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Shivkrit Rai
Analysing Supreme Court’s Attempt To Safeguard Right To Health
03 Jul 2020
The burgeoning stress of COVID-19 has brought to fore glaring inadequacies in India’s healthcare system. To address this the Supreme Court took suo moto cognizance of media reports on patient…
THE LEAFLET
SC Issues Notice to J&K Govt on a Plea by J&K HC Bar Association President Challenging his Detention Under PSA
29 Jun 2020
According to his plea, on August 8, he was taken to Central Jail, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, without any prior notice of intimation, where he was kept in solitary confinement.
PTI
HC Stays 50% Reservation for Delhi Students in National Law University
29 Jun 2020
A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad asked NLUD to issue fresh admission notification on or before July 2.
Anees Zargar
99% Habeas Corpus Filed in J&K HC Since August 2019 Pending
27 Jun 2020
The representation was submitted by the bar association, which has as many as 1,500 members, on June 25 apprising the apex court of various problems they are facing in the union territory since the…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Delhi High Court Seeks MoEFCC Response on Ambiguity in its Notification on EIA
26 Jun 2020
RTI responses reveal that Union Minister Javadekar deferred senior officials on extending deadline for receiving public comments on draft EIA 2020
Navroz H Seervai
Are We Condemned To Repeat History?
25 Jun 2020
After the lifting of the Emergency and the crushing defeat of Indira Gandhi’s Congress in March 1977, a cry rose up throughout the country “Never Again!”. And yet, that is what we are seemingly…
Rosamma Thomas
Activists Demand Restoration of PCPNDT Rules, Call Govt. Notification ‘Illegal and Arbitrary’
25 Jun 2020
On April 4, 2020, while the country was under a lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the MoHFW issued a notification to defer or suspend certain provisions of the PCPNDT Act till June 30.
Damayantee Dhar
In a 2 a.m Order, HC Refuses Permission for Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad
23 Jun 2020
Five parties, including the State of Gujarat and NGO Hindu Yuva Vahini, had petitioned for permission of the Rath Yatra after the SC allowed the same in Puri.
PTI
N-E Delhi Violence: HC Adjourns Hearing on Safoora Zargar Bail Plea Till Tuesday
22 Jun 2020
Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Zargar, said the woman is in a fairly advanced stage of pregnancy and if the police need time to respond to plea, she be granted interim bail.
Parth Maniktala
Injustices of Safoora Zargar’s Bail Order: Court’s Reliance on Conspiracy Over Law
13 Jun 2020
Zargar was associated with the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), which had organised weeks of peaceful protests against the CAA.