No Occasion For CAG Audit Of PM CARES Fund As It Is A Public Charitable Trust: SC [Read Judgment]

"PM CARES Fund is a public charitable trust and is not a Government fund."

[FULL VIDEO] LiveLaw Practitioner Series: "Forensic Evidence In Sexual Offences Against Women And Children" By Justice K Kannan

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" today at 5:30 pm.Justice K Kannan, Former Judge, Punjab, and Haryana HC will speak on the topic "Forensic Evidence in Sexual Offences against Women and Children".The session would be moderated by Shreya Rastogi (Project 39A, NLU Delhi)The details of the webinar are as followsZoom...

[Central Vista Project] SC To Hear Plea Challenging Lutyens' Delhi Development Works On Land Use, Violations Of Municipal & Environmental Law On August 20

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that it shall take up the plea seeking quashing of the approval of the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament by the Central Vista Committee in April on Thursday this week.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjeev Khanna shall hear the challenge on 3 issues, vis-à-vis change of land use, violations of municipal...

[Students vs UGC] Universities Cannot Confer Degrees Without Exams; UGC Directions In Students' Interests: Solicitor General Tells SC

Universities can seek for extension of the deadline under the UGC Guidelines, but they cannot take the decision to confer degrees without holding exams, submitted Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the University Grants Commission, during the Supreme Court hearing of a batch of petitions challenging UGC Guidelines which mandate for the conduction of final-year examinations...

[Breaking] Can UGC Direct To Hold Exams Overriding A State Where A Certain Situation Exists?, SC Asks Reserving Judgment In 'Students vs UGC' Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the July 6 directive of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to the Universities to hold final semester examinations by September 30.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah reserved the judgment after hearing the parties for nearly four hours via video conferencing.On Tuesday,...

[Students vs UGC] Poor, Downtrodden And Those Without Access To Technology Will Be Hard Hit: Vishwanathan Tells SC For Delhi Govt

Appearing for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Senior Advocate K V Vishwanathan on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the poor, downtrodden and those without access to technology will be "hard hit" by the UGC direction to hold final exams by September 30."The most hard-hit will be the poor, the downtrodden, and those without any access to technology. Unless you decide...

[Students vs UGC] Impossible To Hold Exams In Bengal; UGC Hasn't Taken Into Account Ground Realities: Jaideep Gupta Tells SC

To insist for examinations for the final semester alone while exempting other semesters from such requirement is unreasonable and discriminatory, submitted Jaideep Gupta, Senior Advocate, in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.He was representing a group of teachers from West Bengal in a plea challenging the July 6 directive of the University Grants Commission to hold final semester exams by...

[Students vs UGC] UGC Cannot Compel That Exams Be Held; Can Only Lay Down Standards: Datar For Maharashtra In SC

The University Grants Commission can only lay down guidelines and standards for examinations, and cannot compel that exams should be held by a particular date, submitted Arvind Datar, Senior Advocate, on behalf of the State of Maharastra before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.He submitted that the source of the power of the UGC Act is traced to Entry 66 of List 1 of the Constitution which deals...

[Students vs UGC] Odisha Govt's Concerns Over Conducting Final Year Examinations 'Unfounded': UGC Tells SC [Read Reply]

The University Grants Commission has rebutted the concerns raised by the Odisha Government over conducting of final year examinations amid the pandemic. The Commission through Advocate Apoorv Kurup, has stated that the concerns raised by the State Government in its counter affidavit are entirely "unfounded" as the Commission has "more than adequately addressed" the need for...

[UGC VS STUDENTS] SC Hearing On Petitions Seeking Cancellation Of Final Year Exams [Courtroom Exchange]

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[Breaking] SC Dismisses Plea To Transfer PM CARES Funds To NDRF; Says Fresh National Disaster Plan For COVID-19 Not Needed [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition which sought transfer of the funds from PM CARES to National Disaster Rel Fund.The Court also held that there was no need for a fresh national disaster relief plan for COVID-19, and that the minimum standards of relief as issued under the Disaster Management Act prior to COVID-19 were enough.The bench also clarified that the Centre will be free...

[Breaking] UGC Directive To Hold Final Year Exams 'Not Implementable': Odisha Govt Tells SC [Read Reply]

The State Government of Odisha has submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC Guidelines dated 06.07.2020 for mandatorily conducting final year examinations is "not implementable" given the worsening condition of Covid-19 in the State. The reply has been filed through Advocate Shibashish Mishra, in a petition moved by Yuva Sena, which had demanded that the UGC be directed to...