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BREAKING| NEET-PG :Supreme Court Cancels Mop-Up Round Counselling For AIQ; Opens 146 Additional Seats For Students Who Joined Round 2
In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the All India Quota Mop-Up Round Counselling for NEET-PG 2021-2022 admissions in order to resolve the anomalies arising from the addition of 146 seats to the Mop Up Round which were not available to candidates in Rounds 1 and 2 of the AIQ.The Court has directed the holding of a Special Round of Counselling for the 146 seats and...
Supreme Court Declares 2021 TN Act Giving Vanniyars Internal Reservation In OBC Quota Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court on Thursday held the 2021 Tamil Nadu Act that provided 10.5% reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for the Vanniyar community out of the 20% reservation available to the Most Backward Classes to be unconstitutional.The Court upheld the Madras High Court order quashing Tamil Nadu law ("2021 Act"), the Court held that the State had the legislative...
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana Launches 'FASTER' - Software To Transmit E-Copies Of Court Orders
The Chief Justice of India N V Ramana today launched 'Fast and Secure Transmission of Electronic Records' (FASTER), a software to transmit Court Orders swiftly, securely through electronic mode.The Judges of Supreme Court and Chief Justices and Judges of High Courts also joined the online launch event.During the launch event, the CJI said that the concept of FASTER took shape after reading a...
Application Seeking Appointment Of Arbitrator Cannot Be Moved Before A High Court If No Part Of Cause Of Action Arose Within Its Territorial Jurisdiction: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act for the appointment of an Arbitrator/Arbitral Tribunal cannot be moved in a High Court irrespective of its territorial jurisdiction."It could never have been the intention of Section 11(6) of the A&C Act that arbitration proceedings should be initiated in any High Court in...
Motor Accident Leaves 5 Year Old Child Paralysed : Supreme Court Enhances Compensation To Rs 50 Lakh
The Supreme Court has enhanced the compensation payable to over Rupees 50 Lakhs in a motor accident case where a person has been rendered paralysed for life after he met with an accident as a 5 year old boy in 2010."The mental and physical loss cannot be computed in terms of money but there is no other way to compensate the victim except by payment of just compensation", the Bench observed...
Article 14 Not Applicable To A Will; Will's Genuineness Not Based On Whether Distribution Was Fair & Equitable : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the exclusion of one of the natural heirs from the bequest in a Will, cannot by itself be a ground to hold that there are suspicious circumstances. "In the matter of appreciating the genuineness of execution of a Will, there is no place for the Court to see whether the distribution made by the testator was fair and equitable to all of...
Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Export Of Iron Ore Mined From Karnataka
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to clarify its stand on allowing exports of iron ore mined from the State of Karnataka."The Government of India has to have a clear stand, whether you want to allow exports (of the iron ore) or have it for total local consumption" the Court observed.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima...
Extra Attempt In UPSC Mains For Candidates Who Missed It Due To COVID Can't Be Considered, Centre Tells Supreme Court
On the pleas seeking relaxation in terms of one additional attempt at the civil services examination by those who could not appear in the Mains on account of COVID, the UOI has told the Supreme Court that the demands raised by the petitioners in the cannot be considered, that there is no merit in the case either in law or on facts and the said writ petition is liable to be dismissed by...
"No Evidentiary Value" : Delhi High Court Refuses To Accept Media Reports About Justice Lokur's Comments On December 2018 Collegium Meeting
The Delhi High Court has refused to accept the media reports about the statements made by former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur about the Supreme Court collegium meeting held on December 12, 2018, observing that they lack "evidentiary value".It observed that the Courts would be "clearly transgressing their well settled limitations" if cognizance were to be taken of...
Supreme Court Detains Petitioner For A Day Till The Rising Of The Court For Forging Medical Certificate Seeking Extension Of Time To Surrender
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, held a petitioner in contempt, who had filed forged medical certificate, claiming to be COVID-19 positive, along with an application seeking extension of time to surrender. A Bench comprising Justices U.U. Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and P.S. Narasimha sentenced the contemnor to be detained for one day in the office of the Additional Registrar...
'You Will Succeed In The Bar' : Supreme Court To Advocate While Dismissing His Plea To Relax Upper Age Limit For Judicial Service Exam
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by an Advocate who was also a MP Higher Judiciary Aspirant seeking relaxation of upper age limit to appear in the MP Higher Judicial Service Exam.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi. noting that the petitioner's age was beyond the age limit of 45, dismissed the plea.When the matter was called...