Karnataka: Legal service authority panel to probe Chamarajanagar deaths
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Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 10:46 AM IST
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Unhappy over government s move on inquiry commission, HC orders a committee be set up; judicial probe to continue.
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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed a State Legal Service Authority committee headed by a former judge, Justice AN Venugopala Gowda, to probe the deaths of 24 Covid-19 patients in Chamarajnagar and submit its report by Monday.
A division bench consisting of Justice AS Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar recorded its displeasure over the manner in which the government appointed a retired judge of its choice to head the commission of inquiry while the court was seized of the matter.
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Hyderabad: Telangana high court has dismissed the petition of colleges that was filed after receiving notice from the intermediate board over fire safety norms. The court has also imposed costs of Rs. 25000 each for preferring frivolous petitions.
The bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy has directed the colleges to deposit the amount in the State Legal Service Authority within two weeks.
It may be mentioned that the colleges had challenged the notices issued by the intermediate board. In the notice, the board had asked the colleges to make their buildings fire compliant.
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HC To Decide Maintainability Of PIL On Legal Aid To PSA Detainee
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday said that it will decide next month sans any adjournment issue regarding maintainability of a Public Interest Litigation as regards legal aid to a detainee booked under Public Safety Act.
“Issue regarding the maintainability of the petition is to be gone into as per the earlier orders passed by this Court but because of the non-availability of Advocate General could not be considered,” a bench of Justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and Vinod Chatterji Koul said.
The court asked the senior additional advocate general B A Dar to ensure the appearance of the Advocate General on the next date of hearing, on March 5.