The secretary of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association feels that the arrangements made for lawyers for physical and video conferencing are inadequate and “absolutely chaotic”
Bhopal: Highlighting the huge risk that jail inmates in India are in amid the COVID-19 pandemic today, 67 positive cases were reported in a single day inside the Bareli sub jail in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, as per reports.
The High Court of Orissa has notified that the Court will have restricted functioning from July 20 to July 31 with limited number of benches by virtual mode.
A Petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court challenging the re-imposition of the lockdown in several districts of Maharashtra sans guidelines to provide aid and assistance to farmers, labours, small business, etc.
The Supreme Court today (July 17) dismissed a plea filed by Supreme Court Bar Clerks Association seeking a monthly payment of Rs 15,000 to its members during closure of courts amid the COVID 19 lockdown.
The Patiala House Court yesterday (July 16) dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Baba Ramdev and the company Patanjali for allegedly making claims to cure COVID-19.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court yesterday (July 15) ordered interim stay on “final examinations” to be conducted by the Panjab University this month.
The High Court of Rajasthan has issued a notification which states that the functioning of courts and offices in Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur and the Jaipur bench would remain suspended from July 16 to 19 to collect samples from court staff at those places for COVID detection.
Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta & Justice Anuja Prabhudessai observed that the West Bengal government, at one point of time, had even refused to allow labourers from other parts of the country to return to their homes in West Bengal.
The bail of Franco Mulakkal, former Bishop of Jalandhar, has been cancelled. He has been accused of raping a nun and a non-bailable arrest warrant had been issued against him. This cancellation was ordered yesterday (July 13) by a special court in Kottayam, Kerala.