In the matter of Amar Singh v. Smt. Vimla, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 22nd June 2021 observed that compelling a married women to live in her pa ...
Manipur High Court Held Denial of Livelihood To People By Linking Vaccination and Their Employment As Illegal
On 13th July 2021, in the case of Osbert Khaling v. State of Manipur; & 2 ors., The Manipur High Court observed that denial of providing liveliho ...
Sikkim High Court sets aside earlier observation – States that Executive Authority should decide what is ‘Workplace’
In a December 2020 decision in the case of Silajit Guha vs. Sikkim University and Ors., a Single Judge Bench of the Sikkim High Court had stated that ...
Sexual Harassment in Healthcare System
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were fighting to avail healthcare services necessary to sustain their lives from accessing labs for RTPCR t ...
Kerala High Court Asked State To Consider State Owned Corporations To Supply RT-PCR Tests Materials To Private Labs
On 8th July 2021, The Kerala High Court in the case of Devi Scans (P) Ltd & Ors. V. State of Kerala & Ors., has issued directions to the Stat ...
Orissa High Court Asks State To Submit Report On Availability Of RT-PCR Testing Facilities In Rural Areas
On 6th July 2021, Orissa High Court in the case of Sanjiv Joshi v. State of Odisha, asked the State Government to submit their response on the availa ...
Judicial precedents leading to the implementation of POSH Act
Farley coined the phrase “sexual harassment of women on the job” in 1975 to describe the patterns of workplace behavior. It took India 38 years to re ...
Tripura High Court Observed That People Can’t Wait For Second Dose Indefinitely After The Interval Period Gets Over
On 9th July 2021, in Court on its own motion : Mr. Somik Deb, Amicus Curiae, The Tripura High Court observed that people who have received their firs ...
Madras High Court Orders State To Issue Covid Certificate To The Families Who Lost Their Member Due To COVID 19
On 8th July 2021, The Madras High Court in the case of HA. Shrirajalakshmi v. The Chief Secretary to Government, issued directions to the State Gover ...
Kerala High Court Directs State To Expedite The Process Of Fixing Transportation Cost Of Oxygen Cylinders
On 7th July 2021, in the case of Kerala Private Hospitals Association v. State of Kerala, The Kerala High Court issued directions to the State to spe ...
Calcutta High Court Asks State Government To Submit Report On Fake Vaccination Camps Case
On 30th June 2021, in the case of Tarunjyoti Tewari Vs. The Union of India and Ors., the Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal Government to f ...
Madras High Court Remarks That Homeless People Require Urgent Vaccination As They Are More Exposed To COVID 19
On 30th June 2021, in the case of M. Murgantham v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors., the Madras High Court issued directions to the State Government to ...
Supreme Court Pronounced That Death Certificate Of a Person Who Died Due To COVID 19 Complications Must Specify “Death Due To COVID 19”
On 30th June 2021, in the case of Reepak Kansal vs Union of India & Gaurav Kumar Bansal vs Union of India, The Supreme Court of India held that t ...
Financial Assistance of Rs 1 Crore Has Been Sanctioned By Jammu and Kashmir For Advocates During Covid-19
On 29th June 2021, in the case of M. Abubakar Pandit v. Union Territory of JK & Ors., the Jammu and Kashmir High Court took notice of the adverse ...
Chhattisgarh High Court Seeks Response From Bar Council To Grant Financial Relief To Advocates During COVID 19 pandemic
On 29th June 2021, in the case of Suo Moto v. State Of Chhattisgarh, The Chhattisgarh High Court asked the State Bar Council to send their resp ...
What to do when facing sexual harassment while accessing healthcare services
You may have come across instances in the news of patients, attendants and those trying to access health care services being sexually harassed. What ...
Madras High Court Directs Tamil Nadu Government To Prioritize Vaccination Of Mentally ill Patients In State
On 28th June 2021, The Madras High Court has issued direction to the State Government to ensure that they must initiate a special vaccination drive f ...
Fostering a Safer Workplace for Domestic Violence Survivors
“The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose.”- Russell Wilson. Accord ...
Gauhati HC Directs DLSA To Provide Immediate Relief To Daily Wage Workers Who Are Unable To Sustain Themselves During COVID 19 Phase
On 25th June 2021, in the case of Harunal Rashid v. State Of Assam, the Gauhati High Court has issued direction to the District Legal Service Authori ...
Gauhati HC asks the State Government to Prioritise Regular Testing And Vaccination Of Shopkeepers Including Vegetable Vendors
On 24th June 2021, The Gauhati High Court in the case of in-re Kohima, Nagaland versus 1:the State of Nagaland and 5 ors, suggested the State Governm ...
Domestic Violence During COVID- 19 in India
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 defines ‘domestic violence’ as physical, verbal, emotional, sexual and financial abuse again ...