Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging CLAT Clearance As A Prerequisite To Be Appointed As Law Officers At NTPC

The Kerala High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking to quash the condition mandating applicants to clear CLAT for applying to the post of Assistant Law Officer in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited. When the matter came up for hearing today, Justice V.G. Arun posted it to be taken up on 5th January. The petitioner is an aspirant to the post of Assistant Law Officer at the EO...

'Will Unsettle Everything' : Supreme Court Dismisses OBC Student's Plea To Change IIT-JEE Course After Mistakenly Clicking Wrong Option

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by an IIT JEE aspirant who secured AIR 1008 in OBC category seeking directions to Centre, Ministry of Education and Organising Chairman, JEE Advanced, Kharagpur to allocate him the seat for academic programme ie Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati and rectify the unintentional mistake committed by him. A bench...

CBSE Students Move Supreme Court Alleging Illegal Action By A School In Class X Exam Assesment

The Supreme Court today adjourned the petition filed by Class X pass out students alleging illegal action of St Xavier International School, Orissa of not providing detailed scorecard and answer sheet for concealing its malpractices in awarding marks to the students for January 17, 2022.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar while directing the petitioner's counsel Advocate...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Inner Line Permit System In Manipur

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notice in a plea filed challenging the system of Inner Line Permit in State of Manipur. A Bench comprising Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari was considering a writ petition which has also sought quashing of the the Manipur Inner Line Permit Guidelines 2019.The petitioners were represented through Advocate Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, and...

Advocate General Of Karnataka Prabhuling K Navadgi Inaugurates E-Filing Centre In Bengaluru

Advocate General of Karnataka Prabhuling K Navadgi on Monday inaugurated the e-filing centre at the old K.G.I.D Office, next to the High Court building in Bengaluru, to facilitate digital filing. Following the directions issued by the Supreme Court, the Karnataka High Court had recently notified that from January 1, 2022, all the Departments of the Central and State Government...

Telangana High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Deployment Of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) In Telangana

The Telangana High Court today issued a notice to the Telangana State Government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed challenging the deployment of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in the State of Telangana.The notice has been issued by a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili on the PIL filed by a social activist from Hyderabad, S....

J&K Terror Funding Case: Delhi HC Issues Notice On NIA's Plea Challenging Denial Of Police Custody Extension For Three Accused

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on the plea filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging a Trial Court order which had rejected it's application seeking extension of police custody for three accused persons in connection with the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar sought response of the three accused persons namely Owais Ahmad Dar,...

AIIMS Students Association Moves Supreme Court Seeking JIPMER Model Roster For Institutional Preference In PG Admissions

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in the Writ Petition filed by AIIMS Students Association challenging the existing system for institutional preference for post-graduate admissions in AIIMS. A Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B.R.Gavai heard Senior Advocate Arvind Datar appearing for the petitioners and directed that the matter be heard on 10.01.2022 along with a similar...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: UP Police File Chargesheet Naming Ashish Mishra As Prime Accused Before Local Court

The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed a charge sheet in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case before a local Court in Lakhimpur naming Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra as the prime accused, reported NDTV.However, the 5,000-page charge sheet doesn't name Union Minister as an accused in the case, but the name of one Virendra Shukla, a relative of Asish Mishra has been added as an accused...

Supreme Court Adjourns Suvendu Adhikari's Plea Seeking Transfer Of Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition From Calcutta High Court

The Supreme Court of India on Monday adjourned for two weeks BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's plea seeking transfer of the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee out of the State of West Bengal.A Single Bench of Justice Hima Kohli adjourned the case after being informed that Senior Counsel Harish Salve appearing for Adhikari was engaged before another court. "Mr...

Centre Appoints Justice Aniruddha Roy As Permanent Judge Of Calcutta High Court

The Centre on Monday has notified the appointment of Additional Judge of Calcutta High Court, Justice Aniruddha Roy as a Permanent Judge of the High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Justice Aniruddha Roy to be a Permanent Judge of the High Court pursuant to a meeting held by the Collegium on December 14."In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of...

Supreme Court Adjourns Centre's Plea To Modify Stay Of OBC Quota In MP Local Body Polls To Jan 17

The Supreme Court today adjourned Central Government's application seeking recall or modification of Top Court's order dated December 17 by which it had stayed the election process in the seats reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the local body elections in Madhya Pradesh for January 17, 2022.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar in their order said,"List the matters...