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MP HC | Police cannot take inappropriate disciplinary action and subject citizens to torture for not following lockdown norms; Court directs action

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ. and Atul Sreedharan, J., decided on a petition which was filed

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC |“Grisly and frightful! One can only hope it is fictitious”; HC calls it insensitive and deplorable to constitute all men SIT to investigate Rape allegation

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of Arun Monga, J., expressed disbelief on how an all men SIT could be deployed

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | Bail cannot be granted on the ground of delay unless the matter was pending for 5 years or more

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Division Bench of Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Puneet Gupta, JJ., dismissed the application seeking suspension of

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | “What kind of test is being done for determination of COVID-19 infection?”; HC directs Assam government to set up Mobile Medical Units in Tea Gardens

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ., and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., addressed the issues relating to situation under

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | District Judiciary is extremely tight-fisted when it comes to granting bail, leads to burden on the High Court; Directions on arrest and bail issued to Police; Judicial Magistrates

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Atul Sreedharan, J., allowed a bail application of the applicant who was charged for offences under sections 420,467,468,471,472,474

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | 75% ventilators supplied through PM Cares Fund found dysfunctional; HC seeks response from Center

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Ravindra V. Ghuge and B. U. Debadwar, JJ., addressed the issue of dysfunctional ventilators supplied

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Del HC| Whatsapp challenges Intermediary Rules, says traceability will break end-to-end encryption, breach privacy; Union of India says no Fundamental Right is absolute

Delhi High Court: A petition was submitted before the High Court of Delhi by Whatsapp LLC with a prayer to issue a

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Federal Court of Canada upholds validity of Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccine patents; Two Formulation patents held invalid

Federal Court of Canada: The Bench of Gagné, Associate CJ., upheld the validity of one pneumococcal vaccine patents pertaining to Prevnar 13

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Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Mandatory E pass requirement does not suffer from infirmity; Decision taken to combat the situation of acute surge in COVID-19 infection by exercising the power conferred under Disaster Management Act

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Chief Justice and Sujit Narayan Prasad dismissed the petition on being found that the decision

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Global tender issued by the different State Governments have failed to yield in positive result, Centre should take responsibility; Court continues hearing petitions regarding Black Fungus, Remdesivir, Vaccination etc

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Divison Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ. and Atul Sreedharan, J., heard and decided on a series of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | “Take immediate actions against e-commerce websites for supplying non-essential items”, HC directs Maharashtra government

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of R. D. Dhanuka and Madhav J. Jamdar, JJ. asked State Government to actions against the

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC │ Labs to give COVID results within 24 hours; Directions issued regarding dignified burial/ cremation ,Vaccine Scarcity and its Allocation and Food Security; KSLSA COVID Monitoring Committee Report submitted

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Chief Justice and Aravind Kumar J. gave a slew of directions regarding vaccine allocation, oxygen

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | In case of violation of Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006 (FSSA), the provisions of NSA could be invoked? Court answers

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Prakash Shrivastava and Vijay Kumar Shukla, JJ., allowed a petition which was filed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | People with insurance cover suffering from COVID denied treatment at private hospitals; Court to hear PIL

Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ. and Manash Ranjan Pathak, J., took up a PIL wherein the counsel

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Bail is the rule and committal to jail is an exception; Court grants bail to accused in Scholarship Scam

Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a bail application which was filed in connection with Case registered for the offence

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | “Over enthusiasm of attaining professional excellence should not stifle the speech of a student”; HC slams ICAI for withholding result of a student for criticizing the Institute

Rajsthan High Court: The Bench of Dinesh Mehta, J., slammed the ICAI for illegally withholding the result of a young girl-student of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Corporate Social Responsibility, Mucormycosis and shortage of drugs, HC urges Central Drug Controller to increase production capacity and reduce prices of drugs

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sunil B. Shukre and Avinash G. Gharote, JJ., addressed the issue of Mucormycosis or Black

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | After 22 years of barbarous Senari Massacre the Court hands clean chit to 13 accused; HC reverses Trial Court’s order of death sentence

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar and Arvind Srivatava, JJ., acquitted the death convicts in Senari Massacre incident that

Case Briefs High Courts

[Audi alteram partem] Utt HC | Order passed without giving an opportunity to be heard gross violation of natural justice; Court quashes order passed by Registrar

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J., allowed petitions which were filed having the common question of law and facts thus were