‘Legal Issues Can't Be Raised And Settled In Streets’: Acting CJ Rajesh Bindal Of Calcutta HC Refuses Interim Bail To TMC Leaders In Narada Scam Case
Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijit Banerjee of the Calcutta High Court's division bench delivered a split decision on the interim bail petitions of four Trinamool Congress leaders arrested by the CBI in the Narada scam case.
Interim bail was denied by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, but Justice Banerjee ruled that it should be granted. The case has been assigned to a 5-judge bench due to the judges' differing viewpoints. However, both judges agreed that the perpetrator should be kept under house arrest before the case is eventually resolved.
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'High Court Should Avoid Passing Orders Which Are Difficult To Implement': Supreme Court Stays Allahabad HC Directions For Improving Health Care System
The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court's May 17 orders concerning COVID-19 management in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on the grounds that they were difficult to carry out.
Although staying the High Court's orders, the Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Bhushan Gavai noted that High Courts should avoid issuing orders that cannot be carried out.
Senior Advocate Nidhesh Gupta was also named as an Amicus Curiae in the case by the Court. The High Court ordered, among other things, that all nursing home beds reserved for COVID-19 care have access to oxygen.
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Supreme Court Grants Bail To YSRCP MP Raghu Rama Krishna Raju In Sedition Case
The Supreme Court granted bail to Andhra Pradesh YSR Congress MP K. Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju, who was arrested by Guntur CID on May 14 for alleged sedition and incitement to racial hatred in his speeches. The custodial investigation will not be necessary, according to Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai, since all of Petitioner's statements are on record.
The petitioner's medical condition was also taken into consideration by the bench, especially in light of the heart surgery he underwent last year. The bench also stated that the possibility of the petitioner's mistreatment in custody cannot be ruled out based on the medical report from Army Hospital, Secunderabad.
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GST Imposition On Import of Oxygen Concentrators As Gift For Personal Use Unconstitutional: Delhi High Court
The imposition of IGST on the import of oxygen concentrators by individuals for personal use is unconstitutional, according to the Delhi High Court.
The High Court has reserved its decision in a case brought by an 85-year-old woman who is challenging the imposition of IGST on oxygen generators imported as gifts for personal use in India. The petitioner challenged a notification released by the Ministry of Finance on May 1, 2021, claiming that the oxygen concentrator will be subject to a 12 per cent IGST, which was quashed by the High Court on Friday.
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"Prisoners Have A Right To Their Medical Records Under Article 21: Bombay High Court observes While Hearing Sudha Bharadwaj's plea
The Bombay High Court ruled on Friday that under Article 21 of the Constitution, prisoners have the right to obtain medical records, including information on tests and medicines provided to them (Maaysha Singh v. State of Maharashtra & Anr).
Following the prison protocol, inmates are entitled to make a phone call with an authorised family member after any visit to the hospital, according to a bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and SP Tavade.
These orders were issued in response to a petition filed by Maaysha Singh, the daughter of a Bhima Koregaon violence suspect, and advocate Sudha Bharadwaj, who sought her mother's release from prison on medical grounds.
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"Autocratisation, defiance of SC order:" Andhra Pradesh HC quashes Election Commission decision to hold local body polls without 4 weeks MCC
The State Election Commission's (SEC) decision to cut the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) term for earlier postponed local body polls to less than four weeks was quashed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday.
The High Court also chastised the poll body for misinterpreting the Supreme Court's March 2020 directive in this regard, claiming that the SEC's decision to shorten the MCC period was contrary to the Supreme Court's directive.
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"We cannot demoralise High Courts:" Supreme Court rejects request by SG Tushar Mehta to have only Chief Justice led benches to hear COVID-19 pleas
On Friday, a vacation bench of the Supreme Court refused to consider SG Tushar Mehta's request that only benches headed by Chief Justices of High Courts hear COVID-19-related cases.
"It cannot pass sweeping orders" and "demoralize the High Courts," said a bench led by Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai.
Tushar Mehta, the Solicitor General, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to order all High Courts to list all COVID-related cases pending before the Bench of the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court.
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