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Ahmedabad civil hospital should be ready for a surprise visit by judges: Gujarat HC

Two-judge bench also refuses to overlook claims made in an anonymous letter by a resident doctor, tells govt to form panel to probe allegations.  

SC asks govt why private hospitals built on free govt land can’t give free Covid treatment

Supreme Court order comes on a plea demanding ‘cost related regulations’ for treatment of Covid patients in private hospitals. Centre gets a week to respond.

SC asks Centre to take stand on plea seeking opening of Delhi’s borders with UP, Haryana

The plea challenged the decisions of Haryana, UP govts, asserting it is unconstitutional for them to restrict movement for permissible activities within the NCR.

SC takes note of migrant crisis, tells Centre & states to give free transport, food, shelter

SC order comes after it took sotu motu cognisance of media reports showing migrant workers walking on foot and cycling for hundreds of kilometres to get back home.

Supreme Court will now translate daily orders and judgments into 9 languages using AI tools

The Supreme Court will be using AI tools developed in-house to reduce human intervention in translating judicial documents.

Supreme Court issues notice to 4 states on Sharjeel Imam’s plea for clubbing 5 FIRs

The defence argued if Arnab Goswami's multiple FIRs can be transferred to a single agency, similar relief can be granted in this case as well.

SC issues notice to RBI, govt on plea seeking interest waiver during loan moratorium

The petition stated that RBI's decision to delay EMI payments but allow interest liabilities to accrue during the loan moratorium would negate the relief provided.

11 orders in over 2 dozen Covid cases — how Gujarat HC has put BJP govt in the dock

Gujarat was the first high court to take cognisance of Covid-19 on 13 March. Since then, it has taken the state govt, central govt and private hospitals to task.

Highway camps, monitoring by govt teams — Andhra HC guidelines to help migrants return home

The order came last week on a PIL filed by CPI state secretary K. Ramakrishna. The matter will next be heard on 27 May.

No bail for techie who urged people to spread Covid, HC says act threat to India’s integrity 

Karnataka HC says the software engineer’s social media post is ‘likely to cause disharmony, hatred and hostility to humanity… (and) panic amongst the people’. 

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.