NEET-UG : HC Order For Retest To 2 Students Delaying Entire Results, NTA Tells Supreme Court; Seeks Early Hearing

The National Testing Agency on Monday urged the Supreme Court to allow urgent hearing of its special leave petition challenging the recent Bombay High Court order directing the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A request for urgent hearing of the case was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during mentioning before a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana,...

Supreme Court Grants One Month's Time To Fee Regulatory Committee To Fix Fee Of Private Self Financing Medical Colleges In Kerala

The Supreme Court today granted 4 weeks time for the Fee Regulatory Committee for Medical Education in Kerala to consult college managements of private self-financing medical colleges for fixing "non-exploitative and reasonable" fee from 2017-18 onwards for MBBS studies. Taking note of the fact that the earlier direction could not be complied due to non-cooperation and CoVID, bench...

'Nothing To Show They're Going To Persecute Christians': Karnataka HC Refuses To Stay Church Survey Order

The Court asked how data collection can be wrong and observed that it could be even for the welfare of minorities.

Delhi High Court Directs Police To Reconsider Plea Of Lawyer Engaged In Ram Janmbhoomi Case Over Withdrawal Of Security

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to reconsider within two weeks the plea filed by a Supreme Court lawyer, who represented Ministry of Home Affairs and Archaeological Survey of India in the Ram Janmbhoomi case before the Allahabad High Court, aggrieved by withdrawal of security provided to him in 2013. Justice Rekha Palli also sought a report to be filed in the matter...

Distance Limit For Quarries : Supreme Court Ask Parties To Approach NGT With Objections

The Supreme Court on Monday granted liberty to parties to approach the National Green Tribunal to raise objections against the NGT directions setting the minimum distance limit for quarries in Kerala as 200 meters from residential buildins.Observing so, the Court disposed of a batch of appeals, mainly filed by quarry operators and applicants to quarry leases, challenging the Kerala High...

'Making Profit Not A Wrongful Act': Delhi High Court On Doctors' Suit Against Baba Ramdev Over Remarks On Allopathy & Promotion Of Coronil

Hearing a plea against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy and in turn promoting his immunity booster medicine Coronil amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that making profit is neither a public nuisance nor a wrongful act.The oral remarks came from Justice C Hari Shankar after Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal appearing for...

'Dependent' Mother In Law Of A Deceased Can Maintain Motor Accident Claim Petition: Supreme Court

'Dependent' Mother In Law Of A Deceased Can Maintain Motor Accident Claim Petition: Supreme Court

Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Evacuation Of Indians, Afghan Nationals Of Indian Origin Stranded Amid Taliban Rule

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions on the Centre to issue E-Visas to Indians or Afghan Nationals of Hindu and Sikh origins stranded in Afghanistan amid Taliban rule. The petition has been filed by Parminder Pal Singh, former spokesperson and media advisor for Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Stating that many Indians and...

Protection Plea- P&H High Court Directs Punjab DGP To Decide Advocate's Representation Who Raised Issue Of 'Open Corruption' In RTO Dept

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police, Punjab to take a decision on the representation submitted by a lawyer seeking police protection alleging a threat to his life due to his action of raising a voice against 'open corruption' in the RTO department of the state of Punjab.The Bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj was hearing the plea of a...

'Junior Lawyers Forced To Run Tea Stalls To Survive': Kerala High Court Lashes Out At Bar Council For Prolonged Inaction In Implementing Stipend

The Kerala High Court on Monday yet again pulled up the State Bar Council for its undue delay in implementing the 2018 Government Order directing to pay a stipend of Rs. 5,000 each to junior lawyers, despite repeated directions from the Court. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan orally remarked during the proceedings:"There are lawyers here who don't even earn ₹1,000 and have to run tea stalls to make...

BREAKING| Aryan Khan Case : 'Can't Pass Blanket Orders', NDPS Court Disposes NCB's Application To Bar Cognizance On Witness's Affidavit

A Special NDPS Court at Mumbai on Monday observed that it cannot pass blanket orders to bar courts from taking cognizance of the affidavit of Prabhakar Sail, witness in the cruise ship drug case, in which he raised allegations about a bid to extort money for release of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.Saying that "no blanket orders can be passed", the Special Court disposed...

No Plan To Deport Rohingyas: Karnataka Govt Tells Supreme Court In A PIL Seeking Deportation of Rohingya Refugees

The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court that "it had no immediate plan of deporting" Rohingya refugees currently living in the State. The state government has filed a Statement of Objections in response to a writ petition filed by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas...