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COVID-19| No coercive action to be taken for one week in representative petition challenging MHA order on payment of full wages during lockdown

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai, JJ has issued notice in a number

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“E-Filing is undoubtedly very significant since it is the basis of a system of Artificial Intelligence”; Highlights & excerpts from SC’s webinar on proposed e-filing module

Webinar on Online demo of e-filing module on behalf of e-committee of Supreme Court of India and Registry was held today. President

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All HC | ‘Azan’ an essential & integral part of Islam but use of loudspeakers is not; Right to offer Azan by voice, protected under Art. 25 of Constitution

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Ajit Kumar, JJ., while addressing a Public Interest Litigation held that, “Azan

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[COVID-19] Bom HC | Principle of “No Work, No Pay” cannot be made applicable in such extraordinary circumstances; Can’t be insensitive to plight of workers

Bombay High Court: Ravindra V. Ghuge, J., while addressing a petition, stated that, “principle of “no work no wages” cannot be made

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Kar HC | Medical board to examine minor rape victim seeking termination of pregnancy; State to submit reply on compliance of victim identity protection guidelines

Karnataka High Court: P. Bajanthri, J., asked the authorities concerned to place on record in the next hearing “whether the directions issued by

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Madras HC | Plea challenging State Governments order with regard to home isolation, hospital/institutional quarantine in view of COVID-19, dismissed

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., addressed a petition challenging the government order issuing guidelines

Case Briefs COVID 19 High Courts

Bom HC | “Inhuman act on part of CIDCO”; CIDCO directed to pay gardeners working during COVID-19 pandemic their unpaid earned wages

Bombay High Court: S.J. Kathawalla, J., directed CIDCO to pay the Gardeners working for them their unpaid earned wages. Petition has been filed on

Case Briefs COVID 19 High Courts

Del HC | GNCTD and Centre beseeched to take decision on overcrowding of liquor outlets in NCT of Delhi

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., while addressing a petition beseeched the GNCTD and

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No weddings & events in Jaipur’s Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh after 8:00 PM; SC partially upholds NGT’s order

Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held that not be appropriate to permit the use

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[COVID-19] Bom HC | Navi Mumbai Municipal Corpn. to file an affidavit detailing particulars of protective equipments being provided to workers discharging essential services

Bombay High Court: S.J. Kathawalla, J., addressed a petition filed on behalf of workers discharging essential services not being provided any protection from

Case Briefs COVID 19 High Courts

Madras HC | State cannot be mandated to provide free face masks & hand sanitizers through Public Distribution System to people living below poverty line

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., addressed a petition wherein the direction was sought to provide

Case Briefs COVID 19 High Courts

Del HC | PIL filed without “any ground work” and any “thought to it”; Court dismisses petition seeking effective measures for sex workers and LGBTQ community during COVID-19

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., dismissed a petition raising concerns for the welfare

Case Briefs COVID 19 High Courts

Guj HC | “What is most essential as of now is a more humane approach or touch”; State Authorities should ensure that its citizens do not die of starvation

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Ilesh J. Vora, JJ., took suo moto cognizance of certain issues like the

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Madras HC | Liquor shops that were opened in neighbouring Kerala & far off Mumbai were closed down by those Governments to save human lives, but, alas, this State failed to learn any lesson!

They that sleep resemble the dead; likewise, they that drink are no other than poison eaters. Couplet 926 of Chapter 93 titled

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Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| Verdict reserved; Goswami’s interim protection extended till the delivery of judgment

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has reserved it’s judgment in the petition filed by Republic

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Bom HC | 16 year old girl, victim of rape, allowed for medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy; In case child born is alive, all necessary facilities to save its life shall be taken

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., allowed medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy of 16 year old girl victim of rape & sexual

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Del HC | PIL filed seeking linking of metro card or token with address proof of travellers to protect right to property — dismissed

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation, filed seeking direction to respondents to

Case Briefs COVID 19 High Courts

Bom HC | Maharashtra Govt. to issue clear directives to police not to stop or obstruct ambulances or pet taxies for ferrying sick animals to & from veterinary clinics

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., directed the State Government to issue clear directives with regard to no stopping or obstructing of pet

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Article 370| SC refuses to restore 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir; Constitutes a 3-member committee to take a call

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, R. Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai, JJ has constituted a three-member committee to look

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Kar HC | Medical board to examine minor rape victim seeking termination of pregnancy; State to submit reply on compliance of victim identity protection guidelines

No weddings & events in Jaipur’s Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh after 8:00 PM; SC partially upholds NGT’s order

Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| Verdict reserved; Goswami’s interim protection extended till the delivery of judgment

Bom HC | 16 year old girl, victim of rape, allowed for medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy; In case child born is alive, all necessary facilities to save its life shall be taken

Del HC | PIL filed seeking linking of metro card or token with address proof of travellers to protect right to property — dismissed

Article 370| SC refuses to restore 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir; Constitutes a 3-member committee to take a call

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