[BREAKING] UPSC Civil Services: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea To Postpone Mains Exam Amid Rising Covid-19 Cases

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea seeking postponement of UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination, 2021 scheduled from January 7 to January 16, 2022, in view of Covid-19 third wave and spread of the new Omicron variant.Justice V Kameswar Rao said,"I find, the press release do indicate that the UPSC is conscious of the prevailing situation and the safety and convenience of the...

No Physical Hearings Likely In Supreme Court For 4-6 Weeks Due To COVID-Omicron Threat : CJI

"At least for 4-6 weeks we may not be able to have physical hearings" the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Thursday.The CJI was referring to the ongoing spread of Omicron variant of Covid-19 and the sudden surge in the number of Covid cases which has resulted in the Supreme Court reverting back to virtual mode of hearings.The remark was made by the CJI while hearing the case pertaining...

Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses BJP MP Subramanian Swamy's Challenge To Air India Disinvestment Process

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, seeking to quash the Air India disinvestment process.The division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh rejected the argument made by Swamy that the bidding process was tailor made to facilitate Talace Private Limited acquiring Air India by entertaining a bid on behalf of...

Petition Is An Abuse Of Process Of Law And Manifestly An Outcome Of Some Personal Vendetta Against Rakesh Asthana: Centre Submits Before Supreme Court

In response to NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation's challenge to the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the petition is "an abuse of process of law and manifestly an outcome of some personal vendetta against incumbent police commissioner entertained by the petitioner"The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and...

NEET-PG Counselling : FORDA Approaches Supreme Court; Says Revision Of Reservation Criteria Now Will Delay Process

"..it is the first time in the history of the independent India, that the nation has had a Zero Session qua the Post Graduate Courses (MD/MS)", FORDA tells SC

BREAKING | Security Lapse During Prime Minister's Punjab Visit Mentioned Before CJI; Supreme Court To Consider Plea For Probe Tomorrow

The security lapse during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India today morning.Senior Advocate Maninder Singh mentioned the matter before the CJI and requested the Court to take up a writ petition seeking a judicial probe into the incident urgently. The CJI asked the senior counsel to serve the copy to Punjab Government and agreed...

Alapan Bandyopadhyay Case : Supreme Court Sets Aside Calcutta HC Order Which Quashed CAT Principal Bench's Transfer Order

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the special leave petition filed by the Centre challenging Calcutta High Court's order of setting aside the order passed by the CAT Principal bench to transfer former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay's petition from Kolkata bench to New Delhi.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar, which had reserved judgment on November...

NEET-PG Counselling : Supreme Court Reserves Order In EWS/OBC Case [LIVE UPDATES Of Day 2]

The Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases related to OBC/EWS reservation in NEET-AIQ. The cases are listed as item number 33 before a 2-judge bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna. Stay on this page for live-updates from the hearing.The hearing is likely to determine whether the counselling for NEET-PG admissions will commence soon or not. Yesterday,...

Arbitration - Party Without Notice Of Section 11(6) Petition filed By Other Party Free To Appoint Arbitrator: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a party to the arbitration agreement can appoint an arbitrator even after an Arbitration Petition under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been filed by the other party before the High Court for appointment of an arbitrator if the party has not been given due notice of the same. A bench comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi...

Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act - No Statutory Appeal Lies Against Section 14B(1) Order Refusing To Disqualify Sarpanch Or Panchayat Member Panchayat: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that no statutory appeal lies against an order passed under Section 14B(1) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959, refusing to disqualify the Sarpanch or Member of Panchayat. The Apex Court clarified that Section 14B(2) of the Act does not provide for an appeal mechanism for the orders passed under Section 14B(1). A bench comprising...

SC-ST Person Who Is Ordinary Resident Of One State Can't Claim Quota Benefits In State To Which He Migrated : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribe in relation to his original State of which he is permanent or an ordinarily resident cannot be deemed to be so in relation to any other State on his migration to that State.The court noted that as per Section 42 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, there is a restriction on sale, gift or bequest by a member...

NEET PG- Centre's Criteria For Determining EWS Completely Arbitrary; No Study Done: Senior Advocate Arvind Datar

Senior Advocate Arvind Datar on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the basis of the Centre's criteria for determining EWS for the purpose of reservation in the NEET-AIQ- of the cut-off income of Rs. 8 lakh and of property assets- is completely arbitrary."The fundamental question is whether any exercise was undertaken for the EWS. No exercise was undertaken. Now they have filed a report...