State Of Affairs Of Medical Facilities In Uttar Pradesh Villages, Small Towns Ram Bharose: Allahabad HC In COVID Case
The Allahabad High Court was critical of the state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh in terms of medical facilities and the state's medical system.
The fact that the body of one of the patients, Santosh Kumar, who had collapsed in the bathroom and died, was disposed of as an unidentified body drew the ire of a bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar.
"If this is the state of care at a medical college in a city like Meerut," the Court observed, "then the entire medical system of the state pertaining to smaller cities and villages can only be compared to a popular Hindi saying "Ram Bharose."
Do you think the Court’s remark is correct?
Special CBI court grants interim bail to TMC leaders Madan Mitra, Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case
In granting bail to the convicted, the Court cited a recent Supreme Court decision recommending decongestion of prisons to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
After being arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation, All India Trinamool Congress leaders Madan Mitra, Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, and Sovan Chatterjee were granted interim bail by a Special CBI court on Monday (CBI).
One of them, Madan Mitra, is an MLA, while two of them, Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, are sitting ministers in the State cabinet. The CBI arrested all four of them from their homes on Monday morning.
What do you think about the arrest?
Andhra-based TV5 and ABN news channels charged with Sedition, move Supreme Court against FIR; claim "chilling effect" on media
According to the news channels, the FIR may have been filed as a result of telecasting a series of allegedly offensive speeches made by Raju, a member of the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh (YSRCP).
After telecasting "offending speeches" by YSR Congress lawmaker Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju, Andhra Pradesh-based news channels TV5 and ABN news have filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the First Information Report (FIR) filed against them by the Andhra Pradesh Police for sedition and other charges.
The petition, filed late Sunday evening by AOR Vipin Nair, challenged the FIR, which the news channel said was the result of it airing a series of allegedly offensive speeches.
Do you think the speeches made were offensive?
WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court new privacy policy will take effect from May 15, privacy policy does not violate the IT Rules
The new WhatsApp privacy policy, according to Senior Advocate Arvind Datar, does not breach the IT Act or Rules.WhatsApp has told the Delhi High Court that its revised privacy policy, which will take effect on May 15, will not be postponed.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal made a submission to this effect, claiming that WhatsApp was attempting to persuade users to accept the new policy. During the hearing of the challenge to WhatsApp's latest privacy policy, Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh were told of the same.
Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Central government, told the Court that there were complaints that the policy was in breach of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its Rules. He said the Centre had written to the company's CEO and was waiting for a response.
What do you think about the case?
Plea in Supreme Court seeks independent collegium for appointment of members of Election Commission
The executive cannot be the sole participant in the selection of members of the Election Commission because it gives the ruling party unrestricted power to select someone who would be obedient to it, according to the petition.
The tradition of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners being appointed by the president has been challenged in the Supreme Court.
The Association for Democratic Reforms, a non-governmental organization, argued that the practice of the central government nominating the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners is in violation of Articles 14 and 324(2) of the Constitution.
Do you think it is a violation of the articles?
Oxygen Concentrator case: Delhi Court remands Navneet Kalra to three days' police custody
On the evening of May 16, Kalra was apprehended by police at his brother-in-farmhouse laws in Gurugram.
In connection with the oxygen concentrator hoarding case in which he has been accused, a Delhi court today remanded businessman Navneet Kalra in police custody for three days. After Delhi Police requested five days' custody of Kalra, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal of the Saket District Court issued an order to that effect.
Advocate Vineet Malhotra, who represented Kalra today, argued that custody of his client was unnecessary because the police already had his phone and the oxygen concentrator bills of sale.
What do you think about the arrest?
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