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PIL spike in corona times

Few governments in the world waited for court orders to mitigate peoples' sufferings

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SC allows Puri Rath Yatra; Odisha CM says it's a challenge amid Covid

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde directed the state government to impose curfew in the Puri City during the time when the chariots are taken out in the procession

CPWD decides not to take up any renovation, maintenance work this year

The CPWD said it was because of the 'meagre amount of budget' allocation for the purpose

SC indicates nod to allow Puri's Rath Yatra, to be managed by govt, temple

The top court said it is considering the issue of conducting Rath Yatra in Puri only and not at other places in Odisha

CJI-led SC bench to hear today pleas seeking nod for Puri Rath Yatra

The Puri Rath Yatra, which is attended by hundreds of thousands of people from across the world, is scheduled from June 23

Will take 'favourable action': Odisha govt on Jagannath Rath Yatra

After the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the annual Rath Yatra, the state government had been facing tremendous pressure from different quarters to intervene in the matter

Explained: How Vodafone Idea can survive in the three-pronged battle

Vodafone Idea will have to cough up an additional Rs 5,235 crore every year till 2040 to pay its remaining portion of the AGR dues.

Lockdown not akin to Emergency, default bail an indefeasible right: SC

Terming its judgment in the ADM Jabalpur case during the Emergency as "retrograde", the top court said that right to life and liberty cannot be taken away without a due process of law

SC takes note of different Covid-19 testing charge, asks Centre to decide

It indicated however that the court will not venture into the fixation of the charges which will be taken care of by the Centre

SC orders hearing of FT MF cases in Karnataka HC, e-voting stay remains

Fund house had appealed to apex court to hear plea to vacate stay on wind-up voting

Why was Vijay Mallya's review plea not listed for 3 yrs: SC asks registry

A bench Justices U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan, which took up the review petition on June 16, directed the apex court registry to furnish all the details

SC stays Delhi HC order on transitional GST credit on Centre's SLP

Case relates to rule 117 of CGST Act, which set 90-day limit for claiming transitional Cenvat credit from date of GST roll on July 1, 2017. HC held that the time limit is directional and not mandatory

What logic behind not sharing Covid-19 report: SC to Maharashtra govt

Justice Bhushan said the court has come to know that if a person is found Covid-19 positive, then the test report is not being shared with either the patient or the relatives

SC unhappy over plea alleging bias in listing of cases by court registry

The plea said that there was no mechanism to address complaints against erring officers of the registry who favour some law firms/advocates for reasons best known to them

No interim orders without seeing replies of states: SC on Sharjeel Imam

The counsel representing Assam sought time to file reply on the plea

SC reserves order on plea on preference to cases of influential lawyers

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra reserved its judgement in the matter after hearing arguments from the petitioner and advocate Reepak Kansal

Expert panels, CCTVs: How SC wants states to ensure Covid-19 patients' care

An SC Bench observed that there should be uniformity in Covid-19 testing charge across all states

Difficult for Vodafone Idea to pay upfront AGR dues: Credit Suisse

In a report it said that after having paid Rs 6,900 crore of AGR dues, estimate is that Vodafone Idea would have Rs 6,000 crore of cash balance as of March 2020

SC refuses to stay Central Vista plan, seeks detailed response from Centre

Mehta, appearing for the Centre, sought time to file its detailed response in the matter while Suri said that he will file a rejoinder on its reply