Over a week after the Supreme Court rapped the Union government on the lack of clarity on what can be considered a COVID-19-related death, the latter has filed an affidavit with guidelines. The Union government said that the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have devised guidelines for official documentation of deaths due
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it may resume its physical functioning on experimental basis. It was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from August 16. The administrative order issued by High Court Registrar General Manoj Jain said this will be done in a restricted manner subject to further orders based on evaluation of
Today, the Supreme Court allowed the candidates who were deprived of appearing in NEET due to the restrictions of covid-19 to appear in the examination on 14 October. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian was hearing the petition and given permission to conduct the NEET examination on
Author : Gopika Sasi Introduction Apart from the catastrophic impact that COVID-19 continues to unleash on human beings and countries worldwide, its outreach has also reached commerce and business. Existing contracts have become difficult or even impossible to perform. Contracts have to be reconsidered, contractual rights and obligations must be reassessed and how performance can
Author : Mayank Raj Abstract – Businesses all through the world will encounter contract issues because of the impacts of COVID-19 whether portrayed as a halt, closure, self-separation or isolate. The World Health Organization described COVID-19 as a pandemic. In the United States, lead representatives have summoned their state’s sacred position to sanction social separating
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to consider a PIL filed by retired bureaucrats in which the government was accused of mismanagement of the covid-19 epidemic in the country. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, a bench headed by Justice LN Rao including Justice Ajay Rastogi said that despite the advisory issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs
COVID19 in the Ambit of Force Majeure and Doctrine of Frustration Author : Alika Jain of The ICFAI University, Dehradun Introduction ‘Force Majeure’ means an “event which may be neither anticipated nor controlled . . . [and] includes both acts of nature (e.g., floods and hurricanes) and acts of people (e.g., riots, strikes, and wars).”[i]
On Saturday Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the pendency of judiciary cases is increasing. CJI Bobde was speaking at a recent group launch event of a book written by Justice R. Banumathi, a residential Supreme Court judge. The CJI highlighted two issues arising
Any step less than a lockdown would be of no offer assistance: Allahabad HC voices concern over rise of COVID-19 cases in UP Taking basic note of the rising cases of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh and the public’s unresponsiveness in complying with physical separating standards, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday watched that another lockdown
Bombay HC on Physical Hearings Virtual hearings in physical matters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bombay High Court will resume physical court proceedings in criminal appeal cases from 31st August 2020. For principal benches in Mumbai, Aurangabad, and High Court of Bombay at Goa Two division benches comprising Justices P B Varale, V G
