"A Number Of Citizens Have Been Driven To Poverty During Lockdown": Madras High Court Takes Judicial Notice Of Reports
3 years, 6 months ago

"A Number Of Citizens Have Been Driven To Poverty During Lockdown": Madras High Court Takes Judicial Notice Of Reports

Live Law  

In a significant observation, the Madras High Court on Monday said that the Judicial notice has to be taken of several authentic reports indicating that a number of citizens have been driven to poverty during the lockdown and, particularly, the second surge of the pandemic.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing the matter pertaining to. In a significant observation, the Madras High Court on Monday said that the Judicial notice has to be taken of several authentic reports indicating that a number of citizens have been driven to poverty during the lockdown and, particularly, the second surge of the pandemic. Lastly, the Court also said: "Judicial notice has to be taken of several authentic reports indicating that a number of citizens have been driven to poverty during the lockdown and, particularly, the second surge of the pandemic. "COVID-19 is an unfortunate situation, wherein a large number of young men and women lost their employment", observed the Madras High Court last year while granting bail to two-person accused of committing theft.

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Nagpur jail sees resurgence of Covid cases, 9 inmates test positive
2 years, 5 months ago

Nagpur jail sees resurgence of Covid cases, 9 inmates test positive

Hindustan Times  

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Covid-19 On The Rise: Madras High Court Issues Preventive Directions
2 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 On The Rise: Madras High Court Issues Preventive Directions

Live Law  

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Decline In Covid Cases: Madras High Court & Its Subordinate Courts To Function In Hybrid Mode From February 7
2 years, 10 months ago

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Live Law  

In a notification issued by the Registrar General of Madras High Court dated 4th February, the Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari has directed that the Principal Seat at Madras and the Madurai Bench should resume Hybrid mode of functioning from February 7. The notification comes in light of the declining number of Omicron variant/ Covid 19 cases in Tamil …

Rising Covid Cases: Karnataka HC Issues Notification On Functioning Of Trial Courts In Bengaluru District
2 years, 11 months ago

Rising Covid Cases: Karnataka HC Issues Notification On Functioning Of Trial Courts In Bengaluru District

Live Law  

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Tamil Nadu Covid lockdown extended till Nov 15. What's allowed, what's not
3 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu Covid lockdown extended till Nov 15. What's allowed, what's not

India TV News  

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Supreme Court pulls up Kerala govt for relaxing Covid restrictions on Bakrid, calls it 'shocking'
3 years, 5 months ago

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India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the Kerala government for relaxing COVID-19 restrictions on the occasion of Bakrid in the state. The Supreme Court went on to add that if there is any spread of the COVID-19 infection due to the lockdown relaxations by the Kerala government owing to Bakrid, any person can bring it to the …

'Disturbing': Madras High Court Reprimands State For Submitting Inaccurate Figures In Plea Seeking Relief For Disabled Amid Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

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Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday admonished the Tamil Nadu government for filing an anomalous status report pertaining to the reliefs granted to differently abled persons during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an earlier hearing, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthikumar Ramamoorthy had directed the State to take immediate measures to assist differently. In an earlier …

Grievances Across India That Deaths Caused By COVID May Not Have Been Appropriately Recorded: Madras High Court Seeks State, Centre Reply
3 years, 6 months ago

Grievances Across India That Deaths Caused By COVID May Not Have Been Appropriately Recorded: Madras High Court Seeks State, Centre Reply

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Friday noted that all over the country, there are grievances that all the deaths that have been caused by the pandemic may not have been appropriately recorded. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy noted that as far as Tamil Nadu was concerned, there are reports that unless a positive test …

Court Cannot Issue Mandamus Directing All COVID Victims To Be Compensated: Madras High Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Court Cannot Issue Mandamus Directing All COVID Victims To Be Compensated: Madras High Court

Live Law  

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Serious Mental Health Issues Have Cropped Up As Fallout Of COVID-19 Infection: Telangana High Court Seeks Action Plan From State
3 years, 6 months ago

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Live Law  

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Madras High Court Expresses Concern Over Entourage Accompanying Legislators During Hospital Visits Amid Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Madras High Court Expresses Concern Over Entourage Accompanying Legislators During Hospital Visits Amid Covid-19

Live Law  

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3 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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The courts' interventions over the COVID situation point to rudderless governance
3 years, 7 months ago

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The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s love for publicity is well known. Against this background of palpable failure of leadership, various high courts as also the Supreme Court made several interventions holding the State governments and the Centre accountable for their duty towards citizens. In April and early May, when Delhi’s hospitals and crematoria were overwhelmed by the sheer number of patients …

Allahabad HC Seeks Report On Treatment Given To Sitting High Court Judge VK Srivastava Who Succumbed To Covid-19 Last Week
3 years, 7 months ago

Allahabad HC Seeks Report On Treatment Given To Sitting High Court Judge VK Srivastava Who Succumbed To Covid-19 Last Week

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday sought response from the State health authorities about the treatment that was given to Justice VirendraKumar Srivastava, a sitting Judge of the High Court, who succumbed to COVID-19 virus last week. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar directed Additional Advocate General Manish Goyal to file an affidavit bringing on …

'Avoid off-the-cuff remarks,' says SC as HCs slam states, Centre over mishandling of COVID-19 crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

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Firstpost  

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What Centre Has Been Doing For Past 14 Months? Madras High Court Questions COVID Management Plan
3 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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3 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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Singularly responsible for COVID-19 second wave, officials should probably be booked for murder: Madras HC shreds EC
3 years, 7 months ago

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Firstpost  

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3 years, 8 months ago

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News 18  

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Rising COVID-19 Cases : Karnataka High Court Seeks To Know Steps Taken By State, BBMP
3 years, 9 months ago

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Live Law  

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COVID's Home Grown Variant- "Be On Guard & Take Immediate Appropriate Decisions To Safeguard Citizens' Health": Madras HC To Govt.
3 years, 10 months ago

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Live Law  

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COVID-19- Judicial Notice Can Be Taken Of The Fact That Situation In State Of Assam Is Much Better: Gauhati High Court
3 years, 10 months ago

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Live Law  

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Heartening to note dip in COVID-19 cases in T.N., says Madras HC Chief Justice
3 years, 11 months ago

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The Hindu  

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4 years, 1 month ago

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Firstpost  

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[Migrant Woman Raped] Unfortunate That Ladies Coming To TN For Getting Employment Are Becoming Victims Of Sexual Assault: Madras HC [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

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Live Law  

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Data on migrant worker deaths | Madras High Court judge questions Centre
4 years, 3 months ago

Data on migrant worker deaths | Madras High Court judge questions Centre

The Hindu  

Justice N. Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court on Friday wondered how the Centre can tell the Parliament that it had no data on migrant workers who lost lives and jobs during the lockdown to fight COVID-19 when their deaths on railway tracks and travel inside concrete mixer trucks had been widely reported in the media. The judge raised the …

[Increasing Number Of COVID Cases In UP] 'Any Step Lesser Than A LockDown Would Be Of No Help': Observes Allahabad HC [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

[Increasing Number Of COVID Cases In UP] 'Any Step Lesser Than A LockDown Would Be Of No Help': Observes Allahabad HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

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[Covid and Courts] Kerala Courts Dispose 10919 Cases Via Video Conferencing
4 years, 5 months ago

[Covid and Courts] Kerala Courts Dispose 10919 Cases Via Video Conferencing

Live Law  

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