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NEET-UG : Supreme Court Grants Relief To TN Students Who Lost MBBS Seats After Missing Fee Payment Deadline
The Supreme Court today (December 5) granted relief to three NEET-UG candidates from Tamil Nadu who had lost their MBBS seats after failing to complete the fee payment within the stipulated time owing to technical glitches.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar permitted the students to make the payment by Wednesday (December 10), thereby restoring their chance to secure admission. Initially, the bench was not convinced and it stated that if the relief is allowed primarily...
S. 32(1) Evidence Act | Imminent Death Not A Precondition For Treating Statement As Dying Declaration : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 4), while restoring the summons to the deceased's in-laws in the shooting case, held that the mere fact that death was not imminent at the time of recording the statement does not render a dying declaration irrelevant. The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh heard the case where the appellant lodged an FIR after his deceased sister was shot by her husband. Although the victim initially named only her husband in her Section 161...
While Deciding S.319 CrPC Application, Court Not Required To Test Credibility Of Evidence : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 4) set aside the Allahabad High Court's refusal to summon the deceased's in-laws as additional accused, stressing that courts cannot conduct a mini-trial or assess witness credibility while deciding an application under Section 319 CrPC. “At the stage of deciding the application under Section 319 CrPC, the Court is not required to test the credibility or weigh the probative value of the evidence as would be done at the end of the trial for determining the...
High Court Should Not Grant Pre-Arrest Bail While Refusing To Quash FIR; Accused Must First Apply For Such Bail To Sessions Court: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently reiterated that High Courts cannot grant pre-arrest bail to the accused while refusing to quash the FIR registered against them. It also observed that at the first instance, the relief of pre-arrest bail must be sought by the accused from the Sessions Court."It cannot be denied that provisions of pre-arrest bail are applicable in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Hence, any person accused of an offence if desirous of seeking such protection would be required to avail the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 4, 2025
Links to today's reportsParent's Work-From-Home Status Alone Cannot Determine Child Custody : Supreme CourtUsing AI In Judiciary Is Not About Creating Robotic Judges; Justice ManmohanS. 354C IPC | Taking Photos Or Videos Of Woman When She's Not Engaged In Private Acts Won't Amount To Voyeurism : Supreme Court'Govt Already Addressing Misuse Of AI-Generated Content' : Supreme Court Disposes Of PIL Seeking Guidelines'Shame On System' : Supreme Court On 16 Year Delay In Acid Attack Case; Seeks Data...
2021 Delhi Principal Recruitment: Supreme Court Directs UPSC To Accept Experience Between Original & Revised Application Deadlines
The Supreme Court recently directed the Union Public Service Commission to declare the results of candidates who completed ten years of teaching experience before July 29, 2021 for recruitment process of 2021 for 363 posts of Principals in the Directorate of Education, Delhi Government.A bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi said that if such candidates are found in merit, they must be appointed to the posts that were kept vacant for them. The Court set aside Delhi High...
Universities Must Follow University Grants Commission's Guidelines : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that universities are obligated to follow the University Grants Commission guidelines.The Court made this observation while disposing of a case filed against the Banaras Hindu University(BHU).A bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi was dealing with the case pertaining to 2013 appointments to the post of...
S. 354C IPC | Taking Photos Or Videos Of Woman When She's Not Engaged In Private Acts Won't Amount To Voyeurism : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an act of clicking a woman's pictures and making her videos on a mobile phone without her consent, when is not indulging in a "private act", would not attract an offence of voyeurism under Section 354C IPC. Holding thus, a bench of Justices N Kotiswar Singh and Manmohan discharged a man, accused of intimidating the complainant by clicking her photos and...
Parent's Work-From-Home Status Alone Cannot Determine Child Custody : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that merely because a parent is working from home would not entitle him/her a custody of a child. The Court stressed that a parent can't always be available with the child, and has to go out to earn a livelihood, which shouldn't deprive the parent to avail the custody of a child. “We, therefore, do not subscribe to the view that if one parent is working from home...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 3, 2025
Links to today's reportsDivorced Muslim Woman Entitled To Recover Gifts Given To Husband At Marriage : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Issues Notice on BCI Appeal Against Kerala HC Ruling That State Bar Council Lacked Power To Continue Disciplinary Action After March 2024Will Bring Back Pregnant Woman & Son Deported To Bangladesh : Centre Undertakes In Supreme CourtSupreme Court Grants Bail...
'High Court's Sanction Not Obtained To Withdraw Prosecution' : Supreme Court Refuses To Quash Case Against Ex-MP Bal Kumar Patel
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 3) refused to quash the Arms Act case pending against former Lok Sabha MP Bal Kumar Patel. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh upheld the Allahabad High Court's decision, declining to quash the proceedings, as the mandatory prior permission from the High Court for withdrawal of cases involving MPs/MLAs, as per the Ashwini...