"NEET Shall Not Be Postponed, Travel Is Permitted Under Vande Bharat Mission": MCI Tells SC In Plea Seeking Centres In Gulf Countries" [Read Affidavit]

The Medical Council of India has submitted that the plea for overseas examination centres for NEET 2020 should be dismissed as the students have the option to come to India under the "Vande Bharat Mission". It has also submitted that postponement of the examination any further shall be a "drastic deviation" from the academic schedule which may affect the subsequent academic years of...

Babri Demolition : SC Extends Deadline To Sep 30 For Judgment In Criminal Conspiracy Case Against Advani, MM Joshi Etc [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline to September 30, 2020 for the CBI Court to deliver its judgment in the Babri Masjid demolition case which sees senior BJP leaders like L K Advani, M M Joshi, Uma Bharati and Kalyan Singh facing criminal charges. The Bench comprising of Justices Rohinton Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee decided to extend the time given to Special...

AGR : SC Asks DoT Details Of Spectrum Sharing Arrangements By Telecos; Adjourns Hearing Till Aug 24

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Department of Telecom (DoT) to apprise it by Saturday the basis of spectrum sharing done by telecom companies and how much is the liability of the sharers.The top court asked the secretary of DoT to file a specific affidavit apprising it about who was using the spectrum from the date of grant of license and from which date the respective sharing...

NRI NEET UG Students Seek Online Mode Of Examination/ Waiving Off Mandatory Quarantine For Students Coming For Exams [Read Rejoinder Filed In SC]

Parents of applicants for the NEET UG 2020 entrance examination, who are residing in Doha, Qatar have filed a rejoinder in their petition challenging a Kerala High Court judgment which had dismissed their plea for assigning test centers for NEET in Gulf countries.In the the rejoinder the petitioner prays for online examination and waiving off quarantine period for students and their...

Media Propaganda That Tablighi Jamaat Attendees Spread COVID-19 In India Was Unwarranted: Bombay HC

The Court observed that there was a "smell of malice" in the action taken against Tablighi Jamaat followers.

Pleas In SC Seeks Direction To Chief Election Commissioner To Postpone Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections [Read Petition]

Two Petitions have been filed before Supreme Courts seeking a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner for the postponement of the impending Bihar Assembly Elections on account of the national COVID crisis and the state being flood-torn.One of the pleas, by lawyer-social worker Rajesh Jaiswal, prays the apex court for a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner to not recommend to...

[Rape Case Against UP Govt Counsel] SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking CBI Investigation & Transfer Of Case From UP

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices in a writ petition seeking transfer of investigation and trial in the criminal case filed against a standing counsel of the UP Government, accused of rape by a young practicing lawyer from Delhi. The petition has been moved by one of the victim's friends, apprehending that investigation in the rape case may be hindered due to the "clout"...

Bombay HC Says Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Were Made 'Scapegoats'; Quashes FIRs Against Them; Criticizes Media Propaganda [Read Judgment]

"A political Government tries to find the scapegoat when there is pandemic or calamity and the circumstances show that there is probability that these foreigners were chosen to make them scapegoats. The aforesaid circumstances and the latest figures of infection in India show that such action against present petitioners should not have been taken. It is now high time for the concerned to repent about this action taken against the foreigners and to take some positive steps to repair the damage done by such action."

When Gandhi Refused To Apologize And Faced Contempt Proceedings

The statement made by Advocate Prashant Bhushan before the Supreme Court bench which found him guilty of contempt has caught wide attention. The said statement made by him is paraphrased from a statement made by Mahatma Gandhi in the contempt proceedings initiated against him by the Bombay High Court in 1919. This article intends to discuss the said contempt case against Gandhi and the judgment in that case.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Mahadev Haribhai Desai were the editor and publisher of a...

Bar Council Of India Notifies 'No Confidence Motion' Rules [Read Rules]

"This Council, therefore, deemed it proper to frame uniform mandatory Rules in this regard for the fair, smooth and fearless functioning of Bar Councils and Bar Council of India"

[Breaking] Elaborate Arrangements Made For Conducting NEET/ JEE Examinations As Per The Schedule: National Testing Agency[Read Press Note]

The National Testing Agency has announced that it has made arrangements for NEET-2020 examination, which is scheduled to be held on September 13. Thus, admit cards for the NEET exam will be released shortly. A Press Note issued to this effect intimates that proper sanitization measures shall be employed at all the Test Centers and availability of personal protective gears shall be...

[Section 96 CPC] Strangers Cannot File Appeal Unless They Satisfy The Court That They Are 'Aggrieved Persons': SC [Read Judgment]

"Mere saying that the appellants are prejudicially affected by the decree is not sufficient."