[Breaking] Can UGC Direct To Hold Exams Overriding A State Where A Certain Situation Exists?, SC Asks Reserving Judgment In 'Students vs UGC' Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the July 6 directive of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to the Universities to hold final semester examinations by September 30.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah reserved the judgment after hearing the parties for nearly four hours via video conferencing.On Tuesday,...

[Students vs UGC] Poor, Downtrodden And Those Without Access To Technology Will Be Hard Hit: Vishwanathan Tells SC For Delhi Govt

Appearing for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Senior Advocate K V Vishwanathan on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the poor, downtrodden and those without access to technology will be "hard hit" by the UGC direction to hold final exams by September 30."The most hard-hit will be the poor, the downtrodden, and those without any access to technology. Unless you decide...

[Students vs UGC] Impossible To Hold Exams In Bengal; UGC Hasn't Taken Into Account Ground Realities: Jaideep Gupta Tells SC

To insist for examinations for the final semester alone while exempting other semesters from such requirement is unreasonable and discriminatory, submitted Jaideep Gupta, Senior Advocate, in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.He was representing a group of teachers from West Bengal in a plea challenging the July 6 directive of the University Grants Commission to hold final semester exams by...

[Students vs UGC] UGC Cannot Compel That Exams Be Held; Can Only Lay Down Standards: Datar For Maharashtra In SC

The University Grants Commission can only lay down guidelines and standards for examinations, and cannot compel that exams should be held by a particular date, submitted Arvind Datar, Senior Advocate, on behalf of the State of Maharastra before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.He submitted that the source of the power of the UGC Act is traced to Entry 66 of List 1 of the Constitution which deals...

[Students vs UGC] Odisha Govt's Concerns Over Conducting Final Year Examinations 'Unfounded': UGC Tells SC [Read Reply]

The University Grants Commission has rebutted the concerns raised by the Odisha Government over conducting of final year examinations amid the pandemic. The Commission through Advocate Apoorv Kurup, has stated that the concerns raised by the State Government in its counter affidavit are entirely "unfounded" as the Commission has "more than adequately addressed" the need for...

[UGC VS STUDENTS] SC Hearing On Petitions Seeking Cancellation Of Final Year Exams [Courtroom Exchange]

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[Breaking] SC Dismisses Plea To Transfer PM CARES Funds To NDRF; Says Fresh National Disaster Plan For COVID-19 Not Needed [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition which sought transfer of the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Rel Fund.The Court also held that there was no need for a fresh national disaster relief plan for COVID-19, and that the minimum standards of relief as issued under the Disaster Management Act prior to COVID-19 were enough.The bench also clarified that the Centre will be free...

[Breaking] UGC Directive To Hold Final Year Exams 'Not Implementable': Odisha Govt Tells SC [Read Reply]

The State Government of Odisha has submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC Guidelines dated 06.07.2020 for mandatorily conducting final year examinations is "not implementable" given the worsening condition of Covid-19 in the State. The reply has been filed through Advocate Shibashish Mishra, in a petition moved by Yuva Sena, which had demanded that the UGC be directed to...

Plea Seeking Recall Of Senior Designation Of Dushyant Dave Sought To Be Withdrawn From SC

Sharad Datta Yadav, who filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking to recall senior designation of Dushyant Dave for his submissions in Prashant Bhushan contempt case, filed an application seeking permission to withdraw the plea with liberty to approach the appropriate court.The withdrawal application is filed citing the reason that Dave was granted senior designation by the Gujarat...

[Students Vs UGC] SC To Continue Hearing On Petitions Seeking Cancellation of Final Year Exams Today

A Three Judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah to continue hearing seeking quashing of UGC Guidelines dated July 6, whereby all the Universities/ Colleges have been instructed to conduct final year Examinations by September 30, 2020.
The Petitioners, including a Covid positive student have pointed out that there are many final year students, who themselves or...

[Breaking] UGC Guidelines To Conduct Final Exams Violative Of UGC Act & Regulations: Students Tells SC [Read Written Submissions]

The Petitioners in the PIL seeking cancellation of the UGC direction to hold final term exams have filed a written submission before the Supreme Court, contending that the same is violative of various provisions of the UGC Act and Regulations, apart from the Constitutional stipulations. After hearing both the parties on Friday, the Supreme Court had adjourned the matter till Tuesday,...

[AGR Case] SC Seeks Centre's Response On Whether Reliance Jio Should Pay R-Com's Dues

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), to file a detailed response on the issue of recovering Reliance Communications' Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues from Reliance Jio.A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai & Krishna Murari told the Centre that there exists a difference of opinion between two of its ministers (Department of Telecommunication...