National Lockdown : MHA Issues Revised Guidelines; Lists Out Activities Permitted After April 20 [Read Guidelines]

Following the Prime Minister's announcement of extension of country wide lockdown till May 3, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued revised guidelines on Thursday regarding the measures to be adopted during this period to control the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic.Notably, the Ministry has also enumerated some activities, which could be permitted by the respective States and Union...

"Protect & Safeguard First Line Warriors": Plea In SC Seeks Comprehensive Policy Framework For Healthcare Workers

Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a PIL seeking direction(s) for formulation of a comprehensive policy for welfare & safety of healthcare workers, particularly nurses, who are at the frontline of the COVID outbreak response.Indian Nurses Professional Association which is a society having the primary objective of unifying, organising and empowering nurses across the country, has preferred...

[COVID-19] Plea In SC Seeks Direction To Centre To Formulate Scheme To Compensate Poor Workers In Unorganised Sector[Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and States to get together and formulate a scheme through which economically weaker sections engaged in the informal or unorganized sector could be compensated for the loss of livelihood due to the nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19. Emphasizing that there are innumerable people in the unorganized sector...

Law Has To Evolve To Address Poaching Of Legislators : SC

"The spectacle of rival political parties whisking away their political flock to safe destinations does little credit to the state of our democratic politics", Court observed.

Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha Surrender Before National Investigation Agency In Bhima Koregaon Case

Noted academician and Dalit rights scholar Anand Teltumbde and civil liberties activist Gautam Navlakha surrendered before the National Investigation Agency in the case registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) alleging Maoist links in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence.Teltumbde, the grandson-in-law of Dr B R Ambedkar, surrendered in the Mumbai office of NIA, and...

Medical Oxygen IP & Nitrous Oxide IP Are 'Drugs' Under Section 3(b)(i) Of Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that 'Medical Oxygen IP' and 'Nitrous Oxide IP' are 'drug' within the meaning of Section 3(b)(i) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.On this ground, a bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi held that these gaseous substances are to be taxed as 'drugs'under Entry 88 of Schedule V of the Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax Act 2005.The bench was...

SCAORA Urges Supreme Court To Partially Cancel Summer Vacations From May 18 to June 20

The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) has requested the Supreme Court to "partially cancel" the Summer vacations and conduct hearings between the period of May 18, 2020 and June 26, 2020. The request has been made in the backdrop of loss of court work and severe hardships inflicted on both Advocates as well as litigants, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the...

[COVID-19] United States Supreme Court Will Hear Cases By Telephone Conference

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided to hear oral arguments by telephone conference in May. A live audio feed of these arguments to the news media, the Court said. It also clarified that the court Building remains open for official business, but most Court personnel are teleworking. Ten cases including those related to the President...

Supreme Court Advocate On Record Association Suggests Measures For Effective Hearing In SC

The Supreme Court Advocate On Record Association ("SCAORA") has made a representation before the Supreme Court with suggestions to better enable the smooth hearing of cases during the nationwide lockdown while the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Supreme Court continues to hear urgent The Supreme Court Advocate On Record Association ("SCAORA") has made a representation...

'Communalising Corona' : Plea In SC Seeks Direction To Remove Communal Hashtags Like #CoronaJihad,#TablighiJamatVirus Etc. From Social Media

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against 'hashtags' trending on Twitter communalising the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi's Nizamuddin, which demonise and blame the entire Muslim community of deliberately spreading the corona virus across the country Petitioner-advocate Khaja Aijazuddin has averred that these trends, styled as #Islamiccoronavirusjihad,...

Governor's Power Not Intended To Displace Democratically Elected Government; Must Be Circumspect In Demanding Trust Vote : SC [Read Judgment]

"The Governor is an appointee of the President but does not represent either a political ideology or a political view. The Governor is expected to discharge the role of a constitutional statesman".

Ambedkar Jayanti Message Of Allahabad HC CJ : 'Communalism, Casteism, Regionalism & Gender Bias Are Antithesis To Our Constitutional Ideals'

The Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, Govind Mathur, has sent a message on the occasion of 129th anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, the chief architect of Indian Constitution.Communalism, casteism, regionalism, gender bias and close mind view of socio-political issues are antithesis to our constitutional ideals, said the CJ.He said that Constitutional Values are not meant to be adhered to...