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NEET UG: Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Counselling, Lists Pleas Seeking Reexamination On Account Of Power Outage In MP Centres On Friday
The Supreme Court today(July 23) refused to pass any interim relief in two petitions filed by NEET-UG 2025 candidates, who suffered a power outage in centres in Madhya Pradesh. The candidates approached the Court against the July 14 order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court refusing to order a re-test for them.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar, however, kept...
Dharmasthala Burial Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Media Gag Order, Asks Party To Approach High Court
The Supreme Court today (July 23) refused to entertain a challenge to an ex-parte gag order restraining media from publishing any "defamatory content" against the family running the Sri Manjunathaswamy temple, Dharmasthala (Karnataka) and also the temple in relation to the "Dharmasthala Burial" caseThe counsel for the petitioner Third Eye YouTube channel mentioned the matter before the bench...
Supreme Court Rejects Kal Airways & Kalanithi Maran's Appeals In A Dispute Against SpiceJet
The Supreme Court today(July 23) has upheld the Delhi High Court's order, which rejected the plea of Kal Airways and former promoter of Spicejet, Kalanithi Maran, to seek damages of Rs. 1323 crores from Spicejet.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar passed the order in a special leave petition challenging the Delhi High Court's order dated May 23, wherein the...
Supreme Court Says 'Will Constitute A Bench' To Hear Justice Yashwant Varma's Plea Challenging In-House Inquiry Report On Cash-at-Home Row
The Supreme Court today said it will constitute a bench to hear Justice Yashwant Varma's petition challenging the in-house inquiry committee's report which indicted him in the cash-at-residence row.The matter was mentioned today before the bench of CJI BR Gavai, Justices K. Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi.Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal, Mukul Rohatgi, Rakesh Dwivedi, Sidharth Luthra...
Builder-Bank Nexus In NCR: Supreme Court Allows CBI To Register 22 Cases; Asks Gurugram Judge To Enquire Into Coercive Orders Against Homebuyers
Considering's Central Bureau of Investigation's interim report on a "builder-bank nexus" in the national capital region, the Supreme Court yesterday allowed the agency to register 22 regular cases for further investigation.Further, taking note of "problems" with Gurugram Courts, the top Court directed District and Sessions Judge, Gurugram to conduct a fact-finding enquiry into passing of...
GST Can't Be Based On Bet Value, Casinos Argue In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today(July 22) continued to hear arguments in a batch of petitions raising the question of law as to whether online gaming platforms could be classified as gambling and therefore, be charged 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Court is also considering the issue whether the GST can be charged on casinos and the platforms on the entire bet amount.A bench comprising Justice...
Hasdeo Forest | 'Where Exactly Are Trees Being Planted?' Supreme Court Questions Coal Block Allottees And Chhattisgarh Govt
During the hearing of pleas challenging coal mining in the Hasdeo Aranya forest area, the Supreme Court today questioned the coal block allottees and the state government about where trees are being planted as part of compensatory measures.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was dealing with 2 public interest litigations - one, filed by Sudiep Shrivastava...
'Authorities Made No Genuine Efforts To Contact Him': Chennai Court Grants Interim Bail To British Resident Who Was Declared Proclaimed Offender
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore, Chennai has granted interim bail to a person residing in United Kingdom who was arrested after being declared as a Proclaimed Offender by the CBI. The court noted that there was a difference between the terms “Proclaimed person” and a “Proclaimed offender”. The court said that only a person who was evading the...
Need To Regulate Transfers & Postings In NCLT, There's A Deep Problem : Supreme Court Tells Union
The Supreme Court today asked the Union government to look into the manner of posting of Judicial/Technical members for the National Company Law Tribunal benches across the country."There's an application filed by High Court Bar Association, Indore...it's disturbing...it says no full time judicial/technical member is posted in the NCLT Indore bench...[we] don't want to make it part of...
'Ashamed To Hear Frequent Cases Of Sexual Violence Against Women' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on July 21 orally remarked that it feels "ashamed" to hear frequent cases of assault on women, including the recent incidents where women have been burnt alive. The Court was hearing a writ petition seeking a strict time-bound implementation of the laws protecting and safeguarding women from sexual offences. The writ petition, filed by the Supreme Court Women...
ITAT Rejects Congress Party's Appeal To Exempt ₹199.15 Crore From Income Tax, Cites Belated Filing Of Return
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dismissed an appeal by the Indian National Congress seeking income tax exemption for the income of ₹199.15 crore during the assessment year 2018-19.The Tribunal rejected the party's claim for exemption on the ground that there was a violation of the conditions in Section 13A of the Income Tax Act. The returns were filed late, the ITAT noted. Calling for...