COVID-19

The Supreme Court has reportedly heard more than 15,000 matters through video conferencing since March 23, when the lockdown was announced in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The High Court of Telangana, through a press note, has informed that pursuant to a meeting held on July 26 by the judges of the Full Court, it has directed the Registry to create a COVID 19 Fund for meeting the medical expenses of all the employees working in the High Court and District Courts.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to place before the Court, the guidelines and the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the State for disposal of PPE kits being used in wake of COVID-19.

The Bombay High Court has rejected two petitions for the reopening of temples or places of worships during the COVID-19 pandemic citing life and public health implications.

The Supreme Court today said that it was not in favour of appointing a commission of inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today, in its reply to the averments made by state governments, refused to agree to the cancellation of exams. The UGC filed its affidavit before the Supreme Court.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee remains on ventilator and in critical condition, following a brain surgery on Monday to remove a blood clot. Mukherjee, 84, who had fallen down at his residence, was rushed to hospital where it was found that he was also COVID positive.

The Delhi High Court has today directed the authorities to consider a PIL as a representation, filed seeking rules to be framed for testing, certification, and launching of products claiming that they sterilize objects, including PPE Kits, infected/ contaminated of COVID-19 virus.

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the center on a PIL, seeking an immediate ban on the use, installation, production or advertisement of disinfectant tunnels set up to curb the spread of COVID-19.

As the Covid-19 pandemic singes the land, there is another, more insidious, perverse act happening under its masked cover. The atrocities on the Dalits are rising at an alarming rate. Those disadvantaged from birth are now soft targets of upper caste terror.