CJI led bench to hear plea seeking prosecution of 10 pharma Companies for selling "without license" medicines claiming they were #COVID19 vaccines by 'using media hype"& exploiting citizen's fear. The plea was by Adv ML Sharma #SupremeCourt
Plea says Remdesivir and Favipiravir are unapproved/uncertified/under trial drug in labs & that it has been allowed for testing only during emergencies under strict terms to report it to the regulator. Plea seeks not to used these as #covid19 medicines till certified.
ML Sharma: I have sent the WHO report which says several hundred trials show Remdisivir had little or no effect on #COVID19 patients. This has been corroborated by Chinese, Americans.
CJI: When was this report made available?
Sharma: October 15
SC: We are issuing notice to Union of India. We are doing this to make them aware of it.
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Nyaya Forum in collaboration with Roots Resources interviews Senior Lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan on various aspects of Criminal Prosecution, Lawyering and the Justice System.
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Nitya Ramakrishnan: I was a student of philosophy. In some ways, this is a continuation. Principles of deduction, inference, use of language, text... Perhaps that is an explanation.
Kerala High Court will shortly pronounce orders in the anticipatory bail applications moved by dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi and feminist activists Diya Sana and Sreelakshmi Arackal, accused of assaulting a YouTuber for his slurs on feminists.
An intervention application has been filed on behalf of the YouTuber Vijay P. Nair.
Advocate Arjun Venogopal is appearing on Nair's behalf.
Actor Abduction case: The victim and the prosecution have moved the Kerala High Court in the sexual assault and abduction case in which actor #Dileep is an accused.
The victim and the prosecution have alleged bias on the part of the Additional Sessions Judge handling the case, and seek a Transfer of the case to another Court.
The Kerala High Court is expected to take up the petitions today.
The prosecution had earlier petitioned the Trial Judge to halt the trial and allow them to approach the High Court. This was rejected last week. barandbench.com/news/litigatio…
#BombayHighCourt extends abeyance of orders wrt to demolition/eviction/dispossession till the December 22, 2020.
“any order or decree for eviction / dispossession /
demolition which has been passed by any court / tribunal / authority shall remain in abeyance"
The court had earlier extended the abeyance orders till October 31, 2020. However despite opening up of various sectors in State, the court opined that access to justice was still not easy.
Breaking: Plea in Supreme Court seeks to protect fundamental rights of people of District Mewat-Nuh as they are being "forcefully converted to Islam" and is in a pitiable condition compared to the "dominant Muslim group." #SupremeCourt #conversion @Districtnuh
The petition prays for restoration of land, properties, cremation sites of Hindus and form an SIT to probe instances of gang rapes, murders and kidnapping committed by "Muslims" upon the "Hindu residents of the place."
Plea says that after the establishment of Tablighi Jammat the Neo Muslims became fundamentalist Muslims and slowly
they over powered the entire area and at present they are more than 95% in the area after eliminating Hindus from the area.