The present issue was brought to the court’s notice by a letter addressed by the President of the Delhi High Court Bar Association on May 02.This decision was taken by an order dated May 14 by the Committee constituted to prepare the Graded Action Plan for normal functioning of the court. To access the chambers,
The Jharkhand High Court on Sunday issued a circular whereby the summer vacation for the year 2020 has been postponed sine die and the High Court has also relaxed the advocates’ dress code as a step to contain COVID-19. The notification reads as the Court has been pleased to modify the earlier notification dated 07.05.2020
A plea has been filed in the SC challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election from Varanasi in the 2019 general election. Former BSF Officer Mr. Tej Bahadur has challenged the order of the Allahabad HC passed on December 16, 2019 by way of Civil Appeal, in which the court had dismissed the
A notable feature of the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for the fourth phase of lockdown from May 18 to May 31 is the dilution of the mandatory condition for the use of ‘Aarogya setu’ , the contract tracing app developed by the National Informatics Centre in the wake of COVID-19
Violations involving minor and procedural defaults such as shortcomings in CSR reporting, inadequacies in board reports, filing defaults, delay in holding AGM etc will be decriminalized, said Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister, while announcing the last tranche of economic stimulus package on Sunday. Furthermore the following things were stated by the Minister:- Seven compoundable offences will
Last week a Circular was released as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of Corona virus infection under the hand of Secretary General states that Advocates may not wear clothes which are not “frequently washable” and that they “may wear the dress as prescribed under the Bar Council of India Rules with plain white
The Delhi Government has informed the Delhi HC On Friday that it is taking all the necessary steps with care for the migration of labourers to their native homes in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the Supreme Court of India by its letter dated 29th April, 2020. The Court noted that the
On May 8, 2020, the UP Government had issued a notification relaxing the provisions relating to working hours, overtime, intervals for rest, etc. as stipulated under Sections 51, 54, 56 and 59 of the Factories Act, until July 19, 2020.As per that notification, Factories were permitted to employ their labour/ workers for 12 hours a
The Union Home Secretary, Sh. Ajay Bhalla, wrote to the Chief Secretaries of all States urging them to ensure migrant workers are not walking on roads and railway tracks after their movement has been facilitated by the Government. Further his letter stated that “As you are aware, Government has allowed the movement of migrant workers
The Delhi HC On Friday (15/05/20) has issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police on Petition filed seeking implementation of Ministry Of Home Affairs Circular directing employers to provide full wages to its employees during the lockdown period due to outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic. The court passed its order on a Petition
