NEET 2017: Madras HC Grants Interim Stay On Declaration Of Results

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday granted an interim stay on release of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG examination results, which were scheduled to be declared on June 8.“If any admission of student is made in pursuant to the NEET exam conducted on 07-05-2017 it would destroy the object of NEET discriminate the candidates and the order of the Hon’ble...

Relation Of Witnesses To Deceased By Marriage Not Enough To Reject Their Testimony: SC [Read Judgment]

It may only call for greater scrutiny and caution in consideration of the evidence, the bench said.The fact that the witness may be related to the deceased by marriage, cannot be sufficient reason to classify him as a related and interested witness to reject his testimony, the Supreme Court has observed while dismissing the appeals in a murder case (Chandrasekar vs State).The wife of the...

‘Last Seen Together’ Along With ‘Absence Of Satisfactory Explanation’ Insufficient For Conviction: SC [Read Judgment]

Other circumstances need to be proved, the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Anjan Kumar Sarma vs State of Assam, has reiterated that “last seen together” along with “absence of satisfactory explanation” cannot be made the sole basis of conviction, when the other circumstances could not be proved.The high court, in the instant case, had convicted the accused holding that the onus...

SC Permits Serving Judicial Officers To Appear For District Judges Examination As Interim Measure

In a civil writ petition tagged with a pending SLP on the eligibility of serving judicial officers to apply for direct recruitment as District Judges, the Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices L.Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha, on Wednesday, issued notice, and permitted the petitioners to appear in the examination.“However, the result of the examination, so far as the petitioners...

Repeated Saying Of Word ‘Goonda’ Or ‘Prejudicial To Maintenance Of Public Order’ Insufficient To Invoke Preventive Detention: SC [Read Judgment]

Rhetorical incantation of word “goonda” or “prejudicial to maintenance of public order” cannot be sufficient justification to invoke the draconian powers of preventive detention, the Supreme Court has held in , .A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Navin Sinha quashed preventive detention of a man who was accused of selling spurious chilli seeds to farmers.The...

Did Haryana Violate The Law Laid Down By It On Grant Of Incentives To Doctors Serving In Remote/Difficult Areas, SC Set To Examine

The law on grant of incentives to doctors serving in remote/difficult areas in the NEET examination for admission to Post-graduate Medical/Dental courses continued to be debated before the Supreme Court’s vacation bench of Justices L.Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha, for the second consecutive day, on Wednesday, in another case, State of Haryana v Dr.Narender Soni.   On Tuesday, the...

Breaking: Bail System Inadequate And Inefficient, Law Commission Suggests Drastic Changes In Bail Provisions [Read Report]

Law Commission of India in its new report related to bail system, made significant suggestions to change the bail provisions keeping in mind that the poor people do not get bail, and even when bail is granted, it is difficult for them to get sureties.In Report No.268 titled ‘Amendments to Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Provisions relating to Bail’ the Commission headed by Justice...

NHRC Issues Notice To DGP, Jharkhand Over Mob Lynching Of 7 On Suspicion Of Being Child Kidnappers

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a media report on mob lynching of seven persons on suspicion of being child kidnappers. Out of the seven persons, four were killed in the Seraikela Kharsawan district and three in Nagadih area of East Singhbhum district.Terming the incident as “unpleasant”, a press release by NHRC stated, “A...

Lawyers Collective Recommends To Implement Law Against Female Genital Mutilation [Read Report]

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi recently said if the Dawoodi Bohra community does not agree to give up the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or khatna, then the government will enact a law to prohibit the practice in India.FGM is a crime under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Maneka Gandhi...

SC Stays Grant Of Rs.55.5 Lakh Compensation To An Injured Air Warrior

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices L.Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha, today (Tuesday) stayed the award by the Delhi High Court of Rs.55.5 lakh to a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force, who sued the Ministry of Defence and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, for his injuries which he suffered while bailing out of a fighter aircraft, whilst on duty in a MiG 21 aircraft in 2005. ...

Kerala HC Rejects Plea Challenging ‘Senior Designation’ Refusal [Read Judgment]

His insistence on the Court’s conferring on him what is treated as an honour or a privilege fails to gather judicial muster, literally and legally, the Court said rejecting the plea.The Kerala High Court has rejected plea of an advocate challenging the Full court decision rejecting his application for designation as Senior Advocate.Advocate P.B. Sahasranaman had earlier approached the...

Can The Incentive To Doctors To Work in Rural Areas Be Limited By The State, SC Set To Examine

The Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court of Justices L.Nageswara Rao and Navin Sinha, today heard arguments and reserved its judgment, on whether the  State can limit the standards for eligibility for incentive marks for doctors for service in remote/difficult areas, as fixed by the Medical Council of India, in the NEET examination, for  admission to post graduate degree courses.As per...