NEET-SS : Supreme Court Seeks Union, NMC Response On Plea Challenging Decision To Not Hold NEET-Super Specialty Exam In 2024

The Supreme Court today (July 19) issued notice on a petition challenging the decision of the National Medical Commission(NMC) to not hold the NEET- Super Speciality Exam (NEET-SS) for 2024. The petition was filed by thirteen doctors under Article 32 of the Constitution.The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra noted that due to this decision of the NMC,...

NI Act | Large Number Of Cheque Bounce Cases Serious Concern, Courts Must Encourage Compounding If Parties Are Willing: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently reiterated that the purpose of making cheque bounce an offence was to ensure reliability of cheques, and compensatory aspect of remedy under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 has priority over the punitive aspect in such cases.A bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah observed that courts should encourage settlement in cheque...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking SIT Probe Into Electoral Bonds 'Quid Pro Quo' On Monday

The Supreme Court will consider the plea for setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the alleged 'quid-pro-quo' arrangements under the Electoral Bonds Scheme on Monday along with other similar petitions. Advocate Prashant Bhushan brought up the matter before the bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud, mentioning that the plea seeking SIT probe was listed for Monday. However, he...

Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea By 2 Convicts Challenging Setting Aside Of Gujarat Govt Remission

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea filed by 2 convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case challenging the January 8 judgment which set aside their remission granted by the Gujarat Government and directed them to surrender.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar heard the matter and ultimately dismissed the plea as withdrawn, while expressing that it cannot sit in appeal...

Does Article 361 Bar Investigation Against Governor? Supreme Court Seeks AG's Assistance On WB Governor's Immunity In Molestation Case

The Supreme Court on Friday (July 19) sought the assistance of the Attorney General for India in a petition filed by a former woman employee of West Bengal Raj Bhavan challenging the immunity claimed by the State's Governor CV Ananda Bose against the investigation in the molestation complaint levelled by the woman against the Governor.The petitioner contended that the immunity granted...

Madras High Court Questions Need To Bring 'New Criminal Laws', Says Govt Could Have Amended IPC, CrPC & Evidence Act To Bring Changes

The Madras High Court today wondered what prompted the Central government to repeal the erstwhile criminal laws of IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act when any proposed changes could have been incorporated by way of amendments to those Acts.While hearing three PILs filed by DMK organising secretary RS Bharathi challenging the constitutional validity of the BNS, BNSS and BSA, a division bench headed...

Supreme Court Allows Member From Another Bench To Join NGT Pune Bench Virtually

The Supreme Court, through its order dated July 18, permitted the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, to constitute a Bench with one member joining virtually from either the Principal Seat or another Bench. The order was passed by Justices B.R Gavai, KV Viswanathan and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh in a case wherein it had ordered all the NGT matters of Pune Western Zone's jurisdiction to...

Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad To Serve As Acting Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court Following Retirement Of Justice BR Sarangi

Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. This appointment comes as incumbent Chief Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi demits office after a brief tenure lasting nearly a fortnight.Justice Sarangi was appointed as the Chief Justice on July 3 and will demit the office today. Justice Prasad will take charge as the acting CJ from...

UAPA | 'Watali' Judgment Not A Precedent to Deny Bail To Undertrial In Long Custody With No End In Sight Of Trial: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court while granting bail to a man accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) observed that the judgement in the case of NIA v. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali cannot be cited as a precedent to deny bail in UAPA cases where the accused has suffered long incarceration.The court noted that in Watali case, the bail granted by the High Court was set aside due to...

'Assurances Of Railway On Kavach Appear To Be Misleading' : Plea In Supreme Court To Reopen Rail Safety Case

In the wake of the recent derailment of the Kanchenjunga Express, a fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Railways to implement the "Kavach" anti-collision system across the rail network. The petitioner urged the Court to seek an explanation from the Railways regarding the causes of the recent train accident and specific information on Kavach...

State Has Constitutional Duty To Protect & Restore Water Bodies: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 16) observed that the State has the constitutional duty to not only protect water bodies within the state but also to restore those water bodies which have been illegally filled in.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih ordered the State of Uttar Pradesh to constitute a committee of senior officials to investigate instances where...

Drugs (Price Control) Order | Supreme Court Upholds Rs 4.6 Crore Recovery Against Sun Pharma For Overpricing Medicine

The Supreme Court on Monday (July 15) observed that the purpose of Drugs (Price Control) Order, 1995 (DPCO) is to control prices of medicinal drugs for the common man, and it cannot be subjected to a narrow interpretation.“The intent and purpose thereof are to control the prices at which medicinal drug formulations are made available to the common man by holding out the threat of recovery...