“To Ensure Accountability In Respect Of Supplies Of Oxygen Provided To Every States And UTs”: Supreme Court Directs Audit Of Medical Oxygen Distribution

Anadi Tewari The Supreme Court of India has directed the audit of medical oxygen supplied by the Central Government to the States and Union Territories across India with respect to the manner in which the available supplies of oxygen are Read more

“Ensure Essential Access Of Advocates To Courts And Their Offices During Lockdown”: Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu Writes To State Government

Anadi Tewari In a letter addressed to the State Government, the Chairman of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry P.S. Amalraj has requested the Government of Tamil Nadu to issue an instruction to all the Police Officers of Tamil Read more

[BREAKING] “Experts Which Would Determine The Method Of Allocation And Distribution Of Oxygen Across States and UTs”: Supreme Court Constitutes National Task Force

Anadi Tewari In order to ensure that the allocation and distribution of oxygen take place on a rational and equitable basis, the Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member ‘National Task Force’ consisting of experts drawn from public and private healthcare Read more

[BREAKING] Supreme Court Orders HPCs To Release All Prisoners Who Were Released Last Year Including Fresh Releases; Issues Directions To De-Congest Prisons

Anadi Tewari In light of the immediate concern of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court has ordered the High Powered Committee (HPCs) constituted by the State Governments/Union Territories to immediately release all the prisoners who were released last year Read more

[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

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

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

[BREAKING] Constitution Bench Of Supreme Court Strikes Down Maratha Reservation Law For Exceeding 50% Reservation Cap; upholds Indra Sawhney Case

Anadi Tewari The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today in a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra State Reservation For Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2018, has declared this Maratha Reservation Law as unconstitutional Read more

[BREAKING] “It Is Pain In Observing That Death Of COVID Patients Just For Non-Supplying Of Oxygen To The Hospitals Is Nothing Less Then Genocide”: Allahabad High Court

Anadi Tewari In a strongly formulated order concerning the death of COVID-19 patients due to non-supply of oxygen to hospitals, the Allahabad High Court has observed that the authorities entrusted with the responsibility of procurement and supply of medical oxygen Read more

[COVID-19] SCBA President Appeals To Financially Stable Members To Help Young And Needy Lawyers Amidst The Pandemic Crisis

Anadi Tewari In a circular (dtd: 03 May 2021), the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Advocate Vikas Singh has appealed to his fellow members of the legal fraternity who are in stable financial condition and are in a position Read more