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Del HC | Price of COVID-19 rapid test kit capped at Rs 400 per unit as against Rs 600 approved by ICMR

“Public interest must outweigh private gain.” Delhi High Court: Najmi Waziri, J., has capped the price of the COVID-19 Rapid Test Kit

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Madras HC | Issue of reduction of Government Servants salary, comes under State Government’s ambit as it’s a policy decision

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Normal Kumar, JJ., dismissed the present petition as the same involves the

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Ori HC | “Fraud vitiates every solemn act”: Court deprecates attempt of forum shopping while rejecting petition against termination of contract

Orissa High Court: S.K. Panigrahi, J., while addressing the present petition held that the present case to be a clear case of forum

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COVID-19 | All HC | Operation of interim orders extended till 10th May; Interim bails, abeyance of eviction orders extended till 15th May

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Siddhartha Varma, J. issued directions modifying the the Court’s Order dated 26-03-2020.

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COVID-19 | Kar HC | Release of information regarding people contracting COVID-19 at Nizamuddin religious ceremony a policy decision; Court declines to interfere

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J. while addressing a petition with regard to release

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Guj HC | Court allows production of corpus via video conferencing, directs safe passage of minor and her parents to village

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of N.V. Anjaria and Ashok Kumar C. Joshi, JJ. addressed a petition wherein Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Ker HC | Defilement of river Periyar; Court takes suo motu cognizance, issues notice to State authorities

Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. took suo motu cognizance of issue regarding suspected defilement of river Periyar. Bench stated that pollution of

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[Coronavirus] Kar HC | State Govt. response sought on incident wherein doctors, nurses, ASHA workers assaulted; breach of social distancing guidelines, held in a marriage ceremony at a political leader’s house

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J., asked for the State Government’s response with regard

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Ker HC | Depositing Rs 25,000 to Corona Relief fund as a condition to grant bail — improper and unjust

Kerala High Court: C.S. Dias, J., allowed the present petition while quashing the condition imposed by Sessions Judge for granting bail. Petitioner was

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Jha HC | State informs that alternate burial/cremation sites for persons dying due to COVID-19 infection have been identified & notified

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. disposed of a petition with regard

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Coronavirus | Kar HC | Decision to open super markets 24×7 is a policy decision; Nothing per se illegal in allowing BMTC buses to transport people connected with essential services

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathna, J., while addressing a petition held that, “…decision

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Bom HC | Ban on distribution of newspapers: Court takes suo moto cognizance; Issues notice to State Govt.

Bombay High Court: Prasanna B. Varale, J., took cognizance on the news item published in daily newspaper ‘Lokmat’, in its issue dated 19-04-2020

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Coronavirus | Madras HC| “Art. 21 includes right to have decent burial”; Court takes suo motu cognizance of obstruction caused in burial of COVID-19 infected doctor

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ. took up the present matter by was of suo

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P&H HC | SC Order on decongestion of jails in view of COVID 19 cannot be treated as windfall for prisoners even when there is no imminent threat

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. dismissed an application filed for seeking interim bail in view that the jail has

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Coronavirus | Megh HC addresses a PIL with regard to allotment of burial/cremation ground; Matter listed in 3 weeks

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of H.S. Thangkhiew and W. Diengdoh, JJ. addressed a PIL with regard to allotment of burial/cremation ground.

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Coronavirus | Megh HC deeply concerned by State’s inept response; Issues directions on testing of primary contacts, dead body management, etc

Meghalaya High Court: A Division Bench of H.S. Thangkiew and W. Diengdoh, JJ. addressed a Public Interest Litigation filed with regards to effective

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Del HC | Rising domestic violence amid lockdown: Union, State and other authorities directed to consider measures at highest level meeting

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Justice J.R Midha and Jyoti Singh, JJ. has directed the Union of India, Government of

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J&K HC | Rising domestic violence amid lockdown — Court suggests measures and directions, takes cognizance suo motu

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Gita Mittal, CJ and Rajnesh Oswal, J. took suo motu cognizance of increasing

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Madras HC | Plea for declaring Lockdown 1.0 as special holidays for industrial establishments: Govt. to file affidavit

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of R. Subbiah and R. Pongiappan, JJ. issued notice to T.N. Government to reply on the plea

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Coronavirus | Cal HC | State to submit report on accelerating rate of sample collection and testing facilities for doctors, nurses, etc.

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J.noted the following while addressing the present petition,