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Madras HC | Setting up of ‘emergency response system’ to assist victims of domestic violence: State to file additional status report

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ. has given time to the T.N. Government to

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New guidelines to fight COVID-19 will come into effect from 4th May, which would give considerable relaxations to many districts

MHA holds a Comprehensive Review Meeting on the Lockdown situation in wake of spread of COVID-19 (MHA) held a comprehensive review meeting

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Communitarianism: A saviour in Times of nCOVID19

by Prakhar Raghuvanshi*

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Stranded persons to be allowed movement: MHA; States/UTs to develop standard protocols for receiving and sending such stranded persons

In continuation of Ministry of Home Affairs earlier Orders and in exercise of powers conferred under Section 10(2)(I) of the Disaster Management

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Central Government employees asked to download ‘Aarogyasetu’ App on their mobile phones, immediately

Effective use of ‘Aarogyasetu’ App for breaking the chain of transmission of COVID-19 With reference to the subject mentioned above, the following

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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment writes to States/Uts to — ensure basic physical accessibility features for divyangjan in centres for COVID-19 testing & quarantine facilities & treatment at hospitals

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has asked all States and Union Territories to ensure basic physical accessibility features for Divyangjan (PwDs)

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Instructions regarding functioning of NGT from 4th May, 2020 amid COVID-19; Judicial work will be conducted only by Video Conferencing

In the light of Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) of the Government of India dated 15.04.2020 on the subject of functioning of Government establishments

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Ori HC | Ensuing summer vacations of subordinate courts to be suspended if lockdown is extended

In view of exigencies caused by COVID-19 and declaration of Lockdown in the State of Odisha, Court has suspended the ensuing Summer

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Prohibition till 3rd November, 2020 on strike/agitation by contractual employees employed through outsourced agency in CATS ambulance service run by Delhi Govt.

F.03/06/HESMA/2017/HP-II/874-886.—Whereas the vide Home Department GNCTD notification No. F.03/06/HESMA/2017/HP-II/4183-95 dated 24.10.2019 HESMA was imposed against contract employees engaged through outsourced agency in

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CIC | Secretary, DoPT, to take immediate steps for online filing of ‘life & liberty applications’, implementation of S. 7(1) of RTI Act amid lockdown

Central Information Commission (CIC): Exercising the power under Section 25(5) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Act”), Vanaja N. Sarna,

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Bom HC | Fear of corona infection spreading through newspapers not supported by evidence: Court questions blanket ban on door-to-door delivery of newspapers

Bombay High Court: Prasanna B. Varale, J. took cognizance of the amendment made in the Government Order whereby door-to-door delivery of newspapers

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Raj HC | Caste of any person including accused not to be incorporated in any judicial or administrative matter

It has been observed that the caste of accused and other persons is being incorporated by the officers/officials of Registry of this

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Del HC issues directions to Delhi Govt. for proper distribution of food grains to poor

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh, JJ. issued directions to address the concern for providing food grains

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Measures to further facilitate fund raising from capital markets in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic

In the wake of challenges for the Indian economy arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic and with a view to improving access

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COVID-19| This institution is not hostage of government: Furious SC tells advocate Prashant Bhushan during migrant workers hearing

Supreme Court: A furious bench of N V Ramana, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, JJ said that the Supreme Court

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MoHFW | Facts on the controversy around prices of Rapid Antibody tests

Testing is one of the most crucial weapons to fight COVID-19 and ICMR is doing everything it can to ramp up testing.

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ICMR issues — Advisory on Rapid Antibody Blood Tests

1. ICMR advocates that RT-PCR throat/nasal swab test is the best use for diagnosis of COVID 19. RT-PCR test detects the virus

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Del HC | Price of COVID-19 rapid test kit capped at Rs 400 per unit as against Rs 600 approved by ICMR

“Public interest must outweigh private gain.” Delhi High Court: Najmi Waziri, J., has capped the price of the COVID-19 Rapid Test Kit

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Madras HC | Issue of reduction of Government Servants salary, comes under State Government’s ambit as it’s a policy decision

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Normal Kumar, JJ., dismissed the present petition as the same involves the

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Complete lockdown declared by Telangana Govt. throughout the State till 7th May, 2020: Extension of suspension of work in Telangana HC till 7th May, 2020

Consequent to complete lockdown declared by Government of Telangana till 07-05-2020, the suspension of Regular Judicial Work and Administrative Work in the