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All HC | PIL seeking social distancing and proper sanitisation in UP jails to protect fundamental rights of inmates: State to file affidavit

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Anil Kumar and Manish Mathur, JJ.,took cognizance of the Public Interest Litigation petition filed seeking enforcing

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Del HC | ‘Not here to send any messages but to dispense justice’: HC while allowing bail to the man accused in Delhi riots

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., while addressing a bail application of a person alleged to have been involved in burning the

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Bom HC | Maharashtra Government’s Order restricting benefit of fee reimbursement to only those backward class students who have taken admission through CAP, declared arbitrary and discriminatory

Bombay High Court: While deciding the constitutional validity of Government Resolution (hereinafter GR), dated 27-02-2013 which restricted the benefit of fee reimbursement

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All HC | Persons, who have completed their quarantine period and have tested negative cannot be further detained in Quarantine Centers against their wishes

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta, and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, JJ., asked the State Government to ensure that persons

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Kar HC | Journalists & other media personnel are on the field to disseminate correct information just like police, doctors, nurses & government personnel carrying out essential duties

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and Suraj Govindaraj, JJ., while addressing petition held that, Role of journalists and media

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P&H HC | No offence constituted under SC/ST Act where abusive language in the name of caste used over phone call: Criminal proceedings against accused quashed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harnaresh Singh Gill, J.,quashed the criminal proceedings against the appellant accused of using abusive language against the complainant

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Guj HC | “If State would not have been doing anything, we all would have been dead”: Court berates politicising of COVID-19 situation while at the same time reminding the State of its Constitutional obligations

In times of crisis, we need to bind, not bicker. -Gujarat High Court COVID 19 crisis is a humanitarian crisis, not a

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Ker HC | Wife’s persistent effort to separate husband from family amounts to cruelty: Divorce granted in favour of husband

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and Mary Joseph, JJ., granted a decree of divorce in favour of husband on

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Kar HC |No precise legislative definition of what ‘hate speech’ is; Since Parliament has not yet thought it appropriate to legislate on the concept of ‘hate speech’, Court cannot interfere by issuing directions

Karnataka High Court: A Division bench of B.V. Nagarathna and M.G. Uma, JJ., dismissed a petition filed to call for records from

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Bom HC | Over the counter retail liquor sale in Mumbai? Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai to decide

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Nitin Jamdar and N.R. Borkar, JJ., while deciding a petition with regard to over the counter

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MP HC | M.P. Government’s Order prohibiting disclosure of identity of Covid-19 positive patients, upheld

Madhya Pradesh High Court: While deciding the instant matter wherein the petitioner sought the quashment of order dated 19-5-2020 issued by the

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Gau HC | Court takes judicial notice — while money is lying unused, city has not been provided with facilities required under Smart City Projects; No effective work done; Public exchequer put at a loss

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Ajai Lamba, CJ and Soumitra Saikia, J., asked Prashant Dhanda, IFS holding the post of Managing Director,

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Bom HC | Migrants residing in cramped and unhygienic shelters without essentials till they are updated about application status to board trains/buses| How plight of migrant workers being addressed? State to file report

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and K.K. Tated, J. asked the State Government to file report mentioning the

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Kar HC | Complete absence of transparent & fair policy to choose persons for travel through Shramik Trains from Karnataka; No assurance provided to migrants to avoid unrest amongst them

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J. held that, “though several orders have been passed

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HP HC | Gravity of offence alone is no parameter for rejection of bail under S. 439 CrPC; Object and test for grant of bail restated

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma , J., allowed the bail petition stating that object of the bail is to secure the attendance

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Del HC | Transport Department, GNCTD directed to deposit relief assistance amount in eligible non-chip PSV badge holders accounts; Enough time taken by department

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad, JJ., directed GNCTD, Transport Department to provide relief assistance to the

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Del HC | Telegram directed to take down channels of its users infringing Dainik Jagran’s copyright and trademark rights

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., directed “Telegram” to take down the channels that are infringing plaintiff’s rights and granted ad-interim injunction to

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All HC | Chief Standing Counsel for the State of U.P directed to collaborate with Meerut DM to look into the measures taken to combat Covid-19

Allahabad High Court: Convening via video-conferencing, the Division Bench of the Court comprising of Ramesh Sinha, and Siddharth Varma, JJ., looked into

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Utt HC | What arrangements have been made for transportation of stranded migrant workers, and others registered to be brought back to Uttarakhand?| Centre & State to treat the matter with greater urgency

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and R.C. Khulbe, J., while recording the plight of migrant workers, stated that,

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Del HC | Suo Motu cognizance of a video clip of man expressing anguish over helpline numbers provided by GNCTD transpiring from finding hospital for his COVID19 positive mother

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar, JJ., took suo motu cognizance of a video clip wherein a