CBSE Compartment, Private & Patrachar Students Can Take NEET-UG Before Results; Results Needed Only For Counselling : NTA Tells Supreme Court

The non-declaration of the results of CBSE Private, Compartment and Patrachar exams for Class XII will not prevent those students from appearing in the NEET-UG exam, the National Testing Agency told the Supreme Court on Friday. On the issue of petitioner students being unable to appear for NEET UG exam scheduled on September 12, the NTA told the Supreme Court that the...

Dissent & Right To Protest Fundamental For Democratic Polity; Sole Act Of Protesting Must Not Be Employed As A Weapon To Justify Incarceration Of Protestors: Delhi High Court

"…the sole act of protesting should not be employed as a weapon to justify the incarceration of those who are exercising this right," observed the Delhi High Court as it granted bail to five accused booked in connection with the murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal and causing head injuries to a DCP during the North-East Delhi riots that rocked the national capital last...

[BREAKING] 'Alarming Situation In Kerala' : Supreme Court Stays Kerala Govt Decision To Hold Offline Class XI (Plus One) Exams Amid Rising COVID Cases

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the decision of the Kerala Government to conduct offline exams for Class XI (Plus One) from September 6 amid the rising cases of COVID.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar noted that COVID cases are continuing to rise in Kerala, with over 30,000 cases being reported daily, which accounts for nearly 70% of the...

[Delhi Riots] Vague Evidence & General Allegations Not Sufficient To Invoke 149 R/W 302 IPC: High Court Grants Bail To Five Accused In Head Constable Ratan Lal Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to five accused in connection with murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal and causing head injuries to a DCP during the North-East Delhi riots that rocked the national capital last year. (FIR 60/2020 PS DayalPur)Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order after reserving it last month. The Court heard at length various counsels appearing on behalf of...

"Man's Act Against Societal Norms; Plea Filed To Defame Woman": Allahabad HC Dismisses Habeas Plea, Directs 20K To Be Paid To Woman

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Habeas Corpus plea filed by a man seeking custody of his alleged lover, a girl, who, presenting herself before the Court, denied the allegations that she has been illegally detained by her father.Therefore, the Bench of Justice Umesh Kumar called the action of the Man in filing habeas plea as "illegal and against the norms of society in which we...

No Fundamental Rights Of Petitioner Infringed: Govt Responds To Plea Challenging 84 Days Dose Interval For Covishield Vaccines

The Secretary to the Government submitted its counter-affidavit before the Kerala High Court on Thursday responding to the petition that challenged the prescribed 84 days gap between administering two doses of the Covishield vaccine. Assistant Solicitor General P. Vijayakumar representing the respondent submitted that India's National COVID Vaccination Program was built on scientific...

Centre Files Response Before Madras High Court In Pleas Challenging IT Rules 2021, Next Hearing On September 14

The Madras High Court on Friday took on record the Centre's counter affidavit filed in response to a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). Petitions have been filed by acclaimed Carnatic vocalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee TM Krishna, Digital News...

Delhi Police Chargesheet Reads Like Script Of 'Family Man' Series; Communal Narrative Given To CAA Protests: Umar Khalid In Bail Hearing

Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case involving charges under UAPA, student activist Umar Khalid's lawyer argued before a Delhi Court that the entire charge-sheet filed by Delhi Police in FIR 59/2020 reads like a script of Amazon Prime show 'Family Man', having no evidence to support the allegations.Senior Advocate Trideep Pais argued before Additional Sessions Judge...

Wastage Of Tax-Payers' Money & Judicial Time : Court Raps Delhi Police Over 'Shoddy' Riots Case Probe -10 Quotes

Expressing serious reservation over the failure of the Delhi Police to conduct a non-partisan probe into the north-east Delhi riots case, the Delhi Court on Thursday discharged three men accused of rioting, arson, and various offences. The Delhi Court heavily criticized and tore into Delhi Police over its "shoddy", "callous" and "indolent" investigation into the violence which...

Calcutta High Court Appoints Former Chief Justice Manjula Chellur To Head SIT Constituted To Probe Post Poll Violence Cases [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday notified that Justice Manjula Chellur, former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court would head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the High Court to probe into allegations of post poll violence that had erupted in the State of West Bengal after the declaration of the 2021 assembly elections. In its order dated August 19, the High Court...

'Law Is Law For Everyone; Take A Decision On Shifting Them Within 2 Days': High Court Tells Delhi Govt Over Afghan Protestors

The Delhi High Court today observed that while it has compassion for Afghan nationals who have been displaced amid the political de-stability in their country, it cannot allow them to protest (for seeking refugee status) in public places amid Covid-19 pandemic.The Court also observed that the ongoing protest in Delhi's Vasant Vihar area is in clear violation of the executive orders issued by...

Frequent Elephant Attacks: Kerala High Court Directs Forest Department To Take Immediate Action

The Kerala High Court on Friday admitted a Public Interest Litigation filed by Vettampara Pourasamithy alleging frequent elephant attacks in the Malayatoor Forest areas. A Division Bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly has directed the Forest Department to file a statement and produce documents on action taken in the matter. "This is a serious situation, immediate...