Daily Legal Updates for Law Exams: 17th July 2020

Not many "public-spirited individuals" who move the Courts these days have much merit in their pleas, a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court remarked today while hearing a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order.
The Bombay High Court, in June this year, had imposed costs to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh on a PIL petitioner who had sought free treatment of all COVID-19 patients in the State of Maharashtra.
Aggrieved by the imposition of such costs, the petitioner moved the Supreme Court assailing this order of the High Court but found no respite even from the Supreme Court which declined to hear the plea.

Note:

The Bombay High Court is one of the oldest High Courts of India.
It is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Its jurisdiction covers the states of Maharashtra and Goa and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
The High Court has regional branches at Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Panaji, the capital of Goa.
Current Chief Justice: Justice Bhushan P Dharmadhikari

Source: Live Law

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Shri Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath, senior-most Judge of Uttarakhand High Court as Acting CJ of Uttarakhand HC.
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Smt. Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, senior-most Judge of Sikkim High Court as Acting CJ of Sikkim HC.

Source: Bar & Bench

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