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UPSC Exams : Supreme Court Asks Disabled Candidate Seeking Same Attempts As SC/ST Candidates To Approach HC
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a writ petition seeking equal relaxation to candidates belonging to physically handicapped category with SC/ST candidates in the upcoming Civil Services Notification in relation to the maximum number of attempts.When the matter was called for hearing the bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai asked the petitioner's counsel to approach the...
'Complete Process Of Issuance Of Voter IDs To Sex Workers' : Supreme Court Directs States
The Supreme Court today granted State Government/Union Territories two weeks time to the states to file status reports relating to the issuance of ration cards/Voters Identity cards and Aadhar Card to sex workers.While granting time, the bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai also directed the States/UT's to complete the process of issuance of voter cards/ration cards of...
Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain Petition Seeking General Directions To Stop Re-use Of Expired Medicines By Re-stamping Instead Of Marking With Indelible Ink
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the order passed by the Delhi High Court qua allegations of re-use of expired medicines. Refusing to pass general directions, the Apex Court asked the petitioner to pursue appropriate proceedings qua particular instances of breach by manufacturers of medicine. A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and J.K. Maheshwari heard...
Employees Of Autonomous Bodies Can't Claim Same Service Benefits As Government Employees : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the employees of the autonomous bodies cannot claim, as a matter of right, the same service benefits on par with the Government employees.The State Government and the Autonomous Board/Body cannot be put on par and the the employees of the latter are governed by their own Service Rules and service conditions, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV...
Tripura Communal Violence: Supreme Court Grants One More Week's Time To Tripura Govt To Respond To Plea Seeking Independent Probe
The Supreme Court on Monday granted one week's time to the State of Tripura to respond to a writ petition seeking an independent investigation into the communal riots which took place in the State during November last year.When the matter was called out on Monday before the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta prayed for one week time to be able to...
Anonymous Calls To AoRs Regarding PM's Security Breach: SCAORA Writes To SC's Secretary General Requesting Action
Complaining about the anonymous calls received by AORs taking responsibility for PM Modi's security breach, and threatening Supreme Court not to hear the related case, the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has written to the Secretary General of Supreme Court of India requesting action against the same.The Association has requested that immediate action be initiated as this is...
Marital Rape : Delhi High Court Continues Hearing Petitions Challenging Exception To Section 375 IPC
The Delhi High Court on Monday continued the hearing of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts marital rape from the offence of rape.A bench comprising Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar heard Advocate Karuna Nundy on Monday. During the hearing, the bench discussed the possible legislative reasons for the exception to Section...
Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas Challenging Provisions Of PMLA For January 25
The Supreme Court today adjourned the batch of petitions concerned with the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for January 25, 2022.Since the batch of pleas were listed for January 11, 2022 Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal today mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar for adjourning the matter for 4-6 weeks. "The problem is that there is a...
'No Tampering At NTA Office' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Alleging Discrepancies In NEET-UG Scores
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by 6 students alleging tampering of their NEET-UG OMR scorecards by the National Testing Agency. The petitioners had approached the Court alleging that there was a huge variance in their marks computed on the basis of the answer keys and the final results.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna dismissed the...
SC Advocates Get Anonymous Calls Threatening Judges To Not Hear Case On PM Modi Security Lapse
In a highly curious development, several Supreme Court lawyers received anonymous calls on Monday threatening the Supreme Court to not hear the case related to the security lapse which occurred during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit on January 5.The caller, who claimed to be the General Counsel of 'Sikhs for Justice' from USA, said that SFJ is responsible for blocking PM Modi...
'Publicity Stunt' : Supreme Court Dismisses PIL For Action Against China For COVID Spread As 'Biological Weapon'
On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed a Writ Petition filed by a lawyer enrolled with the Karnataka Bar Council seeking the Apex Court's intervention to direct the Centre to take action against People's Republic of China for spreading COVID-19 as a biological weapon. The Petitioner-in-person had also sought the Court's indulgence in passing directions to make certain addendums to...
