Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas To Cancel NEET-UG 2024; Next Posting On July 18

The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 11) adjourned the hearing of the petitions seeking the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam until next Thursday (July 18).The Court granted the adjournment to enable the petitioners to file their responses to the affidavits filed by the Centre and the National Testing Agency yesterday. Though the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud...

'What Signals Are We Sending?' : Supreme Court Expresses Shock At HC 'Casually' Staying Reasoned Bail Order For One Year

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday(July 11) expressed shock at the Delhi High Court staying a regular bail order without specifying any reasons. The Court questioned the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for defending the High Court's orders prolonging interim stay on a bail order by the trial court.During the hearing, Justice Abhay S Oka remarked, "When there is a reasoned order granting...

Supreme Court Laments States Not Filling Vacancies In Pollution Control Boards

The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the Delhi Government for “adopting the shortcut” of engaging contractual employees instead of making regular appointments to the state pollution control board.“Instead of making an effort to regularly appoint the staff members, the government seems to have adopted a shortcut method of appointing contractual employees. This practice needs to...

Plea To Cancel NEET-UG 24 : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today a batch of petitions seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 24 exam held on May 5.Yesterday, the Centre and the NTA filed affidavits pursuant to the directions passed by the Supreme Court ton July 8.The Centre stated that there are no indications of any mass malpractice in the exam, as per the data analytics study done by the experts of the IIT Madras.The NTA stated...

Video Showing NEET Paper Leak In Telegram Fake : NTA Tells Supreme Court

The National Testing Agency has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the video showing a photo of the NEET UG exam paper leaked on Telegram on May 4 was fake. The timestamp was manipulated to create a false impression of an early leak., the affidavit added. On the last hearing date (July 8), a bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud sought the responses of the Union/NTA...

No Mass Malpractice In NEET-UG 24 As Per Data Analytics : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Union Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court denying any mass malpractice in the NEET-UG 2024 exam. The Centre said that the data analytics done by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras showed that mark distribution followed a bell-shaped curve that is seen in any large-scale exam, indicating no abnormalities."There is neither any indication of mass malpractice nor...

Bar Council Of Punjab & Haryana Suspends License Of High Court Bar Association President

The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana today suspended the licence of High Court Bar Association Advocate Vikas Malik and barred him from practising before any court till a final decision is made on the complaints against him.The decision was taken by the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council headed by Chairman Karanjit Singh and comprising Member Rajat Gautam and Co-opted Member...

S. 4 Limitation Act Can't Be Invoked Using 30-Day Extension For Arbitration Appeals Filed Beyond 3-Months From Award: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that if an arbitral award is challenged beyond the three-month limitation, the benefit of section 4 of the Limitation Act will not be available. The Court held that the 30-day extension period mentioned in the proviso to Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 cannot be included in the "prescribed period" in Section 4 of the Limitation...

'Very Disturbing': Supreme Court Laments Caste-Based Discrimination & Division of Labor In Indian Prisons; Reserves Judgment

While reserving judgment on a public interest litigation highlighting the issue of caste-based discrimination in Indian prisons, the Supreme Court today expressed displeasure with some of the provisions contained in state prison manuals and remarked that they were "very disturbing".A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra heard the matter...

Supreme Court Clarifies Arvind Kejriwal Order While Disposing Of ED's Plea Against Interim Bail To Ex-Punjab Minister

The Supreme Court on July 8 dismissed as infructuous the Enforcement Directorate's plea for cancellation of interim bail granted to former Punjab minister and Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in a money laundering case relating to an alleged forest scam.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Karol and Sanjay Kumar passed the order, noting that the relief granted to Dharamsot (for...

Foreign Medical Graduates Complain Of Non-Payment Of Stipend; Supreme Court Seeks Union, NMC Response

The Supreme Court today issued notice on two writ petitions filed by Foreign Medical Graduates from eight medical colleges in Rajasthan and the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi complaining of non-payment of stipend.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan issued notice to the National Medical Commission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Director General of...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On HC Bar Association Jabalpur's Plea Against State Bar Council's Refusal To Give Separate Recognition

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by High Court Advocates Bar Association, Jabalpur against refusal of the State Bar Council to recognize it as a separate bar association.The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra tagged the case with other similar pending case(s) and assured that it would be listed early.During the hearing, counsel for...