SC Adjourns Challenge To Inclusion Of B.Ed Candidates In Appearing For Assistant Teachers Exam

The Supreme Court has adjourned the plea challenging inclusion of B.Ed candidates to appear in the Uttar Pradesh Assistant Teachers examination on the grounds that they are not qualified for it, to July 13. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, MM Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran have further directed the Petitioners to file the Writ Petition which is pending before the Lucknow Bench...

Justice Khanwilkar Recuses From Hearing Plea Seeking Proper Investigation Of Cases Relating To Alleged Police Atrocities In Uttarakhand

Justice AM Khanwilkar of the Supreme Court on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea which complained about the "lackadaisical state of affairs" in the State of Uttarakhand with regard to the FIRs, chargesheets filed by the CBI against several police officers on allegations of committing murders, gang rape and molestation of women activists, during a struggle for a separate...

SC Nullifies Post-March 31 Sale Of BS-IV Vehicles ; Bars Registration Of Such Vehicles [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday recalled its March 27 order which allowed sale of 10% of unsold BS-IV vehicles for ten days after the lockdown, in areas except Delhi-NCR, after noting that the automobile dealers sold such vehicles during the lockdown in violation of the order.Following the recall of the order, the bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra held that such vehicles sold during...

[CLAT 2020] Exam Centers To Have Isolation Rooms For Symptomatic Candidates; Will Address Travel Concerns And More: NLSIU VC Sudhir Krishnaswamy Answers Queries [Video]

Vice Chancellor of National Law School of India University, Bangalore, Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy on Tuesday conducted a Live-YouTube Session to address various concerns and queries surrounding the CLAT 2020. The national level UG/PG law-entrance examination is scheduled to be conducted on August 22, through a "computer-based, online, centre-based" test. The decision was...

'Careers Of Thousands Of Students At Stake' : Delhi HC Pulls Up Delhi University For Vague Affidavit On Exam Schedule

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi University to submit a detailed affidavit indicating the proposed mode of conducting examinations for the undergraduate courses, along with the date sheet and examination schedule. A Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has also directed the Delhi University to consider the concerns of students who can't...

"Duty Of State To Address Lapses" SC Pulls Up State Of Maharashtra For Vague Affidavit In 'Suo Motu' Matter on Migrant Issues

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the State of Maharashtra for its lackadaisical approach in filing a detailed affidavit in the suo motu case pertaining to the problems and miseries of migrant workers.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul & MR Shah stated that since the instant suo motu case was not adversarial in nature, it was the duty of the State of Maharashtra to file...

SC Failed The Constitution By Succumbing To Majoritarianism In Ayodhya Case : Sr Adv Dinesh Dwivedi

The Supreme Court failed to uphold the spirit of anti-majoritarianism in the Ayodhya case, said Dinesh Dwivedi, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court."By and large, the Supreme Court has been upholding the Constitution and anti-majoritarianism. My strong feeling is the only time Supreme Court failed in upholding anti-majoritarianism was when they utilized the power of Article 142 in the...

J&K Govt Extends Internet Restrictions Even As SC Directions For Review By 'Special Committee' Await Compliance

With another order being passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Administration, extending the restrictions on internet speed till 29thth July, the contempt petition filed by Foundation of Media Professionals against the failure of government officials in constituting a "Special Committee" to review internet restrictions in J&K as per Supreme Court directions comes to the fore as it is yet to...

[Open Schooling] PIL In SC Seeks Cancellation Of Exams Which Were Postponed By NIOS After Court Order In CBSE Case [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Supreme Court seeking cancellation of all postponed examinations and projects for students enrolled in National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Filed by the father of a student enrolled with NIOS, the petition informs Court of the Institute's decision to postpone, not cancel, Secondary and Senior Secondary Board examinations...

Constitutional Values Not The Same As Majoritarian Views: Justice Kurian Joseph

"Judges are appointed to uphold the Constitution, and nothing, but the Constitution. We fail sometimes because we become subjectively constitutional, instead of being constitutionally objective", said Justice Kurian Joseph, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, at a webinar organized by LiveLaw on the topic "The Courts and Constitutional Values". Apart from Justice Kurian Joseph,...

Doctor's Suicide Case: SC Refuses To Entertain Plea For Cancellation Of Bail To AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of bail of AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal in connection with the alleged suicide of a doctor in south Delhi in April.A bench of Justices R. Banumathi, Ajay Rastogi & Aniruddha Bose disposed off the plea filed by the deceased doctor's son and granted liberty to the family to move the appropriate court for cancellation...

'Lacks Diversity': Former SC/HC Judges, Lawyers Express Concern On Composition And Working Of Central Committee For Reforms In Criminal Law

Former High Court and Supreme Court Judges, Senior Advocates, Academics and Former Bureaucrats, working with the criminal justice system across the country, have expressed concerns over the composition and transparency in functioning of the CentralCommittee for Reforms in Criminal Law. The five-member Committee was constituted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs vide Notification...