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Telangana Domicile Quota In MBBS Seats : Supreme Court To Hear On June 2
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on June 2, the challenge to the Telangana Domicile Quota Rule for MBBS Admissions. The bench led by CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih was hearing a batch of pleas challenging the order of the Telangana High Court, which held that a permanent resident need not be required to study or reside in Telangana for 4 continuous years to get the benefit of...
Supreme Court Stays Trial Against BJP MLC CT Ravi Over Comments Against Congress Member In Legislative Council
The Supreme Court today (May 19) stayed the trial proceedings against CT Ravi, Karnataka's Member of Legislative Council, who was facing criminal charges for his speech delivered on the floor of the Council last year. The bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal was hearing a challenge to the Karnataka High Court's order, which refused to quash a case registered against...
Boxing Federation Of India Elections: Supreme Court Relegates Ex-Sports Minister Anurag Thakur & Others To Delhi HC
With consent of the parties, the Supreme Court today consolidated before the Delhi High Court cases pertaining to elections of the Boxing Federation of India."We have discussed the matter in open Court. Parties agree that Delhi High Court can be the appropriate forum to agitate all issues. We dispose of case numbers [...] pending before Himachal Pradesh High Court with liberty to the...
'Shocking That Multinational Companies Filed This' : Supreme Court Rejects Vodafone, Airtel & Tata Petitions Against AGR Dues
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Telecom seeking waiver of interest, penalty, and interest on penalty components on their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan dismissed the petitions as "misconceived".At the outset, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, for Vodafone Idea,...
BREAKING | Sambhal Masjid Row: Allahabad High Court Upholds Trial Court's Survey Order, Says Hindu Plaintiffs' Suit 'Not Barred'
The Allahabad High Court today rejected Mosque Committee's plea against the trial court's order passed on November 19 directing an Advocate Commissioner to survey the mosque in a suit which claimed that the mosque was built after destroying a temple.With this, a bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal has upheld the trial court's survey order. It also added that the Hindu Plaintiffs is prima...
Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Bale Shah Peer Dargah Demolition
The Supreme Court today (May 19) ordered status quo on the Maharashtra Government's demolition order against constructions at Bale Shah Peer Darga, Uttan. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih was hearing a challenge to the order of the Bombay High Court, which refused to interfere in the demolition orders as it found that 'no urgency is made out'. The bench granted stay of 4 weeks...
India Not A 'Dharamshala', Can't Host Refugees From All Over : Supreme Court Rejects Sri Lankan Tamil's Plea
India is not a "dharamshala" that can entertain refugees from all over the world, the Supreme Court orally observed, while refusing to interfere with the detention of a Sri Lankan Tamil national."Is India to host refugees from all over the world? We are struggling with 140 crore. This is not a Dharmshala that we can entertain foreign nationals from all over," Justice Dipankar Datta, the...
Kerala Court Grants Bail To Lawyer Accused Of Assaulting Junior Lady Advocate
A Court in Kerala on Monday (May 19) granted bail to Advocate Beyline Das, accused of assaulting his female junior.Judicial First Class Magistrate Court XII, Smt. Susan Sonnet passed the order observing that no custody application is filed by the police and no recovery is needed in the case. The learned Magistrate observed that the accused did not have any antecedents and that only one of...
1,157 Lawyers In Kerala Have Not Passed AIBE, Unfit To Practice: State Bar Council's Preliminary List Reveals
Kerala Bar Council has recently published the list of advocates enrolled between 2010 and 2015 who have not passed All India Bar Examination. 1157 advocates are named in the list.As per the All-India Bar Examination Rules, 2010, all advocates who have passed LLB after 2010 are required to pass the AIBE within 2 years of enrollment to continue their practice. The BCI has directed all the State...
Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad Approaches Supreme Court Against Arrest Over Post On 'Operation Sindoor'
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana Police over a Facebook post on 'Operation Sindoor', has approached the Supreme Court for relief.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the petition before Chief Justice of India BR Gavai today for urgent listing."Mylords, a professor at Ashoka University has been proceeded against for an entirely patriotic...
"Justice Abhay Oka Was My Senior At Bombay HC, Grateful For His Support During My Elevation": CJI BR Gavai
While speaking at a felicitation event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai recalled the support he received from Justice Abhay Oka during his elevation to the Supreme Court.Notably, Justice Gavai had been elevated to the Supreme Court under the SC/ST quota by bypassing Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Dharmadhikari, who were seniors to him on...