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Centre's Policy Of Paid Vaccination For 18-44 Years Prima Facie Arbitrary & Irrational : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has made a prima facie observation that the Centre's vaccination policy, which does not provide free vaccination for those in the age-group of 18 to 44 years, as "arbitrary and irrational"."Due to the changing nature of the pandemic, we are now faced with a situation where the18-44 age group also needs to be vaccinated, although priority may be ...
Furnish Complete Data On Vaccine Purchase History; Produce All Documents & File Notings On Vaccination Policy: Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to produce all relevant documents and file-notings which reflected its thinking in the vaccination policy.A 3-judge bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat passed this direction in the suo moto case on COVID-issues (In Re Distribution of Essential Supplies and Services During Pandemic).During the...
Justice Arun Mishra Takes Over As National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra today took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Justice Mishra had retired from the Supreme Court in September last year.Earlier, a report of The Hindu had reported (citing Government Sources) that Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Mahesh Mittal Kumar, and former Director of...
NBE FET Exam: Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC Direction To National Board Of Examination On Student's Medical College Admission
The Supreme Court on 28th May directed for the continuance of the interim order wherein it had stayed Karnataka High Court's order which had allowed a student with rank 15 in the Fellowship Entrance Test (FET) 2020 to be admitted to an institute which had been allotted to a candidate with rank 63.A division bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose further directed for the...
BCI Constitutes Expert Committee To Decide Evaluation Method For Law Students In Intermediate Semesters
The Bar Council of India has constituted a High Level Expert Committee comprising of 12-members to decide the method of evaluation of law students in intermediate semesters, amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The Committee will be headed by Justice Govind Mathur, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Convener of the Expert Committee. "Bar Council of...
"The Judgement Appears To Provide a Manual On How Rape Victims Should Behave."Bombay High Court Issues Notice On State's Appeal Against Acquittal Of Tarun Tejpal In Rape Case
The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court issued notice to Tarun Tejpal, co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka Magazine in the State's appeal challenging his acquittal in the 2013 sexual assault case. Justice SC Gupte issued notice, returnable on June 24 and called for all papers and proceedings from the Sessions Court, till then.The court said a prima facie case was made out...
"We Are A Search Engine Not A Social Media Intermediary": Google Claims Protection Against IT Rules 2021 Before Delhi High Court
Google LLC today moved the Delhi High Court seeking interim protection against its declaration as a "Social Media Intermediary" (SMI) under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules 2021 (IT Rules 2021). The plea was being heard by a division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh.Google moved Court in an appeal against a single...
Private Unaided Education Institutions Discharge Public Duty Of Imparting Education; Amenable To Writ Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that private unaided educational institutions discharge public function under the Right to Education (RTE) Act and are therefore amenable to the Court's writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. "Such a public duty stands imposed, in my opinion, in terms of both Article 21A of the Constitution of India as well as the RTE Act which...
Youth Bar Association Moves Supreme Court For Directions For Removal Of Dead Bodies In Ganga And To Prevent Throwing Of Bodies Into Any River
Youth Bar Association of India has filed a plea before the Supreme Court seeking directions for appropriate steps to be taken for removal of dead bodies floating in River Ganga and to ensure that no one is allowed to throw bodies into any river as it may cause an environmental hazard.Filed after yesterday's observation by Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud's, pertaining incident...
"One May Pay For Concentrator & Ask Relative To Send, Foreign Exchange Is Weak": AG Tells SC On IGST Exemption On Oxygen Concentrators Imported As Gifts
"Significant relief has already been provided on personal imports of oxygen concentrators with reduction of duty incidence from 77% to 28% to 12% now. Even then the Delhi High Court says that the right to life under A. 21 is violated. The net has been thrown very wide by the HC", AG K. K. Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court judgment...
Supreme Court Seeks Details Of PM CARES Scheme For Children Orphaned Due To COVID
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to provide the details of the scheme 'PM CARES for children' which was announced by Prime Minister on 29th May for the benefit of children orphaned due to COVID.The Court noted that Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati has undertaken to file details of the said scheme, including identification of beneficiaries and mechanism to be adopted...
CBSE Latest News: Central Government Decides To Scrap CBSE Board Class 12 Exams For This Year
CBSE Latest News: In view of the uncertain surge in the COVID case and the feedback obtained from various quarters, the Central Government has decided that Central Board of Secondary Education Class XII Board Exams would not be held this year.It has also been decided that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would take steps for compiling the results of class XII students as...