Will Take A Decision On Cancellation Of CBSE/ICSE Class XII Exams In 2 Days, Tells Govt; Need Good Reasons For Departing From Last Years' Decision:Supreme Court

Supreme Court has on Monday adjourned to Thursday, the plea filed for cancellation of CBSE and ICSE class XII exams, after being informed by Attorney General that government will take final decision in next two days. The Bench observed that if Centre decides to depart from previous year's policy, it needs to give good reasons, as last year the decision was taken after good deliberation....

Supreme Court Hearing On Suo Motu COVID Case: LIVE UPDATES

A 3-Judge Bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat has resumed the hearing today the suo moto case on COVID issues (In Re Distribution of Essential Services and Supplies During Pandemic). The hearing was deferred until further notice on May 13 after Justice D Y Chandrachud, the Presiding Judge, tested positive for COVID-19.On April 30, the Bench had...

"Need Of The Hour Is To Vaccinate As Many People As Possible": Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Vaccination Centre's Plea Challenging Withdrawal From COWIN Portal

Observing that need of the hour today is to vaccinate as many people as possible, the Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea filed Sant Soham Hospital being aggreived from the withdrawal of its status as a government authorized vaccination centre and the deletion of its name from the GNCTD's COVID-19 vaccination app named COWIN where the public registers for vaccination. A single...

Supreme Court Hearing On Plea Seeking Cancellation of CBSE/ICSE CLASS XII Examination Amid COVID: LIVE UPDATES

A division Bench of Supreme Court will hear TODAY the plea seeking directions to cancel the Class XII CBSE and ICSE examination and devise an objective methodology to declare the result of class XII within a specific timeframe.A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had on Friday adjourned the case after noting that the petitioner had not served advanced copy on...

'Central Vista Project Of National Importance' : Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea To Suspend Work Amid COVID; Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Petitioners

A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh today dismissed with costs of Rs.1,00,000/- a public interest litigation seeking the temporary suspension of construction work on Central Vista Redevelopment Project, in light of CovidThe court said that the government had already stated that the workers were "staying on site" and all arrangements had been made to ensure...

Soli Sorabjee's Work On 'Right To Freedom Of Speech And Expression' Made Lasting Impression On Me: Justice UU Lalit

"When I was in Soli Sorabjee's chambers, he appeared in the S. Rangarajan (1989) and TAMAS (1988) matters. These cases made a lasting impression on us", told Justice U. U. Lalit on Sunday.Speaking at a memorial organised in remembrance of Sorabjee who passed away from COVID-19 on April 30, the judge discussed how dear the cause of Article 19(1)(a) was to the veteran lawyer and how his...

I Accepted Judgeship On My Mentor Soli Sorabjee's Advice And Never Regretted It For Even A Day: Justice Chandrachud

"For me, Soli Sorabjee has truly been a mentor! When I was asked to be a judge in 1998, I turned to him for advice. And he told me that the dice is cast and now I have to answer the 'call of service'!", told Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Sunday.He was speaking at a memorial organised in remembrance of Sorabjee who passed away from COVID-19 on April 30."Zia (lawyer Zia Mody, Mr....

Live Reporting/Streaming Of Court Proceedings: Madhya Pradesh & Allahabad High Courts To Hear Legal Journalists' Plea This Week

The Madhya Pradesh High Court & Allahabad High Court will hear this week the pleas by legal journalists who have moved the High Courts seeking permission for Live-streaming and Live-reporting.While the Bench of Justices Sheel Nagu and Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia of Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear the matter today i.e., Monday (May 31), the Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi of the Allahabad...

COVID: Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Priority Vaccination For NRIs Holding Valid Visa, Students Opting For Foreign Education

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking priority vaccination for people, including NRIs holding valid visa of foreign countries who normally reside and work and the respective foreign country and also for those students who opt for foreign education with a valid offer letter from the Universities abroad.The plea filed by Pravasi legal Cell through Advocates M.P. Srivignesh,...

Have Decided To Give 'Ivermectin' To All Suspected/Symptomatic COVID Patients, Float Tender For Vaccines: Goa Govt. To Bombay High Court

The Goa Government last week submitted before the Bombay High Court (at Goa) that Ivermectin medicines were being used only for therapeutic purposes and not for prophylaxis. A vacation bench of Justice S. C. Gupte and Justice M. S. Sonak noted thus while hearing a clutch of PILs about the Covid-19 management in the state. The issues dealt with by the Court Use of...

SC Directs Masking Of Identity of Petitioner-Girl Seeking Protection Against Parents In Entire Record, All Reports/Copies Of Proceedings

The Supreme Court has directed that the identity of a petitioner, seeking direction to the state of NCT of Delhi to provide her protection against her parents, be masked in the complete records of the case and not be disclosed in any report or copies of the proceedings or in any form of communication. The vacation bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was considering an...

Being A Court Of Record, High Court Can Review Its Own Judgments Under Article 226 Of the Constitution: Kerala High Court

“…The honesty, fairness, purity of mind, and approaching the writ court with clean hands should be of the highest order and is a sine qua non to maintain a writ petition and secure orders, failing which the litigant should be shown the exit door at the earliest point of time..”