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MBBS : Supreme Court Allows Repatriated Foreign Medical Students In Penultimate Year To Clear Final Exams In Two Attempts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a batch of petitions by repatriated Indian medical students from Ukraine, China, the Philippines, etc after the central government informed the court that as a one-time extraordinary measure, penultimate year students would be allowed to take the MBBS examination without being enrolled in any Indian medical college.The Court allowed such students...
Is Right To Represent A Constituency A Fundamental Right? Supreme Court Asks In Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal's Plea
Is the right to represent a constituency a fundamental right, the Supreme Court asked on Tuesday, while considering a petition filed by Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal's petition challenging the Lok Sabha Secretariat's refusal to revoke his disqualification despite the High Court staying his conviction in a criminal case.The petition was listed before a bench comprising Justices KM Joseph...
Why Only 3 Hazardous Pesticides Banned Though Expert Panel Recommended Banning 27? Supreme Court Asks Centre
In a plea seeking weeding out of harmful chemicals and pesticides being used in India causing severe health hazards to farm workers, people living in the vicinity, and the consumers, the Supreme Court asked the Union Government why action had only been taken with respect to three pesticides. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala also directed...
RFCTLARR Act - Owner Cannot Pray For Lapse Of Land Acquisition After Refusing To Accept Compensation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held once the land owner refuses to accept the compensation offered by the Land Acquiring Body, thereafter the land owner cannot to pray for lapse of acquisition on the ground that the compensation has not been paid.The Bench comprising of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice Manoj Misra, while adjudicating an appeal filed in State of Gujarat & Ors. v Jayantibhai...
Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 27) permitted notifications for setting up the election process for the local bodies in the State of Uttar Pradesh with OBC quota within two days. It allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission.A a bench comprising CJI...
Gyanvapi Mosque Case | Supreme Court Agrees To List Plea For Consolidating All Suits On April 21, 2023
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list a plea seeking the consolidation of all suits filed in connection with the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute on 21st April 2023. The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala by Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who represents the plaintiffs in the firs suit. The issue pertains to claims of...
Supreme Court Adjourns Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea To Adduce Additional Evidence In Custodial Death Case To April 18
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, granted time to the State of Gujarat to file its counter affidavit in a plea filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking to adduce additional evidence in the criminal appeal filed by him in the Gujarat High Court challenging his conviction in a 1990 custodial death case.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar adjourned the hearing...
Horizontal Reservation For Transgender Persons : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea To Clarify NALSA Judgment
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 27) refused to entertain an application which sought a clarification that the reservation meant for transgender persons as per the 2014 judgment in the NALSA case is horizontal reservation.The bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud expressed disinclination to entertain the application in a disposed of matter. The bench however gave liberty to...
Supreme Court Directs Union Ministry Of Minority Affairs To Engage With States Which Have Not Constituted Haj Committees
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs to engage with States which have not yet constituted Haj Committees in their respective States. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala was hearing a matter pertaining to the constitution of a Central Haj Committee prescribed under Section 3 read with Section 4 of the...
Declarants Of Exotic Live Species As Per 2020 MoEFCC Advisory Immune From Prosecution Under Wild Life Act & Future Amendments : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on March 27 clarified that individuals who have made a declaration of ownership of 'exotic live species' in accordance with the 2020 advisory issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change are immune from prosecution under the Wild Life (Protection) Act of 1972 or action under any future laws or amendments.The bench comprising of Justice Krishna Murari...
HC Stayed NGT Order After It Was Affirmed By Supreme Court? SC Directs Registry To Communicate Its Orders To Kerala High Court
On being told that the Kerala High Court has stayed an order of the National Green Tribunal - which was earlier upheld by the Supreme Court- the Top Court recently directed its Registry to communicate its orders to the Registrar General of the High Court.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer contending that an order passed by the...