Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-70]

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Goods Imported Violating FTDR/DGFT Notifications Are 'Prohibited Goods' Liable For Confiscation Under Customs Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that peas and pulses, which were imported in violation of the notifications of the Central Government and the Director General of Foreign Trade issued under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, are liable to absolute confiscation under Section 125 of the Customs Act as "prohibited goods".The Court granted a relaxation by allowing re-export of the goods...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea For Ex-Gratia Compensation To COVID Victims

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved the judgment in the pleas filed before Supreme Court seeking ex gratia monetary compensation of Rs. 4 lacs or notified ex gratia monetary compensation to the families of deceased who have succumbed to the pandemic of COVID-19.A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah heard the matter and directed the parties to file written submissions within...

BREAKING : Bombay High Court Grants 4 Weeks Transit Anticipatory Bail To Journalist Rana Ayyub In UP Police FIR Over Tweet On Ghaziabad Incident

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted 4 weeks transit anticipatory bail to journalist Rana Ayyub in the FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh police over her tweet on the Ghaziabad incident relating to the assault of an elderly Muslim man.A single bench of Justice PD Naik ordered that protection can be granted to Ayyub for a period of four weeks to enable her to approach the appropriate court...

Gujarat Liquor Prohibition Challenged In High Court Invoking 'Right To Privacy'

The petitioner seeks to revisit the alcohol ban on the new concepts of 'manifest arbitrariness', 'right to privacy' recognized by Supreme Court in recent years.

CBSE Board Exam 2021 Results By July 31; Optional Exams Tentatively Between Aug 15-Sep 15, SC Told

The Central Board Of Secondary Education has informed the Supreme Court that results of Class XII Board Examination 2021 for CBSE will be declared by 31st July 2021, and dispute regarding computation of results done in accordance to its assessment policy for Class XII students will be referred to a Committee constituted by CBSE.The Board has also stated that it will provide online facility...

"Counselling For College Admissions May Be Deferred to After Declaration of Results" Observes SC -Courtroom Exchange In CBSE/ICSE/Compartment/State Boards Exams Case

In the hearing before the Supreme Court on the CBSE/ICSE policies for assessment of class XII results, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, for an intervenor, indicated certain concerns as regards the Boards' policies for evaluation.The bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing the matter. Exercise of option for improvement of results at the outsetFirstly, Mr. Singh prayed...

Difficult For CBSE Compartment Exams Students To Take Entrance Tests, Supreme Court Told

Since the CBSE has not yet cancelled physical compartment exams and has also not announced the dates, students will face hardships in taking entrance tests, counsel argued.

BREAKING -'West Bengal Govt Conduct Doesn't Inspire Confidence' :Calcutta High Court Refuses To Recall Order Asking NHRC To Examine Post Poll Violence Complaints

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to recall its June 18 order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee for examining complaints filed by persons displaced during post-poll violence in West Bengal. Delete BREAKING: #CalcuttaHighCourt refuses to recall or stay its order directing @India_NHRC to constitute a committee for examining complaints...

Assam, Punjab, Tripura Also Cancel Class 12 Physical Exams; Supreme Court To Hear Plea On State Boards Tomorrow

State of Andhra Pradesh is now the only state government which has not taken a decision on cancellation of Class 12 exams.

'Students Need Ray Of Hope, Not Uncertainty' : Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Challenging Cancellation Of CBSE, ICSE Physical Exams Tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Monday posted to tomorrow the hearing of writ petitions challenging the decision of CBSE and ICSE to cancel the physical exams for Class XII.It was important to have a finality in the matter, the bench observed, while adjourning the hearing of pleas related to CBSE and ICSE exams.A vacation bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari heard the...

Plea To Cancel CLASS XII CBSE Compartment And State Board Exams : Live Updates From Supreme Court

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari is hearing petitions filed by 1152 Class X and Class XII students across the Country for cancellation of CBSE CLASS XII Compartment/Private/Repeaters examinationThe Petitioners have also prayed for a direction to the CBSE Board to arrive at a formula for performance evaluation of the Class XII private...