Pritam Pal Singh

The order came after the All India Loco Running Staff Association approached the High Court expressing apprehension about contracting COVID-19 infections while using same breathalysers and biometric devices

The High Court is already seized of Michel’s bail application, which was opposed by the CBI and ED on the ground that he was “brought to India with unprecedented difficulty and there is all likelihood of him fleeing from justice, if enlarged on bail”.

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh ordered the government “to expeditiously facilitate, secure and provide the students with all basic amenities and humanitarian assistance in terms of medical care, boarding (food), lodging and transportation, as may be necessary or warranted”.

The court clarified that if the extension of the interim order causes 'any hardship of an extreme nature to a party to such proceeding', they are at liberty to seek appropriate relief.

The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Dr Prem Singh, which is likely to be heard on Thursday, seeks to “extend the age of retirement of medical officers and doctors up to the age of 70 years or 65 years with immediate effect”.

The bench, in a special hearing held through video conferencing, directed the authorities that the “details and other necessary particulars of the Nodal Officer, so appointed, including his name and telephone number, be communicated to the Indian students stranded at the Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan”.

The High Court and the trial courts were functioning under restrictions since March 1.

The court also observed that there is a need for the authorities to decide on an alternate, less invasive and less risky equipment for conduct of breath analyser tests.

Delhi Prisons Director General Sandeep Goel said, “We will try to release around 1,500 convicts (on parole/furlough) and around same number i.e. 1,500 UTPs (on interim-bail) in coming 3-4 days.”

In a late-night hearing, the Delhi High Court held that the grounds raised by the counsel of the convicts, including that one of them is a juvenile, had already been dealt with by courts.

The Ministries of External Affairs and Health, in a joint report filed before Justice Navin Chawla on Wednesday, stated the low rate is largely due to the large number of medical students in Iran.

Mukesh had moved the HC Wednesday, stating that “denial of calling of records, explanation and examination of effect of evidence is denial of justice and is also cruelty”.

Three months ago, Najma Akhtar, Jamia’s first woman V-C, had criticised the Delhi Police for barging into the Jamia campus following violence during anti-CAA protests in south Delhi.

On May 10, 1985, bombs fitted in transistors went off in buses and other places in Delhi and adjoining areas of UP and Haryana. On the next two days, two more live transistor bombs were found in Delhi.

The court in its 128-page order also said the prosecution failed to establish the motive to commit the crime.

The court's direction to the Delhi Police came after a man moved a habeas corpus petition seeking direction to produce his brother-in-law, Hamza (25), missing since February 26.

Justice I S Mehta issued a notice to the Ministries of Home, External Affairs, Civil Aviation and Health, seeking status reports by the next date of hearing on March 11 after hearing a plea by nine parents — all residents of Kashmir.

The Supreme Court on February 20 last year had held Ambani guilty of contempt of court for not honouring an undertaking to pay Rs 550 crore in dues to Ericsson India Ltd.

During the hearing of a plea on Monday, the Delhi High Court sought urgent orders for safe passage of ambulances for the injured and rehabilitation of violence-hit people.