In May, a group of prisoners, who were released on emergence Covid-19 parole, challenged the temporary parole given by the Bombay High Court to surrender within 15 days.
The Delhi High Court has quashed a detention order because it was not given in writing in the language the detenu was fluent, even after requests made by him and was in violation to article 22(5) of the Indian constitution.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Maharashtra government’s 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in elections to local bodies in the state.
Contrary to media reports, many states have flatly denied deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of Covid-19. This is despite courts pulling them up for their lackadaisical attitude towards patients.