[COVID19 In Children's Homes] SC Directs States of UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Tripura To File Affidavits In Suo Motu Matter
4 years, 8 months ago

[COVID19 In Children's Homes] SC Directs States of UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Tripura To File Affidavits In Suo Motu Matter

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Tripura to file their respective Affidavits By Friday in its suo motu case pertaining to the condition of children in protection, juvenile and foster or kinship homes amid the Coronavirus outbreak.A bench of Justices LN Rao, Hemant Gupta & S. Ravindra Bhat also directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to. The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Tripura to file their respective Affidavits By Friday in its suo motu case pertaining to the condition of children in protection, juvenile and foster or kinship homes amid the Coronavirus outbreak. A bench of Justices LN Rao, Hemant Gupta & S. Ravindra Bhat also directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to file an additional reply pertaining to the issue of apprehensions of COVID cases at Shelter homes in Kanpur, UP. A bench of Justices Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and S Ravindra Bhat had also sought status report from different state governments on steps taken to protect children in shelter homes from the deadly Novel Coronavirus and also compliance of its April 3 order.

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2 years, 5 months ago

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News 18  

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The Hindu  

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4 years ago

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Thursday sought information of all the cases pending against the MPs/MLAs in the States of Punjab, Haryana & U.T. No.600/2016, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has registered a suo motu petition for monitoring the progress of the trials of the pending criminal cases against sitting/former Legislators. A division bench of Madras High …

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[Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs] Madhya Pradesh HC Registers Suo Moto Petition; Issues Notices [Read Order]
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COVID-19: Telangana HC Seeks Status Report On Supreme Court Order For Protection Of Children Living In Child Care Institutions [Read Order]
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Live Law  

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5 years, 3 months ago

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Firstpost  

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