Top Law News PIL in Delhi High Court seeks school fees waiver for lockdown duration. April 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court has sought a waiver of fees levied by all private and unaided schools during the lockdown, citing job losses and loss of income. The PIL has been filed by lawyer-activist Amit Sahni. The petitioners have cited urgency and have sought a prompt listing of […] Read more » Delhi High Court latest legal news Law News PIL public interest litigation waiver of fees levied by all private and unaided schools
Top Law News Calcutta HC to hear bar association plea on financial assistance for lawyers. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court will take up on Thursday a letter by its Bar Association as a PIL, which sought direction on the Bar Council of West Bengal to provide financial assistance to lawyers in distress due to the long period of suspension of work owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Claiming that the Council takes subscriptions […] Read more » Bar Association president Ashok Dhandania Calcutta HC financial assistance for lawyers PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Cannabis arrest : Australian doctor seeks bail from Bombay High Court. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An Australian doctor arrested in November last year for alleged possession of drugs has approached Bombay High Court seeking bail claiming he is working towards medicinal use of cannabis. Reza Borhani, in his plea, said he should be granted bail in view of directions passed by the Supreme Court on the temporary release of inmates […] Read more » Australian doctor Reza Borhani Borhani's lawyer Shrinivas Bobde Cannabis arrest Justice Gautam Patel Justice Pate LSD Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act Reza Borhani
Top Law News Central Administrative Tribunal not to function till Apr 20: Personnel Ministry. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which adjudicates service matters of central government employees, will not function till April 20 due to the ongoing lockdown, according to a Personnel Ministry statement issued on Tuesday. The tribunal’s principal bench here and its branches across the country have not been functioning since March 20 due to lockdowns to […] Read more » CAT CAT not to function till Apr 20 Central Administrative Tribunal Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) loss of working days due to non-functioning of the benches on account of coronavirus
Top Law News St Stephens hospital agrees in Delhi High Court to pay sacked employees amount equal to 2 months salary. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The St Stephens Hospital management, which sacked some of its support staff from its Gurgaon facility after the coronavirus outbreak, has agreed in the Delhi High Court to pay these employees an amount equal to their salary for March and April. Justice Rekha Palli on Monday held that the hospital would be bound by its […] Read more » central government standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia coronavirus outbreak Delhi High Court Justice Rekha Palli St. Stephen's Hospital Tis Hazari
Top Law News Migrants on Mumbai streets : Police register FIR under section 143, 147, 149, 188 and 186. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An FIR has been registered against at least 1000 migrant workers for assembling near Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday in defiance of the coronavirus lockdown norms, causing a public health scare, police said. No arrests have been made yet and the workers are being identified, a Bandra police station official said. “We have registered […] Read more » defiance of the coronavirus lockdown norms migrant workers for assembling near Bandra railway station Migrants on Mumbai streets section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act
Top Law News NGT cancels its 2020 summer vacations to make up for Corona-led lockdown losses. April 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday announced cancellation of its summer vacation for 2020 to make up for its working days’ losses due to the country’s 40-day lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus infection. The tribunal said during the lockdown announced by the government, as part of the measures to contain the COVID-19 spread, […] Read more » Corona-led lockdown losses NGT cancels its 2020 summer vacations Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Top Law News Maharashtra police : 35,000 cases of prohibitory orders and quarantine violation. April 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra Police have registered over 35,000 offences across the state against those violating prohibitory orders and quarantine guidelines during the lockdown imposed since last month, a senior official said. In an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus and strictly enforce the lockdown, the police started taking stern action since March 22 by registering cases against […] Read more » 803 offences for illegal transportation IPC Section 188. Maharashtra Police spread of coronavirus strictly enforce the lockdown
Top Law News Kerala MP moves SC and seeks evacuation of Indian citizens stranded in gulf countries. April 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Congress MP from Kerala has approached the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to establish a specialised team to identify Indian citizens who are stranded in Gulf countries and require immediate evacuation amid the coronavirus pandemic. M K Raghavan, a Member of Parliament (MP) from Kerala’s Kozhikode constituency, has said in his plea […] Read more » evacuation of Indian citizens stranded in gulf countries immediate evacuation amid the coronavirus pandemic
Top Law News COVID-19: Lockdown set to be extended as 1000-plus new cases push India tally above 8,000 April 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly coronavirus looks set to be extended by two more weeks till April-end after a consensus emerged among states on Saturday for continuing the curbs amid the tally of confirmed infections crossing 8,000 with a record increase of over 1,000 cases within 24 hours. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi […] Read more » Aarogya Setu' app COVID-19 Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Top Law News SCBA appeals to CJI for cancellation of summer vacation of Supreme Court. April 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Bar Association appealed to Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and his companion judges on Saturday to cancel the summer vacation this year and treat it as a working period in the larger interest of litigants and justice. The lawyers’ body said now that restrictions are likely to continue after the […] Read more » advocate Ashok Arora Chief Justice of India S A Bobde CJI for cancellation of summer vacation of Supreme Court. SCBA SCBA appeals to CJI secretary of SCBA
Top Law News Wear mask in Ahmedabad or face Rs 5000 fine/3-year jail. April 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad, the city civic body has made it compulsory for people to wear masks from Monday, failing which they would be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three years in jail, an official said. The order has been issued under the Epidemic Diseases Act in […] Read more » Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad Wear mask in Ahmedabad face3-year jail Wear mask in Ahmedabad or face Rs 5000 fine Wear mask in Ahmedabad or face Rs 5000 fine/3-year jail
