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Corona Virus Outbreak | Nationwide Lockdown | Telangana HC | Extension of Interim Orders till 07-06-2020 and Executing Courts orders to be kept in abeyance

Telangana High Court at Hyderabad: Full Bench of Chief Justice and M.S. Ramachandra Rao and A. Rajasheker Reddy, JJ. in view of

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COVID-19 Crisis | AP HC | Interim measures laid down in view of nationwide lockdown due to Corona Virus outbreak

Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J. issued interim measures considering certain aspects

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Del HC | AIIMS directed to start treatment of an 18-month-old-girl suffering from a rare disease without any charge

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J. addressed a petition wherein an 18 month old girl was suffering a rare disease called ‘Gaucher’

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Coronavirus | A.P HC | State Govt. to ensure supply of precautionary equipments like N-95 masks, etc. to Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical Staff

Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amravati: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari, CJ and M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J. asked the State Government to

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Ker HC | Directions on important matters such as bail/arrest/recovery/etc. issued taking suo motu cognizance of complete lockdown

Kerala High Court: A Full Court comprising of S. Manikumar, C.J., and C.K. Abdul Rehim and C.T. Ravikumar, JJ. issued certain directions

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Cal HC | Rule for contempt issued against Advocate for banging addressing table, thumping microphone and cursing Judge with COVID-19 infection

Calcutta High Court: Dipankar Datta, J., issued a suo motu Rule for contempt against Advocate Bijoy Adhikari while holding his conduct in

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Del HC | Govt. of NCT of Delhi shall ensure a team of doctors and public health officials with sufficient medicines, adequate equipments etc, at Eidgah Old Mustafabad Camp in light of COVID-19

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad, JJ., addressed a petition on urgent mentioning with regard to measures

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Coronavirus (COVID-19)| Overcrowding of prisons is serious concern; Consider releasing prisoners on parole/bail: SC to States/UTs

“Having regard to the provisions of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, it has become imperative to ensure that the spread

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Coronavirus (COVID-19)| SC extends limitation period for filing petitions/applications/suits/appeals, etc.

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Surya Kant, JJ invoked its power under Article

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Exasperated with reckless & insolent action, Court imposes exemplary costs of Rs 50K on petitioner seeking online delivery of alcohol amid outbreak of COVID-19

Kerala High Court: “With a deep sense of exasperation and a tinge of disgust”, A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J., wrote the judgment while

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Celebratory firing of guns licensed for self protection needs to stop: SC

Supreme Court: In a case where 2 persons died after being shot during a celebratory firing in a wedding ceremony, a furious

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | High Court has inherent power under S. 482 CrPC to quash FIR even in non compoundable cases due to amicable settlement; Not to be exercised in cases of heinous nature

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Sandeep Sharma, J. allowed the petition observing that High Court has inherent power to quash criminal proceedings even

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The final order that sealed the fate for the Nirbhaya convicts

Supreme Court: Putting the last nail in the coffin for the Nirbhaya death row convicts who were hanged this morning, the 3-judge

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Penalty cannot be imposed upon a corporate body under Rule 26; order imposing penalty set aside

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial member) allowed an appeal filed against a common impugned Order-in-Appeal. The

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Ker HC | Provisions of Land Acquisition Act relating to payment of solatium and interest on solatium shall be applicable to acquisitions made under National Highways Act

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J., directed the District Court to reconsider the petition challenging an award. The present appeal has been

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Nirbhaya| Akshay Kumar’s plea challenging rejection of mercy petition dismissed

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ rejected the plea filed by Akshay Kumar Singh,

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High Court can pass an order interdicting the legal fiction as contemplated under State Act

“The Courts are guardians of the rights and liberties of the citizen and they shall fail in their responsibility if they abdicate

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | 19-year-old girl stranded at Dubai Airport due to misinterpretation of travel advisory issued by Govt. of India in wake of COVID-19 to be issued fresh visa to return to Mumbai

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.J. Kathawalla and R.I. Chagla, JJ., issued a writ of mandamus directing respondents to issue a

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Cal HC | “Leave India Notice” issued to Polish citizen for participating in anti-government demonstration declared to be null & void; Valid right to reside in India goes hand-in-hand with fundamental rights

Calcutta High Court: Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J., while setting aside an impugned order of expulsion of a polish citizen (Student) dated 14-02-2020, stating

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Petition challenging implementation of Karnataka Reservation Act 2018 held not maintainable

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and UU Lalit, JJ has refused to entertain the applications challenging the validity of