Top Law News COVID-19 : SC says Centre should direct states to pay salaries to doctors. June 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries and providing necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers engaged in treating COVID-19 patients. The government told the court it would issue the necessary directions. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R […] Read more » COVID-19 pay salaries to doctors
Top Law News National Green Tribunal slams Haryana govt over dumping of garbage. June 17, 2020 / June 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Haryana government over unscientific dumping of garbage in Haryana’s Sonipat district saying nothing tangible has been done by the authorities. The NGT said there was a need to fix accountability as the matter has been hanging fire for the last 20 years and concerned officers were unwilling to […] Read more » dumping of garbage. justice Adarsh Kumar Goel National Green Tribunal
Top Law News Delhi High Court : Suspended website promoting e-pharmacies on Aarogya Setu app. June 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that it has suspended a website which was linked to the official mobile application Aarogya Setu and promoting sale of medicines through e-pharmacies. The Centre’s submission came on a plea seeking to de-link from Aarogya Setu mobile app, the website — www.aarogyasetumitr.in — as it was acting […] Read more » Delhi High Court Suspended website promoting e-pharmacies on Aarogya Setu app
Top Law News HC ‘gambling den’ remark: 2 weeks for Gujarat lawyer to file reply June 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday granted two weeks’ time to the president of Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association Yatin Oza to file a reply on a suo motu criminal contempt notice issued against him. The division bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice NV Anjaria allowed Yatin Oza to file his reply on affidavit in […] Read more » court a 'gambling den' Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association Justice NV Anjaria Justice Sonia Gokani
Top Law News China suffered 35 casualties during Galwan clash: Sources citing US intelligence reports. June 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chinese Army suffered 35 casualties during the violent clash with the Indian military in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, official sources said on Wednesday quoting US intelligence reports. The figure could be a combination of total number of soldiers killed and seriously wounded, they added. The Indian Army on Tuesday said 20 Army personnel, including […] Read more » Galwan clash
Top Law News PILs: Knowledge management vital for achieving public good. June 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A timely act or omission of the sovereign can impact the handling of a crisis either way. The ongoing pandemic has put many experienced brains to work, including many experts in the judicial field who are exploring the effect of the pandemic on the society at large. In the current situation, the problem of migrant […] Read more » Knowledge management vital for achieving public good
Top Law News Maharashtra Police ask people not to post pictures of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajpoot. June 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra Police’s cyber department has asked people to refrain from circulating online pictures of the body of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra area. Terming it as a “disturbing trend”, it warned that circulation of such pictures could attract legal action. Rajput, 34, was found hanging in […] Read more » Maharashtra Police's cyber department not to post pictures of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajpoot
Top Law News SAT to remain closed till June 30 amid coronavirus pandemic. June 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has said it will remain closed till June 30 in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, the tribunal was scheduled to remain closed till June 12. “In continuation of our earlier order dated June 1, extending the closure of the tribunal till June 12 on account of the lockdown declared […] Read more » coronavirus pandemic. SAT Securities Appellate Tribunal
Top Law News Fees fixed for COVID-19 tests in private labs and hospitals. June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The cost of conducting a COVID-19 test in private lab has been fixed at Rs 2,200 and the fee for treatment of the infection in corporate hospitals Rs 4,000 per day. These charged were fixed by the Telangana government on Monday. The chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao held a review with the chief secretary and other […] Read more » Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar Fees fixed for COVID-19 tests
Top Law News Supreme Court restrains HP police from arresting journalist Vinod Dua in sedition case. June 15, 2020 / June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court in a special hearing on Sunday restrained the Himachal Pradesh police from arresting him till July 6 in a sedition case lodged against him in the state over his Youtube show. The top court said that Dua will have to join the investigation and there […] Read more » journalist Vinod Dua Justices U U Lalit M M Shantanagoudar Vineet Saran
Top Law News Gauhati HC dismisses PIL on Assam gas well tragedy. June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gauhati High Court has dismissed a PIL against PSU major Oil India, a private firm, the Centre and the state over the Baghjan gas well blowout and successive fire in Assam’s Tinsukia district. Hearing arguments from both the petitioner and respondents, the bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Soumitra Saikia on Friday disposed […] Read more » Gauhati High Court PIL on Assam gas well tragedy
Top Law News Frontline COVID-19 workers should not be ostracised : Bombay High Court June 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said that the frontline COVID-19 workers should be encouraged to discharge their duty without fear and should not be ostracised for travelling to work daily. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Amjad Sayed said this on Friday while dismissing a petition filed by a Palghar district resident, […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipankar Datta COVID-19 workers should not be ostracised Justice Amjad Sayed
