President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented the Platinum award for Excellence in Digital Governance to the e-committee of the Supreme Court of India.
Further, video conferencing rules were framed by a five-judge committee which was circulated to all High Courts for adoption after local contextualization.
The matter came up before the vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Aniruddha Bose on Wednesday. The bench listed the matter before the regular bench on January 4, 2021.
The Calcutta High Court on December 29, has also issued health guidelines for preventing New Year's celebrations like Durgapuja, Kalipuja and Chhathpuja to prevent Corona infection.
After hearing this argument, the court dismissed the petition. The court made it clear that relief should not be expected by making excuses like this. The Bench does not operate from anyone's private facility. As long as the case is sub-judice, attendance in the court is required.
In a meeting conducted on Wednesday, for the formulation of recommendations regarding the de-escalation of Covid-19 dedicated beds, it was found that there was a significant decline in Covid-19 cases admitted in the hospital from 6,023 on December 7 to 2,866 on December 23, registering a fall of 52.4%.
The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure dealing with complications that are arising post Covid-19 and make sure test facilities and quarantine facilities are available for travellers coming from the United Kingdom.
The Trump Administration lost the US presidential election popular vote, the Electoral College vote, and then lost 59 court cases trying to overturn the defeat that signaled the end of a controversial president.
The committee has also asked all the Principal District Judges, Principal Judge (City Civil Court, Chennai), Chief Judge (Court of Small Causes, Chennai), Chief Judge (Puducherry) to submit their suggestions in relation to the functioning of the lower courts by December 23.