[COVID-19] Bar Council Of India Writes To Supreme Court Seeking Adequate Medical Facilities For Advocates, Their Families And Staff

Anadi Tewari In a letter-petition (dated: 07 May 2021), the Bar Council of India has moved before the Supreme Court seeking directions from the top court in order to reduce the sufferings and miseries of the affected lawyers and their Read more

“He Takes Least Interest In Problems Faced By The General Public; Has Done Little For The Growth Of The Institution”: Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Association Seeks Transfer of CJ Ravi Shankar

Anadi Tewari The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has passed a resolution (dated: May 07, 2021) demanding the transfer of Chief Justice Ravi Shankar to some other High Court. The Association has also revived a similar resolution passed Read more

Mere Non-Examination Of Independent Witness Is Not Fatal To The Case Of Prosecution: Supreme Court Repeats

Anadi Tewari The Supreme Court has today observed that mere non-examination of an independent witness is not fatal to the case of the prosecution when other prosecution witnesses are fully trustworthy and reliable. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Read more

Arvind Datar Appointed As Amicus Curiae By Delhi HC In Plea Seeking Exemption Of GST On Oxygen Concentrators Imported For Personal Use

Anadi Tewari The Delhi High Court has appointed Senior Advocate Arvind Datar as an Amicus Curiae to assist the Court in a plea seeking exemption of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on importing of Oxygen Concentrators for personal use. The Read more

Central Government Should Review Its Stand Of Retaining GST On Oxygen Concentrators Imported For Personal Use: Delhi High Court Observes

Anadi Tewari The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 06) has observed that the Central Government should review its stand of not exempting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on Oxygen Concentrators imported for personal use.  This comes after Read more

Insist upon COVID-19 Negative Certificate Before Any Person Enter Into Goa; No Violence With Healthcare Professionals: Bombay HC Issues Slew Of Directions To Goa’s State Administration

Amit Agarwal By the way of an interim order, the Bombay High Court’s Goa Bench vide order (dated: 06th May 2021) has directed the Goa State Administration to ensure that no person without a COVID-19 negativity certificate should be permitted Read more

“When Curriculum Doesn’t Include Proper Sex Education, The Children Raised By Such Societies Fail The Women Time And Again”: Himachal Pradesh HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Raping Minor

Anadi Tewari In a significant verdict, the Himachal Pradesh High Court while dismissing a bail application of a man accused of raping a minor has observed that the word “NO does not mean YES, it does not mean that the Read more

[COVID-19] “If Vaccine Makers Are Threatened With Life, Then They Will Not Be Able To Produce Vaccine”: Lawyer Moves Bombay HC Seeking Z+ Security For Adar Poonawalla

Anadi Tewari A writ petition has been moved before the Bombay High Court seeking Z+ security for the manufacturers of the Covishield vaccine, the Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla and his family. The criminal writ Read more

[COVID-19] Plea Filed In Bombay High Court Seeking Imposition Of 15 Days Lockdown In Goa

Anadi Tewari Due to rising COVID-19 cases in the state of Goa, a Public Interest Litigation has been moved before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking availability of a common platform for information on bed availability, ICUs and Oxygen Read more

Former CJ Of J&K High Court Justice Gita Mittal Conferred With Arline Pacht Global Vision Award For 2021

Anadi Tewari Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal, has been conferred with the prestigious Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021 by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ). About The Award The Arline Read more