Calcutta HC | Annirudha Roy appointed as an Additional Judge of the Court
President appoints Annirudha Roy to be an Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court for a period of 2 years with effect
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Telangana HC | Appointment of Bollampally Vijaysen Reddy as Judge of HC
President appoint Bollampally Vijaysen Reddy, to be a Judge of the Telangana High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge
Continue readingLockdown 3.0 | MHA issues New Guidelines for extended lockdown period of 2 weeks | List of Do’s & Don’ts [Read]
1. With the extension of the Lockdown period for a further period of two weeks with effect from 4th May 2020, new
Continue readingBREAKING | Extension of lockdown beyond 4th May, 2020 for a period of 2 weeks
As reported by PTI, Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 today, to further extend the
Continue readingDel HC | Schools imparting online education cannot be treated as “closed”: Petition for directing private unaided schools to not charge tuition fee rejected
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and C. Hari Shankar, J. dismissed a writ petition that sought modification
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Cal HC | “Responsible journalism includes exclusion of irresponsible reporting”; Court advices those in need of information to access HC website
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., while addressing a petition stated that responsible journalism
Continue readingMovement of migrant workers, pilgrims‘ tourists, students and other persons‘ stranded at different places‘ is also allowed by special trains — MHA
In continuation of Ministry of Home Affairs‘s Orders No.40-3/2020-DM~l(A) dated 15th April, 2020, 16th April, 2020‘ 19‘” April, 2020‘ 21st April 2020‘
Continue readingAll service matters of Central Govt. and UT employees of J&K and Ladakh will be heard and disposed off in CAT bench in J&K itself
In the wake of the news reports appeared in a section of media that “GoI shifts all service matters of employees of
Continue readingMadras HC | Disclosing identity of COVID-19 patients will lead to social stigma; Petition for disclosure rejected
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and Nirmal Kumar, JJ., addressed a petition wherein direction was sought with regard to
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Continue readingKarnataka HC | Appointment of 5 Additional Judges for a period of 2 years
President appoints S/Shri (1) Shivashankar Amarannavar, (2) Smt. Makkimane Ganeshaiah Uma, (3) Vedavyasachar Srishananda, (4) Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, and (5) Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai,
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Calcutta HC | 3 Additional Judges appointed as Permanent Judges of the Court
President appoints S/Shri Justices (i) Bibek Chaudhuri (ii) Subhasis Dasgupta and (iii) Smt. Suvra Ghosh, Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court,
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Bom HC | Duration of lockdown not to be reckoned for purpose of computing 90-day NPA declaration period
Bombay High Court: G.S. Patel, J., while fashioning a workable solution limited to the facts the instant case, ordered that subject to
Continue readingMHA to States/UTs: Ensure Free Movement of Trucks/Goods Carriers; Essential to Maintain Supply Chain of Goods and Services in the country
It has been reported that at inter-State borders in different parts of the country, movement of trucks is not allowed freely and
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Daksha Dialogues: Is India’s Judiciary at the Crossroads?
On 16 October 2015 the Supreme Court of India struck down the NationalJudicial Appointments Commission Act–on the grounds that it wouldundermine the
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Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Second Amendment Rules, 2020 — Notified by MCA
G.S.R. 268 (E)— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 149 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18
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Bom HC | Court grants anticipatory bail to man booked for falsely accusing Tablighi Jamaat members of assaulting and spitting on him
Bombay High Court: Sarang V. Kotwal, J. granted anticipatory bail to the applicant accused of making false allegations against a particular religious
Continue readingGau HC | “Make atleast 2 testing labs functional, provide PPEs, identify ICU facilities, etc.”: Court gives directions to State for tackling COVID-19
Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Songkhupchung Serto and S. Hukato Swu, JJ. gave certain limited directions to the State Government
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