Breaking | NEET PG 2021: MCC Tells Supreme Court It Can't Conduct Special Stray Counselling To Fill Vacant Seats, Will Disrupt Present Academic Year

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that the software which was being used for conducting NEET-PG 2021 online counselling is now closed and hence, it cannot possibly fill 1,456 vacant seats by conducting a Special Stray Round of counselling. It further submitted that the counselling process for two academic sessions, i.e. 2021 and 2022,...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 2 Additional Judges To High Courts Of Karnataka & Allahabad

The Central government on Wednesday notified the appointment of two Additional Judges to the Karnataka High Court and Allahabad High Court.They are as follows:Karnataka High CourtCheppudira Monnappa Poonacha (appointed from Advocate's quota)Allahabad High CourtSyed Waiz Mian (appointed from judicial officer quota) Delete In exercise of the power conferred under the Constitution of India,...

Medical Assessment & Rating Board Has Jurisdiction To Stop Admissions But Lacks Authority To Order Its Cancellation: Rajasthan HC Opines Prima Facie

The Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur has observed that Medical Assessment & Rating Board (MARB) has jurisdiction to issue directions for stoppage of admissions but prima facie, it lacks the authority to issue cancellation of admission.Essentially, a batch of writ petitions were filed by medical colleges and its students, challenging the recommendations made by MARB for withdrawal of letter...

Employer's Business Shut, Terminated Employee Encashed Compensation & Other Terminal Benefits: Gujarat High Court Declines Challenge To Retrenchment

Concluding that the medical store where the Petitioner, a pharmacist, was employed had closed down and the Respondent Sangh did not own or exercise control over the store anymore, the Gujarat High Court has found the termination of the Petitioner to be in accordance with law and refused to interfere with his retrenchment. Significantly, the Bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Mayee noted...

Chinese Visa Scam: Delhi High Court Reserves Order In Karti Chidambaram's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved order on the anticipatory bail plea moved by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram in a money laundering case registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged Chinese vivas scam.Justice Poonam A. Bamba reserved the order after hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Karti Chidambaram whereas ASG SV Raju appeared for ED.About...

RGUHS Agrees To Conduct Fresh Practical Exam For Final Year MBBS Students Before Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the practical examinations conducted for the student-petitioners pursuing their final year MBBS course at certain colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), in a plea alleging that the same was not conducted in accordance with law and was done in violation of the University guidelines. A single judge bench of...

Society Receiving Grant From Foreign Entity Can't Be Denied Section 12A Registration: ITAT

The Hyderabad Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) consisting of K.Narasimha Chary (Judicial Member) and Bhagirath Mal Biyani (Accountant Member) has ruled that the society receiving grant from foreign entity cannot be denied the registration under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act. The assessee/appellant is a society named "Share India". On 11.02.2019, the assessee filed...

DGFT Relaxes Provision Of 'Bill Of Export' Submission For Supplies Made To The SEZ Units

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has relaxed the provision of the submission of a "Bill Of Export" for supplies made to the SEZ units in case of Advance Authorisation (AA). One of the documentary criteria outlined in the 'Guidelines for Applicants' section of ANF-4F (Application for Redemption) for supplies supplied to SEZ units under Advance Authorisation. The...

Insured Failed To Verify Damaged Material, Insurance Company Not Liable; NCDRC

The bench of National Commission comprising Justice C. Viswanath, Presiding Member and Ram Surat Ram Maurya, Member, has observed that, as per the insurance policy only stocks of dal and raw materials were insured but the insured has wrongly claimed loss of machinery and building also. The damage was caused to machinery and building and not to the stock of pulse and...

Kannagi-Murugesan Honour Killing Case: Madras High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Brother, Acquits Two

The Madras High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of Marudupandian to life imprisonment in the Kannagi-Murugesan Honour Killing case. Marudupandian is Kannagi's brother.The Court also confirmed the life sentence of others including Kannagi's father Duraisamy. Further, two convicts were acquitted of the offence.Justice PN Prakash and Justice AA Nakkiran passed the orders on...

[SC/ST Act] Can't Seek "Extra-Judicial Remedies" To Pressurize Prosecution: Bombay HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Principal After Teacher Puts Arrest Banner

The Bombay High Court pulled up the complainant teacher for putting up banners seeking the principal's arrest, while granting anticipatory bail to the principal accused of hurling casteist remarks, a punishable offence under the SC/ST Act, at an "under-performing" teacher. Dr Lekha Visaria, the appellant had approached the High Court after an FIR under section 3(1)(r) of the...

Supreme Court Allows Bharat Singh Chauhan To Continue As Secretary Of All India Chess Federation Till August 15

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, as an interim arrangement, allowed Bharat Singh Chauhan to continue as the Secretary of All India Chess Federation till August 15, 2022.The vacation bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose permitted Chauhan to discharge the duties while taking into consideration the 44th World Chess Olympiad which is scheduled to take place from July 2 to August 10...