“When the Lockdown is lifted, there would be more chances of crimes like robbery, as individual income has suffered on account of the lockdown” said the Madras High Court. The Court remarked this on last Friday, while denying bail to an accused in Jail for Robbery for almost 2 months. Brief
The Central Government is obtaining 5,000 Ventilators from a Rajkot based company. The company has already supplied faulty breathing machines to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. The Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is the largest COVID-19 hospital in the state. The Alleged Connection The said Company, Jyoti CNC’s promoters have close relations with top
In the case of Capt. Bhagmal vs State, The Delhi High Court agreed with Captain Bhagmal’s request for extension of parole. The Court gave Captain Bhagmal, accused of 1984 riots, a further period of three months on parole. Brief Facts On 31 October 1984, after the assassination of then Prime
The Gujarat High Court has issued a ‘Rule’ and ‘Notice’ to the State for the interim relief. Justice Sangeeta Visheen passed this order in the case of Dhaval Rajnikant Patel v. the State of Gujarat, 2020. Brief Facts of the Case The petitioner filed this petition for quashing the FIR
In the United Nurses Association Through Its President v. Union of India and Ors. Herein, the Association filed a writ petition. The Petition pleaded the Court to direct the Central Government to bring back people stuck overseas. Brief Facts of the Case The plea was to bring back 56 pregnant
Delhi High Court on Friday 23 May 2020 held that the 2018 Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act replaces Section 13(1)(d) of the original Act which did not work. The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru held that the purpose of the amendment was to provide for the actions of a public
The Gujarat High Court on 13.03.2020 registered a suo motu Public Interest Litigation. The PIL was on the ‘Precautionary Measures in the Wake of the Pandemic of Coronavirus COVID-19’ (Suo Motu v. State of Gujarat, R/WPPIL/42/2020). On 11.05.2020, the Court took cognizance of four news items published on that date.
The Gujarat High Court has made the display of the full name of the participants during Zoom Video Conferencing (VC) hearing mandatory. If the full proper name is not displayed, then such persons will be prohibited from entering the VC hearing session. The High Court has been hearing matters through
Bombay High Court on 22.03.2020 had asked the Centre to inform the number of passengers from different nations who tested COVID positive. This applied to those who were positive after landing in India and not before taking the flight. The stranded passengers are from the USA. The government evacuated the
We have been spending most of our time on the internet these days. The recent controversy that has emerged is of a new class war called “Tik Tok Vs YouTube”. In the times when the entire world is fighting a pandemic, twitter trends with the hashtag #JusticeforCarryMinati. It started with
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