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"Covid Not Applicable To Private Students?"-Supreme Court Hearing- Courtroom Exchange In CBSE/ICSE/Compartment/Private Students
"The central government has called off the examination of all the students. The notification issued by CBSE on 14th of April says that examination for all students of class 10th and 12th is called off. On 1st of June, they came up with another notification that all the examinations postponed earlier now stand cancelled. The PM said that all exams for class 12 students are cancelled. Examinations were cancelled because of Covid. Is this Covid situation not available for these private students?", Asked the Lawyer to Supreme Court
'Personal Grudge Can't Be Settled In PILs': Allahabad High Court Imposes Cost On Petitioner Seeking Action On SIT Report On Criminal Activities Of Gangster Vikas Dubey
The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed with cost, a PIL seeking directions to the UP Government for taking action on the SIT report that recommended action against 90 Government officials, for assisting deceased gangster Vikas Dubey, in his alleged criminal activities.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi observed that the plea is an attempt of...
Bengaluru Court Directs Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda To Pay ₹ 2 Crore Damages In Defamation Suit By NICE
A City Civil and Session Court in Bengaluru has directed former Prime Minister HD Devegowda to pay Rs. 2 crore as damages to the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) for his "defamatory statement" made against the company in an interview given to a Kannada language news channel. The Court of Additional City and Civil Judge, Mallanagouda, in its order said "The defendant...
UGC Will Instruct Universities To Commence Admission Process Only After Results Of CBSE, ICSE and State Boards : AG Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday recorded Attorney General KK Venugopal's submission that the UGC will be issuing necessary instructions to ensure that admission process by Colleges and Institutions will commence only after declaration of results by CBSE, ICSE and all State Boards. The Attorney General's assurance came in counter to Senior Counsel Vikas Singh's argument that the delay...
Breaking-"Materials Inadequate To Attribute Any Act Of Terrorism Under UAPA": NIA Court Discharges Akhil Gogoi In Chabua Case -Read Judgment
A Special NIA Court today in Gauhati has discharged Raijor Dal Chief, Akhil Gogoi in the Chabua case involving UAPA. Special NIA Judge Pranjal Das ordered thus: "In view of the materials on record as discussed above, I am of the considered opinion that the omissions and commissions of A- 1 revealed by the materials cannot be prima-facie said to be a terrorist act done with the intention...
'State Can't Control Right To Consume Alcohol Within One's Home' : Petitioner Argues In Gujarat High Court Against Liquor Prohibition
The Gujarat High Court is hearing a batch of PILs challenging prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the state vide the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, on grounds of 'manifest arbitrariness' and violation of 'right to privacy'. Responding to the preliminary objections raised by State, Senior Advocate Mihir Thakore today argued that the challenge to the...
Centre Proposes To Amend E-Commerce Rules To Curb Flash Sales, Appoint Grievance Redressal Officers
The Central Government on Monday proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, pursuant to recommendations by a Parliamentary panel headed by Member of Parliament Partap Singh Bajwa. The new draft rules come at a time when leading e-commerce giants such as Flipkart and Amazon India are being investigated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for...
Kerala High Court Stays Orders Of Lakshadweep Administration To Close Down Dairy Farms & Remove Meat From School Children's Diet
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of two controversial orders passed by the Lakshadweeep administration under its new administrator Praful Khoda Patel.The first one is an order for the closing down of the dairy farms run by the administration in the island. The second one was a decision to change the diet for school children by removing chicken and other meat from...
'Prima Facie Raises Important Questions': Allahabad High Court Issues Notice On Pleas Against Demolition Of Gareeb Nawaz Mosque In UP
The Allahabad High Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, challenging the demolition of the Gareeb Nawaz Mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Barbanki District (Ram Sanehi Ghat area).A Bench of Justices Saurabh Lavania and Rajan Roy observed that the petitions prima facie raise important questions as to the existence of a Mosque on public...
Bombay High Court Seeks Reply On Sudha Bharadwaj's Plea For Default Bail In Bhima Koregaon Case
The Bombay high Court on Tuesday directed the National Investigating Agency and State to file their replies in lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj's plea seeking default bail on the grounds that the Pune judge was not authorized to grant extension for filing the charge sheet against her in 2018 or to take cognizance of the charge sheet filed subsequently in February 2019. Bharadwaj...