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Doctrine Of Necessity Will Apply When President Of Disciplinary Enquiry Committee Was Replaced Due To Ill Health : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has applied the "Doctrine of Necessity" to sustain the findings of a Disciplinary Enquiry Committee against a School Principal, after noting that the President of the Committee had to be replaced due to ill health.The Court found fault with the School Tribunal under the Maharashtra Private School Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1977, setting aside the Enquiry...
NEET- PG 2022 : Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General To Look Into Plea Seeking Extension Of Internship Deadline
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to look into the issues raised by a group of doctors who are aspirants of NEET PG 2022 seeking extension of deadline for completion of internship beyond July 31, 2022 to accommodate interns whose internship got delayed due to compulsory covid duties.Terming the matter relating to "policy domain", the bench of Justices...
NEET-PG : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo In Mop-Up Round Counselling; Asks DGHS To Revisit Addition Of 146 Seats & Bar On Students Who Took State Quota Seats
Observing that there were problematic aspects in the process of counselling for mop-up rounds for the NEET-PG All India Quota seats, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union of India through the Director General of Health Services ("DGHS") to revisit the issues to set right the anomalies highlighted by the Court.The Court has asked the Union to respond by tomorrow and until then has...
IIT JEE Mains 2022 : Supreme Court Allows Candidates To Raise Grievances Against Reduction Of Sessions Before NTA
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed IIT- JEE aspirants, who approached the Court challenging the notice dated March 1, 2022, issued by National Testing Agency reducing the sessions of JEE Mains 2022 from 4 to 2, to submit a representation before the concerned authorities raising their grievances.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela Trivedi said that the Court...
Lakhimpur Kheri Case : Judge Monitoring SIT Probe Has Recommended Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail, Supreme Court Tells UP Government
In the plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday told the State of Uttar Pradesh that the judge appointed to monitor the Special Investigation Team has recommended that the State should file an appeal challenging it.The Court adjourned the hearing to April 4 seeking the State's response to the stand of the...
Supreme Court To Commence Full Physical Hearings From April 4 : CJI Ramana
The Supreme Court will commence full physical hearings from next Monday (April 4), said the Chief Justice of India today."Monday onwards opening we are opening full physically. Monday and Friday we'll provide advocates virtual hearing if they ask", CJI Ramana said."The Bar expresses its gratitude for this", Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, told...
NCLAT Order Vitiated If It Fails To Look Into A Vital Aspect On Which NCLT Had Recorded A Specific Finding : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, held that the failure of NCLAT as the first appellate authority to look into a vital aspect of the matter regarding which NCLT had already recorded a specific finding of fact, would vitiate its order. A Bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian allowed an appeal challenging the order of the NCLAT which reversed the order of the...
What Are The Minimum Hours Of Clinical Training Which Student Nurses Should Undertake? Supreme Court Asks Indian Nursing Council
The Supreme Court recently sought response from Indian Nursing Council with regards to minimum hours of clinical training that the student-nurses are expected to undertake either in the parent or in the affiliated hospital, to achieve the norms applicable all across the country. The bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy sought the response while considering a SLP assailing...
Can Bail Be Granted In Murder Case On The Ground Of Settlement Between Accused & Deceased's Son? Supreme Court to Examine
A SLP has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging Gujarat High Court's order of granting bail to an accused who was in custody for 5 months for murder on the ground that son ofthe deceased and the accused persons have entered into a settlement. It has been stated in the petition preferred by one of the witness that concept of the grant of bail based on a settlement in a case...
Refine The Process Of Identification & Rehabilitation Of Children In Streets As Per NCPCR Recommendations : Supreme Court Directs States
The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the State Governments/Union Territories to refine the process of identification and rehabilitation of Children in Street Situation ("CiSS") by adopting the recommendations made to the district authorities by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ("NCPCR"). On perusal of the affidavit dated 24.03.2022 filed by the NCPCR, a...
'Environment More Important Than Your Civil Rights; Once A Forest, Always A Forest Unless De-notified', Says Supreme Court
"Environment is more important than your civil rights. Your civil rights are subordinate to the environment. Once a forest, it is always a forest unless it is denotified. The Forest Conservation Act of 1980 also says that", the Supreme Court orally remarked on Tuesday.Underlining the "public trust principle", the Court said, "It is only because of such strict interpretation and exposition by...
Workmen Must Be Heard Before Their Wages Are Deducted For "Go Slow" Approach : Supreme Court Directs Bata To Pay Full Wages
The Supreme Court has affirmed a Karnataka High Court judgment of 2008 which held that an employer must give proper opportunity of hearing to the workmen before deducting their wages for "go slow" approach by which they had failed to produce the agreed output. The High Court's judgment was in a case filed by Bata India Limited with respect to the "go slow" approach adopted by its workmen as...