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Supreme Court Takes Cognizance Of Recent Suicides In IIT & Kota Coaching Centre, Asks If FIR Registered
The Supreme Court today (May 6) directed the Union to comply in two days with its earlier directions of depositing Rs. 20 Lakhs for setting up a National Task Force dealing with students' mental health and suicide prevention. The Court also sought a status report on two recent instances of student suicides in IIT Kharagpur and a coaching centre in Kota, Rajasthan and whether the...
Vacations Are Partial Working Days Now; Will Have 3 Benches Every Week During Summer Break : Justice BR Gavai
During a hearing, Justice BR Gavai of the Supreme Court recently said that the Court will have 3 Vacation Benches every week during the upcoming summer break.It may be recalled that the summer break this year will constitute "partial Court working days". The same will commence from 26 May, 2025 and the Full Court working days will resume from 14 July, 2025.Justice Gavai made the...
Why Can't Vakalatnamas Mention If Advocate Has Passed AIBE? Supreme Court Asks BCI
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 6) suggested to the Bar Council of India that they bring a rule mandating that in the vakaltnamas filed by Advocates enrolled after 2010, it should be specified if the candidate has cleared the All India Bar Examination."Why don't you make it mandatory in the vakalatnama itself to mention if AIBE has been passed? Why don't you make a rule mandating that...
MBBS Internship : Supreme Court Seeks NMC Response On Plea Seeking Stipend For Foreign Medical Graduates
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 6) issued notice in a plea challenging the non-payment of stipends to foreign medical graduates (FMGs) interning at Indian Hospitals/ Medical Institutions. The bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran agreed to consider the issue of non-payment of stipend to foreign medical graduates (FMGs) who were interning at Mahaveer Institute of...
Officer Facing Contempt Action Refuses To Accept Demotion As Punishment; Supreme Court Warns Of Jail
The Supreme Court today expressed its displeasure at a Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh who, in his capacity as Tahsildar, disobeyed directions of the High Court and forcibly removed slum-dwellers' huts in Guntur district, when he said that he would not accept demotion as a punishment for contempt of court.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih was dealing with a plea filed by...
Supreme Court Fixes SCBA Elections On May 20; Secretary & 1/3rd EC Posts Reserved For Women
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 6) directed that the elections of the office-bearer posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association be held on May 20. The Court also directed that the election shall be held on the basis of the voter list as was finalized in the elections for the year 2024.Apart from those who are included in the voter list for 2024, all those members who acquired eligibility up...
CLAT-UG 2025 : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Delhi HC Judgment Tomorrow; One More Candidate Files Petition
The Supreme Court today adjourned till tomorrow the hearing of a petition challenging the judgment of the Delhi High Court, which directed the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the merit list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 for Undergraduate (UG) admissions due to certain mistakes in the questions.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan could not take up...
'High-Handedness': Supreme Court Slams Punjab Govt For De-notifying Land Acquired For SYL Canal; Clarifies Status Quo Order
In the dispute pending between the states of Punjab and Haryana over the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, the Supreme Court today called out the Punjab government for de-notifying land which was acquired for the construction of the canal in furtherance of the Court's decree.Labelling the action "high-handedness", Justice BR Gavai said to Senior Advocate Gurminder...
Reservation Business Has Become Like Train Journey, Those Already In Coach Don't Want Others To Enter : Justice Surya Kant
Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court, during a hearing, likened the reservation system in the country to a train journey, where people who have already secured the seats do not want others to enter the same compartment.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice NK Singh was hearing the case related to the OBC reservation in the local body elections in the State of Maharashtra....
Supreme Court Sets Aside Kerala HC Judgment Which Anulled Election Of CPI(M) MLA A Raja
The Supreme Court today(May 6) set aside the Kerala High Court's judgment, which set aside the election of CPI(M) MLA A Raja in the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections.A bench comprising Justice AS Oka and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah allowed the appeal filed by Raja against the the March 23, 2023 order of the Kerala High Court which annulled his elections on ground that he was not a member...
SCLSC Chairman Justice Surya Kant Holds Meeting With High Court CJs On Legal Aid For Prisoners
Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC), Mr Justice Surya Kant, conducted a review meeting with the Chief Justices of High Courts across the country and the Chairpersons of the State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) and High Court Legal Services Committees (HCLSCs).A special campaign was launched by SCLSC in jails of India in association with all the SLSAs and...