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NEET-UG : Tamil Nadu Girl Approaches Supreme Court Over Losing MBBS Seat After Missing Fee Payment Deadline
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on November 19 a challenge to the order of the Madras High Court, which refused to allow medical admission of a candidate who could not complete the fee payment in time. According to the candidate, she could not make the payment due to financial difficulties. The Counsel mentioned the need for an urgent hearing in the case before the bench of CJI BR...
Supreme Court Adjourns Sahara's Plea To Sell Assets To Adani Properties Ltd As Union Seeks Time To Respond
The Central Government on Monday sought more time to respond to the applications filed by Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd seeking permission to sell its 88 properties, including Amby Valley in Maharashtra and Sahara Seher in Lucknow, to Adani Properties Pvt Ltd.Accepting the request for four weeks' time made by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta, the bench comprising Chief Justice...
Accessibility Facilities For Visually Impaired Candidates In AIBE, CLAT Expected Soon, Supreme Court Told
The Supreme Court was recently informed that its directions to provide facilities for visually impaired students, including the use of JAWS (Job Access With Speech) screen reader, and permission to use customised keyboards and mouse to answer questions on a Word document on the computer, with the additional option of using a scribe as per government guidelines, for the All India Bar...
Sins Of Accused Can't Be Visited On Family Members : Supreme Court
While rejecting the undertaking offered by the brother of an accused, the Supreme Court observed in a recent order that the sins of an accused cannot be visited on the family members.A bench comprising Justice Manmohan and Justice NV Anjaria made this observation while setting aside the bail granted to a person accused of possessing 731.075 kilograms of ganja worth about ₹2.91 crore.Before...
Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court Against President Withholding Assent To NEET Exemption Bill
The State of Tamil Nadu has approached the Supreme Court challenging the President of India's decision to withhold assent to the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Medical Degree Courses Bill, 2021. The Bill seeks to exempt the State from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and restore admissions based on Class XII marks with a scientific system of normalization. The...
Court Slams Delhi Police For 'Callous And Shaky' Probe In Murder Case, Acquits Three Men
A Delhi Court has acquitted three men in a murder case, while rapping the Delhi Police for conducting the investigation in a casual and callous manner. Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar of Saket Courts said that investigation had left number of unsolved loose ends and that the “casual and shaky” probe added misery to the “fragile case” of the prosecution.The judge acquitted ...
Supreme Court To Decide Validity Of J&K Policy Denying Remission To Terror-Offence Convicts
The Supreme Court will consider the validity the rule in Jammu and Kashmir which bars remission for terror convicts.The Court decided to har a life convict's petition challenging Rule 54(1) of the Jammu & Kashmir Jail Manual, 2000 and Para 20.10(Chapter XX titled Commutation and Remission of Sentence) of J&K Prison Manual 2022, which disallows premature release to those convicted...
