COVID-19

Supreme Court bench on the previous hearing which was held on February 4, also expressed its displeasure over the laxity of state governments on compensation during the hearing of the plea moved by Gaurav Kumar Bansal seeking ex-gratia payments to families of those who died of Covid-19.

The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of the plea seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to issue Covid-19 norms to all political parties against physical rallies in the wake of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. 

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The Supreme Court today refused to grant any relief to daily wage labourers/workers against the order of the Delhi High Court, which had stayed the decision of a single judge, which, in turn, had held that the promise made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a press conference is enforceable and the same should be implemented by the ruling party. 

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Life throws different challenges at every step. And the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown its own set of challenges for advocates. For the last one and half years, advocates throughout India are grappling with the restricted functioning of courts. They have to answer a flurry of questions emanating from their infuriated clients on a daily basis. 

The Delhi government recently withdrew its order where it was compulsory to wear a mask while driving alone. This happened after an observation by the Delhi High Court where it termed as “absurd” a Delhi government order making it compulsory to wear a mask while driving alone in the context of Covid-19 and asked why the decision was still prevailing.

A petition has been file...

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