- Kerala to apex court: Centre yet to act in road blockade issue
- The Kerala government told the Supreme Court that the Centre had “so far not acted” on its April 3 order.
- The order had asked the Centre to discuss the blockade of roads between Kasaragod in Kerala and Mangaluru in Karnataka with the two states.
- It had also asked the Centre to formulate parameters for passage of patients urgently in need of treatment.
- In a counter affidavit, the Kerala government said that no response was received from the Centre.
- SC gives legal sanctity to temporary measures adopted by courts
- The Supreme Court gave legal sanctity to the “temporary measures” adopted by it and the other courts.
- This was being done in order to reduce the need for physical presence in their premises to effectively bring into effect social distancing norms.
- Following the lockdown, the Supreme Court and some High Courts have introduced video-conferencing to hear urgent matters.
- The Supreme Court took suo-moto cognizance of the situation in courts in the wake of the lockdown.
- It “authorised” the Supreme Court and High Courts “to adopt measures required to ensure the robust functioning of the judicial system through the use of video conferencing technologies”.
- Centre to SC: road closure row between Kerala, Karnataka resolved
- The Centre informed the Supreme Court that the row between Karnataka and Kerala over the closure of roads between Mangaluru and Kasaragod has been resolved.
- The bench was informed that the Union Home Secretary was told in a joint video conference with authorities concerned that the states “have agreed to a protocol for facilitating the free movement of patients for medical treatment at the inter-state border at Talapadi”.
- Plea on state of migrant workers: SC says it does not want to interfere in govt decisions
- The Supreme Court said it did not want to interfere in government decisions for the next 10-15 days.
- The top court was hearing a petition concerning migrant workers hit by the lock down to curb the COVID-19 spread.
- The bench was hearing a plea filed by activist Harsh Mander.
- Rajasthan HC quashes FIR against Twitter CEO over 2018 incident
- The Rajasthan High Court quashed the FIR against Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey.
- FIR was filed against him for holding a placard in 2018 which allegedly hurt religious sentiments.
- In a tweet in 2018, the journalist Anna MM Vetticad had shared a photograph of Jack in India with several others.
- In the photo, Jack is seen holding the placard.
- Following the tweet, an FIR was filed against Jack, Vetticad and others at Basni Police Station in Jodhpur.
- Both Jack and Vetticad had filed separate petitions with the High Court requesting that the FIR be quashed.
- Bangla ex-military man, convicted of killing Bangabandhu, arrested
- A former Bangladeshi military captain was arrested by the police in Dhaka.
- He was convicted for killing the country’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- Ex-captain Abdul Majed has been sent to court to “exhaust legal options”.
- Majed was one of the six absconding ex-Army officers who were handed down capital punishment after their trial in absentia.
- Former Vatican treasurer acquitted of sex offence charges
- Australia’s highest court acquitted former Vatican treasurer George Pell of sex offence charges.
- He was being accused of sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in 1990s.
- The decision freed the 78-year-old cardinal after 404 days in jail.
- Private labs must test for free, says SC
- In an interim order, the Supreme Court ruled that private labs should conduct COVID-19 tests free of cost.
- The court said that it was needed “in the hour of national crisis”.
- The court said that whether the private laboratories would be reimbursed for the expenses incurred would be decided later on.
- The Bench issued a notice to the Centre.
- It gave the Centre a time of two weeks to file an affidavit on the matter.
- The Bench comprised of Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat.
- Provide PPE, security to doctors, health staff, SC directs govt
- The Supreme Court asked the government to ensure availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to doctors and other medical staff fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
- It also asked it to provide them with necessary police security.
- The Bench said that action should be taken against those hindering the medical staff from performing their duties to contain the outbreak.
- Supreme Court gives Navlakha, Teltumbde another week to surrender
- The Supreme Court gave activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde one more week to surrender.
- Both of them are facing charges under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for alleged Maoist links.
- They were booked by Pune Police for their alleged Maoist links and other charges following the violence at Bhima Koregaon village near Pune on January 1, 2018.
- Bangabandhu assassination: Death warrant issued against former military captain
- A Bangladeshi court issued a death warrant against a former military captain.
- It was issued for his involvement in 1975 coup in which the country’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated.
- Abdul Majed was arrested in Dhaka after hiding in India for nearly two-and-a-half decades.
- SC notice to Centre, J&K on plea against Internet curbs
- The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea against restricting mobile Internet in the region to 2G speed.
- The Bench issued notice on a plea by the Federation of Media Professionals, a non-profit organisation.
- Pvt labs endorse SC order on free tests, want to know: Who will cover cost?
- Private labs have called upon the government to “come up with modalities” so that their service “remains sustainable”.
- This came a day after they were ordered by the Supreme Court to provide COVID-19 testing free of cost.
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