The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to pass any direction or order on a petition filed in public interest for instructing the Punjab Government and other official respondents to test students and other persons residing on the campus of Lovely Professional University for Covid-19. Taking up the case through videoconferencing, the Bench of

Everyone, irrespective of whether they hold a valid ration card or not, can buy the ₹500 grocery kits that will be distributed through PDS shops across the state, the Government told the Madras High Court on Thursday. “The kit s are not distributed free of cost. But, there is no restriction that only ration card

Delhi High Court has asked a rape accused British National, who is out on bail, to approach a trial court to seek permission to travel to the United Kingdom for a period of two months amid the coronavirus lockdown. The accused was seeking permission to travel to the UK to attend to his family, who

Two Advocates have sent a legal notice to the makers of the Netflix’s Hasmukh and have shown objection to certain allegedly derogatory comments made against Lawyer’s community in the show. In the notice sent by Advocate Abhishek Bhardwaj and Advocate Hardik Vashisth, the makers have been asked to remove the inauthentic content and tender an

A warden of Gurugram’s Bhondsi Jail was found COVID-19 positive after he reported to work following a leave, during which he had travelled to his home in Bhiwani. “The warden went to his home on April 9. After he returned from his home, the jail administration conducted a test for coronavirus where the warden was

A lot of people, including Donald Trump, are blaming China for the Covid-19 mess that has already claimed around ₹1.46 lakh lives, locked down the planet, and pushed global economy to the brink. Ashish Sohani, a lawyer from Andheri who practises in the Bombay High Court, wanted to do more than just forward anti-China messages

A petition has been filed at the High Court demanding a Central agency probe into the agreement between Kerala government and US-based PR and marketing firm Sprinklr on the data transfer of Covid-19 suspects. A person named Balu Gopalakrishnan has approached the HC seeking Central inquiry. The case will be taken up by court on

The Cyber Coordination Centre (CCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has warned people that the Zoom video conferencing app for meetings is not a safe platform for government and official use, IANS reported. In the advisory, issued on April 12, it said that “secure use of Zoom meeting platform is for private individuals and

On Tuesday, Justice Dipankar Datta, a Senior Judge of the Calcutta High Court, was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. The oath of office was administered to Justice Dutta by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at a brief swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. Justice Datta succeeds Justice Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari

On Friday, in a ruling aimed at preventing the misuse of tax exemptions, the Supreme Court overturned the relief given by the high courts of Gujarat, Guwahati and Sikkim and held that area-based exemptions in the form of tax or duty refunds should be limited to actual manufacturing or value addition. The judgment favours the