The Bombay High Court asked the BMC if senior citizens and those with disabilities could be inoculated and that it would grant permission even though the centre hadn’t given the nod for it.
Bar association resolutions barring advocates from appearing for a particular accused violate the Constitution. Only the judiciary can declare a person guilty, that too after a just and fair trial.
The cruel surge of Covid-19 hit all of us at India Legal on May 17, 2021, with the untimely and shocking death of renowned cardiologist Dr KK Aggarwal, our most prolific writer.
While rights activist Gautam Navlakha was denied default bail by the Court, the bench allowed courts to order house arrests as another form of detention under Section 167 of the CrPC.
The pandemic couldn’t have struck at a worst time for airlines as they cope with depleting loads and increasing fear. After the Indian Commercial Pilots Association move not to fly till pilots are vaccinated, airlines have got their act together.
A division bench constituted to take up matters related to Covid-19 has for the last two months been industriously and on a daily basis trying to ensure that citizens are saved at any cost.
Even as courts are pulling up governments for dereliction of duty during these tumultuous times, they are laying the groundwork for future course of action and the third wave which will affect children.
By Saju Jakob
Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary decisions. In the face of the devastating pandemic, the US proposal to remove patent protection for Covid-19 vaccines has significant im...
In 1950, the Speaker spoke about the “undemocratic” practice of promulgating ordinances instead of bringing Bills. Now, they are re-issued in the absence of their ratification, thereby doing away with ordinance etiquette.