NEET-SS 2021- 'What Is The Hurry In Changing Pattern?Have Some Concern For Students', Supreme Court To NBE [LIVE UPDATES FROM HEARING]

The Supreme Court is hearing a plea filed by 41 PG Qualified Doctors challenging abrupt "last minute changes" in the exam pattern of NEET SS 2021.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna is hearing the petition.Senior Advocate Shyam Divan is appearing for the petitioners. Yesterday, the National Board of Examination filed an affidavit stating that the...

Attorney General Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal last week declined to grant consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Tripura's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for his comments allegedly made against the Judiciary.The AG was considering a letter forwarded by Supreme Court lawyer, Abu Sohel requesting him to grant consent under Section 15(1)(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971...

Assertion That Corpus Is Abducted By Unknown Miscreants Isn't Sufficient To Invoke Habeas Corpus Writ: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently ruled that only an assertion that the corpus has been abducted by some unknown miscreants, is not sufficient to seek issuance of a writ of habeas corpus.The Bench of Justice S. A. Dharmadhikari further held that the condition precedent for instituting a writ of habeas corpus is that the person for whose release, the writ of habeas corpus is sought must be...

Court Boycott : Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Rajasthan HC Bar Association At Jaipur

The Supreme Court on Monday issued contempt notice to the office bearers of the Bar Association of the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur for boycotting a bench of the High Court as part of strike.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna noted that despite repeated judgments of the Supreme Court which prohibit court boycotts and deprecated lawyers strikes, the Jaipur HC Bar Association...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Issue Notice To Rahul Gandhi In Plea For Action Over Tweet On Rape Victim Identity

The Delhi High Court today refused to issue notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a plea seeking action against him for allegedly disclosing sensitive details and publishing photographs of family of 9 year old victim allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantt area.The Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh also refused to issue notices to National Commission...

Supreme Court Registers Suo Motu Case On Long Pendency Of Criminal Appeals In Allahabad High Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday registered a suo motu case on the issue of long pendency of criminal appeals in the Allahabad High Court. The Court is considering laying down of guidelines regarding grant of bail to convicts who have undergone long years of sentence due to delay in hearing of their criminal appeals.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh ordered...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Letter PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe Claiming Law & Order Situation In UP Is In 'Great Danger'

A letter petition has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking CBI probe into the recent violent incident of Lakhimpur Kheri in which a total of 8 people died, four of whom were mowed down by a vehicle allegedly being driven by the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Mishra. The plea moved by Swadesh NGO and Prayag Legal Aid...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues SOP for RFID Cards for Identification & Security of Members of Legal Profession

In light of the recent attack on an undertrial inside Rohini Trial Court in New Delhi, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has drawn Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure the safety and security of the members of the legal profession.The SOP has described the security of the Courts in an alliterative phraseology as the 3Ps; Perimeter, Proximate, and Personal.Perimeter security deals with...

Cinema Halls Must Provide Free Drinking Water If Water Bottles From Outside Are Prohibited For Security Reasons: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has recently observed that cinema halls must necessarily provide free, potable and pure drinking water through water coolers if people are prohibited from carrying water bottles into cinema halls for security reasons. Justice SM Subramaniam observed, "A Cinema Hall, which seeks to prohibit carrying of drinking water inside the Cinema Hall for security reasons,...

Delhi Govt vs LG : Supreme Court To Constitute 3-Judge Bench To Decide Issue Of 'Services' After Dussehra Vacations

Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra on Tuesday mentioned before the Chief Justice of India the matter relating to the legal dispute between the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Government relating to control of services.In February 2019, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court had delivered a split verdict on the question of powers of the GNCTD and Union Government...

CISF Personnel Entitled To Transport Allowance If Transport Facility Does Not Cover Entire Journey From Residence To Place Of Duty & Vice Versa: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently established that CISF personnel are entitled to transport allowance if the transport facility provided to them does not cover the entire journey from their residence to the place of duty and vice versa. Justice Sunil Thomas while partly allowing a plea observed:"Their transportation from the place of residence to the assembling point and back can only be for...

'Aryan Khan's WhatsApp Chats For Drugs, Wrong Role Model for Youngsters', NCB's Arguments Before Court

The Narcotics Control Bureau on Monday showed Aryan Khan's Whatsapp chats to allege that he was regularly purchasing drugs and not as "innocent" merely because he was not found in possession of contraband in the luxury cruise ship drug bust. On Monday the court remanded Khan and seven others to NCB's custody till October 7. According to the NCB, Khan's co-accused and friend -...