COVID-19 Archives

Supreme Court to begin Physical Hearings with Hybrid option from 1st September, 2021 [Read Directions]

Standard Operating Procedure for physical hearing (with hybrid option) In continuation of directions already notified regarding the functioning of the Supreme Court

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS decides to go with the landlords and end the federal moratorium on residential evictions imposed by the CDC

Supreme Court of The United States: While deciding upon the instant emergency application brought in by the Alabama Association of Realtors challenging

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The Indian Catastrophe: MP Migrant’s Crisis Amidst COVID-19

by Rakshita Agarwal*, Rohit Sharma**, Lakshmi Menon***, Niharika Tiwari****, Shilpa Shankar**** and Saiyed Kamil******

Legislation Updates Notifications

ESIC notifies COVID-19 Relief Scheme for insured persons

The Employees State Insurance Corporation has notified the Covid-19 Relief Scheme on 11th August 2021 as a welfare measure for the Insured

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Primary reasons for vaccine hesitancy in the State not being addressed by the Police; Court directs to identify and book persons for spreading false rumours about vaccines

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J., had asked the Department of Health and Family

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Char Dham Yatra banned until decision by Supreme Court; Court checks and double checks arrangements by the State amidst approaching third wave

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ. and Alok Kumar Verma, J., dealt with the petition which came

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | “Docket of Court is now choked solely on account of such legislation”; HC passes strict directives to complete proceedings under Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act within 90 days

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ., and S. Kumar, J., passed strict directives to complete proceedings under Section

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | “Not based on intelligible differentia”; HC stays Arunachal Pradesh’s order discriminating between vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons

Gauhati High Court: Nani Tagia, J., stayed the order of the State Executive Committee of Arunachal Pradesh whereby non-vaccinated persons for Covid-19

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | CM Advocates Welfare Scheme: Only for the Advocates enrolled with Voter ID of Delhi? HC enumerates significance of Place of Practice v. Place of Residence

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., remarked that, Insurance for lawyers has been an aspiration for several years. In the present

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Justice A.B.S. Naidu, former District Judge appointed as Inquiry Officer regarding Covid-19 Mismanagement at VIMSAR

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S Muralidhar, CJ and Savitri Ratho, J. directed independent inquiry by a retired District Judge

Case Briefs High Courts

Mani HC | State cannot seek to impose conditions upon citizens so as to compel them to get vaccinated; Courts holds restraining the non-vaccinated people illegal

Manipur High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Kumar, CJ. and KH Nobin Singh, J., decided on a petition which was filed

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC issues notice to State to file an affidavit regarding a delay in sample collection due to suspension of public transport and inadequacy in other services

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S Muralidhar, CJ and Savitri Ratho, J., directed State to file an affidavit addressing concerns

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Spreading strains of SARS-CoV-2: The need to rethink utility patents

by Shruti Prasad Dhonde

Case Briefs District Court

Anti Vaxxers need to be treated strenuously with an iron hand; Such haters do not deserve concession of anticipatory bail, their free movement and free speech is a threat to society at large: J&K Sessions Court

Sessions Court, Jammu and Kashmir: Tahir Khurshid Raina, J., denied anticipatory bail to the person accused of obstructing the vaccination drive and

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Ensure every possible medical treatment to imprisoned FR. Stan Swamy as part of life saving measure and protection of his basic human rights: NHRC

As per the press release by NHRC dated 4-07-2021, the Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra has been issued a notice to ensure

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Family members permitted to perform religious rituals and last rites according to Covid-19 Guidelines on Dead Body Management but cannot dispose the dead body by themselves

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Ranjan and Sujit Narayan Prasad, JJ., disposed of the writ petition with observations and

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| NDMA to come up with uniform guidelines for ex gratia assistance on account of lives lost due to Covid-19 within 6 weeks [Read SC directions]

Supreme Court: After the Court was approached seeking direction to the Government to provide notified ex-gratia monitory compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- to the

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Treatment of Mucormycosis including administration of Amphotericin injection is free of cost and the entire cost will be borne by the State Government in public hospitals

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Aravind Kumar J. gave a slew of directions regarding

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Migrant Labourers| ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ Scheme to be a reality in all States by July 31st! Read Supreme Court directions

“When the migrant labourers form more than 1/4th population of the country, all Governments/authorities have to take special care regarding welfare of these migrant workers/labourers.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Whether vaccination can at all be made mandatory and whether such mandatory action can adversely affect the right of a citizen to earn his/her livelihood? Court answers

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J., decided on the question as to whether vaccination