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'Concerned About Middle-Class Home Buyers' : Supreme Court Urges Centre To Consider Framing Model Builder-Buyer Agreement
Noting that it concerns the "broader public interest of middle-class home-buyers", the Supreme Court on Monday requested Solicitor General Tushar Mehta a to seek the considered view of the Union Government of the need to formulate a model builder-buyer and agent-buyer agreement at the central level.The Court said that the model agreement should contain certain non-negotiable essential...
Maharashtra Govt Seeks Recall Of Supreme Court Order To Notify OBC Seats As General For Local Body Polls
The State of Maharashtra has approached Supreme Court seeking recall of order dated December 15, 2021 by which the Top Court had directed the State Government and State Election Commission to notify the 27% seats reserved for the Other Backward Classes in Maharashtra local body elections as general seats and take forward the election process.When the matter was called for hearing, Senior...
Covid Vaccination For Children: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Disclosure Of Clinical Trial Data, Stay On Vaccine Mandates
A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court of India seeking disclosure of clinical trial data for the vaccines that are being administered to children in India and a stay on the coercive COVID-19 vaccine mandates introduced in various states and by private establishments for children in the age group 15-18 years.The application has been filed by Dr Jacob Puliyel, a former member of...
De-Register Political Parties Which Fail To Publish Candidates' Criminal Antecedents : PIL Before Supreme Court
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to de-register political parties which fail to publish details regarding criminal cases of its candidates. The Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought directions to the Election Commission of India to take steps to ensure that...
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Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBSE School On Students' Plea Alleging Irregularities In Class X Assessment
The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition filed by class Xth passed out students alleging illegal action of St Xavier International School in the assessment of CBSE Class X exams.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar while issuing notice returnable on February 14, 2022 in their order said, "Issue notice. Counsel for petitioner submits that in...
Supreme Court Affirms Winding Up Of Devas Multimedia On Plea Of ISRO Arm Antrix
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Devas Multimedia challenging the orders passed by the NCLT and NCLAT allowing the winding up of the company on a petition filed by ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd.A bench comprising Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V Ramasubramanian dismissed the appeals filed by Devas Multimedia and its shareholder Devas Employees...
Supreme Court Seeks West Bengal Speaker's Decision On Plea To Disqualify Mukul Roy By Feb Second Week
The Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed that it expects the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly to decide on the disqualification petition moved against Trinamool Congress MLA Mukul Roy before the second week of February.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BV Nagarathna was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) moved by the Speaker against the order of the...
10094 Children Orphaned, 1.36 Lakh Children Lost Either Parent During COVID: NCPCR Tells Supreme Court
The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has told the Supreme Court that as per the data uploaded on the Baal Swaraj Portal- CoVID care from April 2020 till January 11, 2022, 10094 children are orphaned, 1,36,910 children have lost either parent and 488 children are abandoned after the onset of COVID.The additional affidavit has been filed by NCPCR in compliance of...
'No Person Can Be Forcibly Vaccinated Without Consent; Hasn't Made Carrying Vaccine Certificate Mandatory For Any Purpose' : Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Central Government has made it clear before the Supreme Court that there is no COVID-19 vaccination mandate and that vaccination is not mandatory.Responding to a plea seeking ease of access to vaccination to persons with disabilities, the Central Government has submitted before the Supreme Court of India that its guidelines do not envisage any forcible vaccination without obtaining...