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This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction, one more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in interfering and disturbing the activities and trade of the Petitioner in practising Ayurvedic Medicine and in coercing/ forcing/ harassing the Petitioner herein to disclose the stipulated concoction (medical combination) of the ayurvedic/ naturopathic medicine being prepared by the Petitioner to deal with Covid-19, thereby denying the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the Petitioner as being illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Article 19(1)(d) and (g), 21. And 301 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the Respondents not to interfere with the activities and trade of the Petitioner and also consequently direct the Respondents to consider granting adequate protection to the Petitioner to continue his Pro-bono services to the public.

The Honourable Kerala High on Wednesday i.e., on the 2nd day of June 2021, gave a 15-day deadline to consider the inclusion of passport number and the full name of the vaccine as the countries look up to it as an essential. This instruction to the central government came out in the case Rahim Pattarkadavan v. Union of India, delivered by the 2-judge bench comprising Honourable Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Honourable Justice Kauser Edappagath. 

The Madhya Pradesh High Court had declared the strike by Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) as illegal and directed the doctors to resume their duties immediately.

On 24.05.2021, the Karnataka High Court had heard the plea of a 58 years-old BSF officer regarding his transfer order two years before his retirement via video-conferencing. 

The Petitioner, who was a student of Bal Bharti Public School, filed this petition seeking general directions relating to the CBSE scheme for re-evaluation of papers and orders relating to a re-evaluation of her papers.

In this case, a petition was filed by the Action Committee Unaided Recognized Private Schools, a registered association to seek quashing of the orders passed by the Directorate of Education dated 18th April and 28th August 2020, affirming that the same prevented private unaided recognized schools from collecting a part of fees i.e., Annual charges and development fees beyond the lockdown period and deferring it till physical openings of the school. Responding to this, the Court quashed the two orders as the Respondent had no power to indefinitely postpone the collection of Annual Charges and Development fees. And held that the impugned acts were prejudicial to the said Schools and would cause an unreasonable restriction in their functioning.

In this case, a PIL was filed by the Petitioner, an advocate by profession, challenging the condition imposed by the Respondents private medical institutions that the students seeking admission to MBBS Course to submit bank guarantee against the annual fees for the next 3½ years of course duration in addition to the deposit of annual fee for the first year of the course, at the time of admission. Responding to this, the Bench of Justices Sangeet Lodha and Rameshwar Vyas declared the said condition as illegal and thereby restrained all Government and private institutions from recovering any amount as advance fee in addition to the fee for one year from any student admitted to the course.

The division bench of Kerala High Court ordered the Chief judicial Magistrate to take up the case and consider granting bail to the protesters who were detained by the police. This verdict was delivered in the case of Sayed Mohammed Koya v. Administrator, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, by the 2-judge bench of Honourable justice A. Muhamed Mostaque and Honourable justice Kauser Edppagath, on the 1st day of June 2021. 

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed by Sri. Debajit Gupta raising the concern over the present condition of sex workers. This application has been filed calling for a relief fund for the sex workers of Assam.

A Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution, to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus or any other appropriate writ directing the respondents to produce the corpus of the boy.