"Will You Give It To 85Yr Old Or 45Yr Old? There Is A Scarcity, You Have To Make A Cruel Choice": Delhi High Court Tells Centre, Delhi Govt On Allocation Of Black Fungus Drug

Questioning the Centre and the Delhi Government as to how will they prioritize allocation of drug to treat Black fungus, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked both the governments to come up with a policy on the same while adjourning the matter to tomorrow.Stating that neither the Centre nor state government can "duck" the responsibility of allocation of vials, a division bench comprising...

"You Want Us To Shut Our Eyes. You Can't Take Us For a Ride": Delhi HC Pulls Up Drug Controller For Dissatisfactory Probe Against Gautam Gambhir For Hoarding Covid Drugs

"You want us to shut our eyes. You can't take is for a ride. If you think we are so gullible, we are naive, we'll give you back hard. You better do your job." remarked the Delhi High Court on Monday while pulling up the Drug Controller of the Delhi Government for its "dissatisfactory inquiry/Investigation" in the matter concerning hoarding of covid drugs by Gautam Gambhir and AAP MLA...

'It's Time We Define Limits Of Sedition' : Supreme Court Stays Coercive Actions Against Telugu Channels On Sedition FIR

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed coercive action against two Telugu channels - TV5 news and ABN Andhra Jyoti- in the FIRs registered by Andhra Pradesh police alleging sedition against them.The channels have filed writ petitions seeking the quashing of FIRs and also contempt petitions contending that the Andhra Police action violated the April 30 order of the Supreme Court which...

'You Can't Just Say You Are The Centre & You Know What's Right. We Have A Strong Arm To Come Down On This' : Supreme Court Questions COVID Vaccine Policy

The Supreme Court on Monday posed tough questions to the Central Government about the rationale of the dual pricing and procurement policy of the COVID vaccines adopted by the Central Government.The Court asked if it was the policy of the Central Government to let States compete with each other for getting vaccines from private manufactures and let states and even municipal corporations...

Supreme Court Hearing On Suo Motu COVID Case: LIVE UPDATES

A 3-Judge Bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat has resumed the hearing today the suo moto case on COVID issues (In Re Distribution of Essential Services and Supplies During Pandemic). The hearing was deferred until further notice on May 13 after Justice D Y Chandrachud, the Presiding Judge, tested positive for COVID-19.On April 30, the Bench had...

Supreme Court Hearing On Plea Seeking Cancellation of CBSE/ICSE CLASS XII Examination Amid COVID: LIVE UPDATES

A division Bench of Supreme Court will hear TODAY the plea seeking directions to cancel the Class XII CBSE and ICSE examination and devise an objective methodology to declare the result of class XII within a specific timeframe.A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had on Friday adjourned the case after noting that the petitioner had not served advanced copy on...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [May 24, 2021 – May 30, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Devise Policy For Vaccination Of Physically Disabled: Allahabad High Court To Govt. In Suo Moto COVID19 Case [In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres…] Days after the Supreme Court asked the Allahabad High Court to pass realistic orders and stayed its directions for upgrading medical facilities in the state, a Division Bench comprising...

Decongestion Of Prisons- Release All Convicts, Undertrial Prisoners Re-admitted In Prions On Interim Bail: Andhra Pradesh HC

In view of the recommendations made by the High Powered Committee dated May 12, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently directed that all convicts and Undertrial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to prisons after their release on interim bails last year, unless disqualified. A division bench comprising of Justice C Praveen Kumar and Justice...

Section 313 CrPC Examination Not A Mere Procedural Formality; Trial Court Has To Question Accused Fairly With Care And Caution: Supreme Court

"Examination of an accused under Section 313, CrPC cannot be treated as a mere procedural formality"

'Only 3 Women Judges From Bar In Kerala HC In 64 Years; Many Competent Women Lawyers Available' : Outgoing Judge Justice PV Asha

Outgoing judge of the Kerala High Court, Justice PV Asha, in her farewell speech underscored the need for more women representation in judiciary.Justice Asha noted that only 3 women have been appointed as judges of the Kerala High Court from the bar in its history of 64 years. She was the second woman judge to be appointed from the bar, after Justice KK Usha. There was a gap of 23 years...

BREAKING : Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Bail To 4 Trinamool Leaders In Narada Case

A 5-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to four Trinamool Congress leaders- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee- who have been under judicial custody since their arrest by the CBI in the Narada case on May 17. They were placed under house arrest on May 19, following a split in the division bench on the question of interim bail,...

Can't Subject A Citizen Not Wearing Mask/Following Lockdown Norms To Corporal Punishment: MP High Court Orders Action Against Policemen

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (May 27) reiterated its earlier direction that no citizen who is found not wearing mask or not following social distancing norms or not following lockdown conditions should be subjected to corporal punishment or beating. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Atul Sreedharan observed thus while directing the Superintendent of...