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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday has directed the couple to deposit Rs. 10,000/- as a cost for not wearing the masks at the time of their marriage ceremony who had filed a plea before HC seeking protection from their family members.

Nagpur metropolitan commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has been reprimanded by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court for opposing the demand for corona examination of frontline workers (doctors, health workers, police and others) who are directly involved with the corona infection.

The High Court of Calcutta has issued a notice stating that the normal functioning of all Courts in the State will remain suspended till June 8.

The Allahabad High Court has issued guidelines and arrangements pertaining to re-opening of High Court, Allahabad and Lucknow bench from June, 8.

The Kerala police have rearrested a man who was granted bail a week ago after the Kerala High Court recalled the bail it granted to the accused who is charged with abduction, rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl from Ernakulam in January this year.

Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday cancelled its summer vacations, whereas, the Court has also directed that the 15 days summer vacations in the lower courts also stands to cancel.

The President of the Gujarat High Court Advocates Association (GHCAA) Mr Yatin Oza in a letter addressed to the Chief Justice Vikram Nath has requested to resume physical functioning of the Court.

Under a poignant and evocative headline in this issue of India Legal, “Going Home to Die on the Road”, (read here) penned by the author himself, IIT science professor Dinesh Mohan addresses the gruesome phenomenon of India’s lockdown-smitten migrant workers being crushed to death on roads by vehicles

The Gauhati High Court Bar Association has written a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court requesting for restoration of physical Courts by abolishing Virtual Courts

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