The Allahabad High Court denied anticipatory bail to the auxiliary nurse midwife who was accused of throwing vaccines in the garbage instead of administering it to the beneficiaries. The Court recorded that it was a criminal wastage of precious medicine.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court stated that when the loss of life or human suffering or damages are on large scale, then the Central and the State Government is empowered to put any restriction. The High Court also stated that it would not exercise its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to interfere in the policy decisions taken by the State Government for ensuring the interest of the public.
The Bar Council of Delhi brought a plea before the HC regarding the movement of advocates in and out of Delhi, who resides in the areas of NCR. The Delhi High Court has issued the notice to all the concerned respondent States (Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh) and Union of India for further hearing.
The plea was brought before the HC of Delhi for providing protection, security and welfare scheme to the sex workers and LGBT community members during the time of lockdown. However, the High Court declined to entertain the petition after considering the matter. A detailed order from the court giving reasons for dismissal is awaited.
The Petitioner has moved before the High Court to seek directions for the Government to initiating an online delivery system for liquor as it is not prohibited by the Delhi Excise Act, in order to curb the recent issue of huge crowds lining outside liquor shops and negligence of social distancing at such places. The Petitioner also suggested various other ways through which the crowd can be controlled.
The spread of misinformation regarding the safety measures to prevent COVID-19 can cause serious health issues to the general public. The Human Right to stay healthy is being violated by the spread of incorrect information as it encourages people not to follow the precautionary measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. Social Media platforms must also act responsibly and take proper steps to curb the spread of incorrect information for the interest of the general public.
In order to cater the issue of denial of access to food to the poor and under-privileged people and to implement the provisions of the National Food Security Act, the High Court of Delhi directs the Government to take various steps to ensure distribution of food grains at all times and to ensure that the ration shops are open at the working hours for both PDS and non-PDS residents.
The Present Petition deals with the release of 7.24 lacs COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits and other materials related to COVID-19, which have been imported and/or are being imported by the Respondents from China. The Delhi High Court capped the price of the Rapid Test Kits for COVID19 as Rs. 400, 40% less than ICMR approved rate.
A Writ Petition was moved before the High Court of Delhi on the 17th of April 2020 by the Advocate MM Kashyap to seek directions
The present Writ Petition has been recently moved to the High Court of Delhi by the Petitioner, Amit Sahni, seeking directions to all the private
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