Lockdown [Read Order]

In light of the nationwide lockdown declared by the Central Government, the Delhi High Court has extended the operation of all the interim orders that were subsisting on 15/06/20 and expired or will expire thereafter. While taking the suo moto cognizance of the issues, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh have ordered...

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SC Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Notification Suspending Certain Rules In Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules,1996 Amid Covid-19

Supreme Court issued notice in a plea challenging a 4th April notification issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare whereby certain Rules under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act have been suspended in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice UU Lalit, however, refused to stay the notification which is...

[Vizag Gas Leak] SC Asks Andhra Pradesh HC To Expedite Pleas By LG For Access To Plant, Restrains Disbursal Of 50 Crore Deposit For 10 Days

The Supreme Court on Monday requested the High Court of Andhra Pradesh to expeditiously decide the pending pleas of LG Polymers challenging sealing of the plant and praying for grant of access to the plant.A bench of Justices UU Lalit, MM Shantanagoudar & Vineet Saran also restrained the disbursal of the deposit amount of 50 Crores by LG Polymers for 10 days. This came in light of...