NEET PG 2021: Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Listing To Plea Seeking Further Reduction In Qualifying Percentile

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant urgent listing to petition filed by NEET PG aspirants seeking directions to further reduce the qualifying percentile criteria across categories published on March 12, 2022 by National Board of Examination ("impugned notification") more than what was reduced for NEET PG 2020 on July 14, 2020.Calling it a matter of national interest, Senior...

Allahabad HC Seeks State Food Safety Commissioner's Personal Affidavit In PIL Seeking Constructive Disposal Of 'Used Cooking Oil'

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has directed the Commissioner, Food Safety & Drug Administration (State of UP) to file his personal affidavit in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea praying for setting up a State level Monitoring Committee for formulating a Standard Operating Procedure for collection and utilization of Used Cooking Oil (UCO).It may be noted that Used Cooking...

Delhi High Court Grants Ex-Parte Injunction In Favour Of 'ADOBE' In Trademark Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte injunction in favour of ADOBE in a trademark infringement suit against one Namase Patel, who had registered the domain names www.addobe.com and www.adobee.com in respect of computer software and other IT related services. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant concerned had registered the Infringing Domains thereby engaging in completely illegal...

Lakhimpur Kheri: "See That Witnesses Are Protected", Supreme Court Tells UP Govt; Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a special leave petition filed by the family members of the farmers who got killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri crime challenging the bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, by the Allahabad High Court.In response to the petitioner's contention that a prime witness in the matter has been attacked, a Bench comprising CJI...

'We Will See': Supreme Court On Plea For Urgent Hearing Of Appeal Against Karnataka High Court's Hijab Verdict

Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will list after the Holi vacations, the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court Judgment which held that Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam and upheld the ban on wearing headscarves in schools and colleges.Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde mentioned the matter today, stating that there is urgency since the exams are upcoming and...

"No Legal Mandate That Same Rank Pensioners Must Be Given Same Pension": Supreme Court Upholds Centre's OROP Policy In Defence Forces [Updated With Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the manner in which the Central Government introduced the "One Rank One Pension"/ ("OROP") scheme in defence forces as per its notification dated November 7, 2015.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath refused to accept the challenge made by the association "Indian Ex-Service Movement" against the 2015 notification issued by...

BREAKING| NEET-SS : Supreme Court Allows 50% Reservation For In-Service Doctors In Super-Speciality Courses In Tamil Nadu For 2021-2022 Academic Year

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to implement 50% reservation for in-service doctors in super speciality courses in NEET-SS admissions for the academic year 2021-2022.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai vacated the interim order which was passed in 2020 to stop the implementation of reservation in SS seats. In the order pronounced today, the...

Thanjavur Girl Suicide: "Grave Injury And Violation Of Rights Of Child Victim When She Was Alive" NCPCR Seeks Intervention In Supreme Court

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ("NCPCR") has approached Supreme Court by way of an intervention application seeking Top Court's permission to intervene in the special leave petition filed by Tamil Nadu Director General of Police against the order of the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) which transferred the investigation in the case relating to the suicide of a girl...

Armed Forces Tribunal Act Excludes Administrative Supervision Of High Court But Not Judicial Superintendence & Jurisdiction U/A 226: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that while the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 excludes the administrative supervision of the High Court under Article 227(4) of the Constitution but, it does not exclude the judicial superintendence and jurisdiction under Article 226. A division bench comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla was dealing with a bunch of pleas raising the issue as...

Ukraine-Returned Indian Medical Students Have Lost Their Seats: Delhi High Court While Allowing Medical College's Plea To Increase Seats

The Delhi High Court has directed increase in the number of seats in various post graduate and under graduate courses in a medical educational institute being run and managed by Santosh Trust, formerly known as the Maharaji Educational Trust in the city. Taking note of the recent conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Justice Rekha Palli said that several thousand rescued Indian medical...

Section 362 CrPC - Application Seeking Recall Of An Order Maintainable When It Seeks Only A Procedural Review: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the bar under Section 362 of Criminal Procedure Code does not apply to an application seeking a procedural review.The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi observed thus while upholding an order passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which recalled an order passed in a criminal case.In this case, the accused filed a petition under section...

Madras High Court Reserves Orders Regarding Movement Of Vehicles Through Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Madras High Court has reserved orders in the matter pertaining to the night traffic ban in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. Earlier, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy had directed the Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran to file an affidavit detailing the alternative routes that can be utilised for movement of traffic...