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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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Delhi HC | While appearing through Videoconferencing Advocates exempted from wearing — Gowns, Coats, Sherwanis, etc; Dress in sober & dignified manner

In order to further contain the spread of COVID-19, Delhi High Court notified that till further orders, while appearing before this High

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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

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MoHFW issues guidelines for domestic travel; States can develop their own protocol with regards to quarantine and isolation

Guidelines for domestic travel (air/train/inter-state bus travel) 1) Dos and Don’ts shall be provided along with tickets to the travellers by the

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MHA issues SOPs for movement of Indian Nationals stranded outside the country, as well as, for those persons stranded in India who are desirous to travel abroad for urgent reasons

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for movement of Indian Nationals stranded outside the country and

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Bom HC| “No evidence that COVID-19 may spread from cadaver of infected individuals”: Petitions against burial of dead body of COVID-19 patients rejected

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to

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Pro Tempore Metamorphosis of Law: A Step to Reinvigorate the Indian Economy amid COVID-19

by Vidula Mehrotra*

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One Officer of NGT found COVID19 positive; NGT Premise to be shut for sanitization from 23rd May, 2020

It is notified for all concerned that one of the Officers posted in General Administration section (Principal Bench) has been found Corona

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Auraiya road accident | NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Government over dead and injured victims carried in same vehicle

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh after taking suo

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BREAKING |RBI announces 9 additional measures for strengthening Economy; Cuts interest rates, extends moratorium by another 3 months

“It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and

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MHA relaxes Visa and Travel restrictions imposed in response to COVID -19, permitting certain categories of OCI cardholders stranded abroad, to come back to India

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has relaxed Visa and Travel restrictions imposed in response to COVID -19, permitting certain categories of

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Season of Virtuals: Corona provides impetus to Telemedicine Guidelines in India – Legal challenges going forward

by Kirit Javali*

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Madras HC | Accommodation and transportation of migrant workers stranded in Tamil Nadu, looming at large; Court asks for a comprehensive report

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and Dr Anita Sumanth, JJ. asked for a comprehensive report to be submitted

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COVID-19 Lockdown | Violations of MHA Guidelines being reported at various places across the country

Strict Implementation of all measures in Government guidelines is essential to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, violations in the implementation of

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Supreme Court releases a list of 1239 matters likely to be heard from June 1

The Supreme Court Registry has notified the list of 1239 matters that are likely to be heard by the Supreme Court through

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Utt HC | Quarantine Centres to be setup at border points; Rapid-Antibody tests for surveillance purpose to be conducted on returnees

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ravindra Maithani, JJ., directed for the use of rapid antibody tests for surveillance