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Doctors, nurses have final responsibility to protect themselves from Covid: Govt to SC

The affidavit was filed in response to a petition by Dr Arushi Jain, challenging the new SOP for healthcare workers that ended the mandatory 14-day quarantine for them.

Economics not over health: SC after RBI says interest waiver will affect banks

The court allows Centre time to file a response on behalf of the RBI and finance ministry after plea says RBI’s 27 March circular didn't serve 'economic justice'.

‘One policy, one portal’: SC gives Delhi, UP, Haryana one week to plan interstate movement

The SC has asked the Centre to convene a meeting with the states concerned and find a common programme for interstate movement within the NCR amid the lockdown.

Asaram Bapu’s bail plea denied, Gujarat HC says thousands will come to meet him if he’s out

This is the second time the court has rejected the bail plea of Asaram Bapu this year, noting that there was no new ground in his latest application.

Interest waiver during loan moratorium will jeopardise banks’ stability: RBI to Supreme Court

The RBI stated moratorium on loan repayment was to mitigate burden of debt servicing during lockdown, but it cannot be construed as a waiver.

Kerala High Court restrains schools from charging additional fees for online classes

A single-judge bench of Justice C.S. Dias noted that right to education was sacrosanct in the Constitution of India.

Village level quarantine centres are ‘the worst’: Uttarakhand HC asks state to fund gram sabhas

A survey of quarantine centres at village level was done by the district legal services authority following the Uttarakhand High Court's order last month.

People have right to know who politicians meet behind closed doors, says Delhi HC

Tamil Nadu politician Sasikala Pushpa had filed a suit before the HC, stating her image was being tarnished due to upload of morphed photos with a man on social media.

SC issues notice to Centre on petition seeking to rename Bombay HC as Maharashtra HC

Retired judge V.P. Patil filed the petition claiming that a change in nomenclature of the High Court will be an assertion of the Maratha identity for Maharashtrians.

HC pulls up Yogi govt over bad internet for state lawyers, calls it ‘impediment to justice’

Allahabad High Court observed that over the past few weeks, it has repeatedly noticed a connectivity problem on the part of the state counsel, particularly in bail hearings.

On Camera

CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.