1. Work out a plan for financial help to indigent lawyers during COVID: HC to BCD, advocates trust
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) and the Advocates Welfare Trust to work out a plan to provide some economic relief to their members who have been financially hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The suggestion by the high court came while hearing a plea seeking ex-gratia payment of Rs 25,000 to each member of the trust who is suffering financially in the wake of coronavirus.
"These are your own members. Explore the possibility of what can be done. Look at setting criteria for providing ex-gratia," the high court said and added, "consider the requirements of medical facilities as well as livelihood".
The bench asked both the trust and BCD to file a report highlighting what they have done till now and what they intend to do in the coming future and listed the matter on July 7 for further hearing.
Note:
The High Court of Delhi was established on 31 October 1966.
The High Court of Delhi was established with four judges. They were Chief Justice K. S. Hegde, Justice I. D. Dua, Justice H. R. Khanna and Justice S. K. Kapur. Presently, the High Court has a sanctioned strength of 45 permanent judges and 15 additional judges.
Chief Justice - Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel.
Source: Outlook India
2. Rehabilitate, give compensation to migrants whose shanties were burned down: Karnataka HC.
In an order passed today, the Karnataka High Court directed the state government to rehabilitate and provide compensation to migrants in Bangalore whose huts had been burned down by miscreants earlier this year.
While doing so, the Court opined that the burning down of 90 unoccupied huts in March was a "very high-handed action", which violated the rights of the hut-dwellers.
This observation came in a suo motu plea dealing with the burning of temporary shanties that had housed migrant workers in the city.
"Prima facie, it appears to us that this is an instance of a very high-handed action on the part of the interest persons of destroying the huts thereby violating the constitutional rights under Art 21 of the Constitution of India of the hut-dwellers."
The Court was further informed by the state government that the miscreants - who included both arrested as well as absconding persons -were found to have political backgrounds.
Note:
The Karnataka High Court officially known as Karnataka Uccha Nyayalaya is the High Court of the Indian state of Karnataka.
It is located in Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. It was previously called the High Court of Mysore.
The High Court functions out of a red brick building known as Attara Kacheri.
Current Chief Justice: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka.
Source: Bar & Bench
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