Supreme Court: Right To Education Under Article 21A Envisages That Teachers Must Be Meritorious & The Best Of The Lot

Supreme Court noted that Rule 2(1)(x) read with Rule 14 provided that minimum qualifying marks as stipulated by the Government must be obtained by a candidate to be considered eligible for selection as Assistant Teacher.

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Sudarshan TV's "UPSC Jihad" Show Today, Centre Says Future Episodes Can Be Allowed

A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear today, the petitions against Sudarshan News TV's "Bindaas Bol (UPSC Jihad)" show which is allegedly propagating communal hatred about the entry of Muslims into All India Civil Services.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has permitted Sudarshan News to telecast the remaining four episodes of its contentious"Bindaas Bol...

[Breaking] Sudarshan TV's UPSC Jihad Show Not In "Good Taste", Likely To Promote Communal Attitudes: MIB Cautions Channel

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that Sudarshan TV's UPSC Jihad program is "not in good taste" and has likelihood to "promote communal attitudes". In this context, it has "cautioned" the Suresh Chavhanke led channel to be "careful in future." "The MIB after examining all facts and circumstances of the case and balancing...

Life Convict In Jail For 21 Years, Appeal Pending Before HC For 16 Years: Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC For Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition filed by a life convict, whose appeal against the order of conviction is pending before the Allahabad High Court for more than 16 years, with directions to the High Court to consider his application for bail forthwith.On being informed that the Petitioner had spent over 21 years in prison during pendency of his appeal, without...

Supreme Court Refuses To Lift Stay On Release of Amitabh Bachchan Starrer "JHUND"

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to lift the stay imposed by the Civil Court as well as the Telangana High Court on the release of the movie "JHUND" which stars Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde dismissed the special leave petition filed by Producer of the movie, Super Cassettes, which challenged the October 19 judgement of a...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's Election to Rajya Sabha

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices on a batch of petitions challenging the election of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.The pleas have also raised the issue of Election Commission's power on issuance of separate notifications for holding by-polls for casual and regular vacancies in Rajya Sabha.One of the petitions against Jaishankar has been filed...

Centre's Affidavit In Supreme Court Maintains Silence About Instances Of Communal Reporting Of Tablighi Jamaat Issue

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit that the media "predominantly stuck to a balanced and neutral perspective" while reporting the news of Tablighi Jamaat followers getting infected with COVID-19 while attending a congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz at New Delhi in March this year.This statement was made in the affidavit filed by...

"You Have Our Sympathy, But We Can't Take It On Ourselves To Collect & Distribute Money": SC On Victims Of Ponzi Scheme

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for suggestions as to the relief which it may grant to the victims in the 2018 ponzi scheme run by Future Maker Life Care Pvt Ltd, which involved a fraud of thousand of crores of rupees.The writ petition by the aggrieved was being heard by a bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi."You have our sympathy, but the Supreme Court is not...

Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Challenging Levy Of GST On Hand Sanitizers Under Same Tariff Heading As Insecticides To Approach HC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday required the petitioner challenging the levy of GST on hand sanitisers under the same Tariff Heading as insecticides etc to approach the High Court."This is the concern of manufacturers all over India. Sanitizer is being treated as an insecticide. But it is not an insecticide. I have come under 32 before Your Lordships", advanced the counsel for the...

"PMO Unique, Matter Cannot Be Kept Pending" :SC Reserves Order In Plea Against Narendra Modi's Election From Varanasi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved orders in a petition filed by ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun said that the issue concerned with the most important office of the country, i.e. the PMO and that...

BREAKING - 'He's Almost On Deathbed': Bombay High Court Orders To Shift Varavara Rao To Nanavati Hospital From Prison

Taking note of the critical medical condition of the 81-year old undertrial Varavara Rao, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed that he be shifted to Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital from Taloja Jail, for 15 days for a thorough check-up.A Division Bench comprising of Justices SS Shinde and Madhav Jamdar said, "Ultimately the man is on almost death bed. He needs some treatment....

Supreme Court Asks MoEF To Issue Appointment Letters To Incumbent Members Of NGT In 4 Wks, Who May Join Office Immediately Thereafter

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that appointment orders be issued to the incumbent judicial and technical members of the National Green Tribunal without further delay, who may join office immediately thereafter.The bench headed by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar noted the submission of ASG N. Venkataraman that pursuant to the orders of July 23 and August 14 of the court, the proposal...