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Telangana HC | State to ensure availability of ambulances on National and State Highways as migrant workers including of pregnant women are using highways to reach destination

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J. directed the State to ensure that ambulances

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All HC | State to explain policy and norms for provision of medical facilities to migrant workers and rehabilitation scheme in Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ Ramesh Sinha, J. while issuing notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh called

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Kar HC | State Government to consider a manner in which help can be extended to ‘Archaks’ who cannot be paid regular salary

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and P. Krishna Bhat, J. asked the State Government to consider a

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Bom HC | Risk taken by Kamgaars in carrying out COVID-19 related duties for NMMC cannot be differentiated on their employment being directly with Corpn. or through contractors; NMMC to pay certified Kamgaars special allowance

Bombay High Court: S.J. Kathawalla, J., while addressing a petition with regard to the non-payment of daily allowance to Kamgaars involved in COVID-19

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Madras HC | Management of Oil Corpn. to conduct periodical inspections and surprise checks to ensure provision of safety gears such as sanitisers, masks to deliverymen

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., addressed a petition placing the concern with regard to effective

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Raj HC | Taking shield of Supreme Court’s order to take away the vested right of an accused, is nothing short of violating his right of liberty guaranteed under Art. 21; Court allows Bail to juvenile offender

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J. allowed the revision petition filed setting aside the order dated 10-2-2020 passed by the Principal Magistrate,

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Del HC | Union of India to report on better facilities for shifting foreign nationals who participated in Tablighi Jamat

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar, JJ., asked the respondents to report back on the facilities identified

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Guj HC | Gujarat Govt given directions to take stern and decisive actions in matters connected to private hospitals, migrants, protection of doctors and overall management of Covid-19 crisis

Gujarat High Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the way private hospitals in the State of Gujarat are indulging in blatant profiteering

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AP HC | Suo motu contempt proceedings initiated against several persons including law makers for alleged abuses, threats to Judges and the Court

Andhra Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari and C. Praveen Kumar, JJ., has issued contempt notices to as many

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COVID-19| SC takes suo motu cognisance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers; Issues notice to Centre and States/UTs

Taking suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers who had been stranded in different parts of the country, the

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Vizag Gas Leak| SC allows 30 LG Polymers personnel to access the plant till AP HC considers the matter

Supreme Court: In the plea challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dated 22.05.2020 which directed the complete seizure of the LG

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Kar HC | Bail denied on grounds of uploading messages on Facebook promoting disharmony and hatredness, causing hostility to humanity; Urging to spread COVID-19

Karnataka High Court: K.S. Mudagal, J., declined bail to a person accused of creating feeling of insecurity amongst people on religious basis through

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Kar HC | Reluctance of State Govt. to bear train fare of migrant workers, not in a position to pay the same will force them to continue to stay in the State

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J. while deciding with regard to the issue

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Del HC | Death Audit Committee not involved in discrimination or arbitrariness to show false fabrication of number of deaths due to COVID-19

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J., addressed a petition wherein the Court held that, “the

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Bom HC | Safe & Healthy travel is legitimate expectation and a concomitant to right to life: Air India directed to leave middle seat vacant in compliance with Circular dt. 23rd March, 2020

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.D. Dhanuka and Abhay Ahuja, JJ. while addressing a petitiOn in regard to leaving the middle

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[COVID-19] P&H HC | Private Schools to charge 70% of total fee and Pay 70% salary to teachers; Admission fee to be sought in two equal installments

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ritu Bahri, J., while addressing a petition with regard to the charging of school fees in times of

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Pat HC | No member of transgender community to be deprived of Ration only on account of such status or not possessing Ration Card

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ and S.Kumar, J., while addressing a petition, directed State Government that all policies

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Telangana HC | Telangana Government’s Order not allowing private hospitals to conduct tests for COVID-19 virus violates Arts. 14 and 21 of Constitution & principles of Natural Justice

Telangana High Court: In the instant PIL wherein the petitioner challenged the Government Order Rc. No. Spl /COVID-19/DMHO/HYD/2020 dated 11-4-2020 (hereinafter the

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Vizag Gas Leak Incident| A.P. HC | LG Polymers to be seized and passports of directors shall not be released without leave of Court

Andhra Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ and Lalitha Kanneganti, J., addressed certain PILs that were filed in

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COVID-19| Air India can operate full capacity flights till June 6 only: SC

Supreme Court: Considering the hardship of the passengers who are stranded on foreign soil at the airports after they were issued valid