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Supreme Court Refuses To Accept School Record, Relies On Statutory Documents To Reject Juvenility Plea Of Murder Accused
The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 1) overturned an accused's juvenile status, after finding that he was not a juvenile at the time of the commission of the crime. The bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ahsanuddin Amanullah heard the appeal filed by the complainant, where both the Trial Court and the High Court had treated Respondent No. 2 (the accused) as a juvenile for a...
Supreme Court Stays MP HC Order Restraining Institutes Recognised In 2025 From Conducting Paramedical Course For 2023-24 & 2024-25 Sessions
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 1) stayed the interim order passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which restrained institutes offering paramedical courses, which were granted recognition by the State Paramedical Council in 2025, to conduct academic sessions for the years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed...
Bombay High Court Gets Fifth Bench At Kolhapur, To Commence Sittings From August 18
In a major development, the Bombay High Court will finally get Bench for the Western Maharashtra at Kolhapur district, which will be the fifth bench of the High Court, from August 18.A notification to this effect, was issued by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe on Friday (August 1)."In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (No. 37...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To States, ED & TRAI On Plea To Ban Betting Apps And Celebrity Endorsements
The Supreme Court today issued notice to all States in a petition filed by evangelist Dr. KA Paul seeking a ban on online and offline betting applications and on celebrity endorsements promoting them. The Court also issued notice to Directorate of Enforcement, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Google India and Apple India that carry such apps on their app stores, as well as major...
NEET-UG 2025 : Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Challenging 3 Questions To Approach High Court
The Supreme Court today(August 1) dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition, seeking to challenge three questions of physics in the NEET UG examination 2025.The petition is filed by a NEET UG candidate who had appeared for the examination and found questions 25, 34 and 39 to have been wrongly framed as none of the options provided in the answer were correct. Her grievance is that because of...
MSME Framework Not A Shield Against SARFAESI Proceedings Unless Proactively Invoked : Supreme Court Clarifies 'Pro Knits' Judgment
The Supreme Court recently held that secured creditors and banks are not obligated to identify "incipient stress" in the accounts of MSMEs prior to classifying them as Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), unless the MSME borrower has explicitly invoked the 2015 RBI Framework for revival and rehabilitation. The Court clarified that MSMEs cannot belatedly rely on the Framework during the course...
MBBS Internship: 'You Make Them Work For 18-19 Hours & Pay No Stipend?' : Supreme Court Asks Army College To Clear Arrears Of 2022 Batch
The Supreme Court today(August 1) directed the Army Medical College Sciences to pay stipend arrears, calculated at Rs.25,000 per month, to the MBBS interns of 2022.There was an order passed in September 2023 to pay a monthly stipend of Rs. 25,000 to medical students from the batches from October 2023. At the outset, a bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar questioned...
'Entire Himachal Pradesh May Vanish; Revenue Earning Can't Be At Cost Of Environment' : Supreme Court Raises Alarm
Raising concerns about the ecological imbalance in the State of Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court warned that if unregulated development continues, "the entire State may vanish in thin air from the map of the country.” The Supreme Court, while noting that proper monitoring is required to check the diversion of green tax funds for unrelated purposes, observed that generating revenue at...
Supreme Court Grants Last Chance To Union To Frame Guidelines For Safe & Accessible Footpaths
Pursuant to the May 14 order, the Supreme Court has granted "one last chance" to the Union Government and the State Government to frame rules for protecting the rights of pedestrians, including making footpaths accessible to people with disabilities. In May, a bench comprising Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan had held that the right to use footpaths and footways is an essential...
Supreme Court Affirms Delhi HC Rule Barring Retired Judges Of Other States From Applying For Senior Advocate Designation
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 1) rejected a petition challenging a rule of the Delhi High Court which prohibits retired judges of other States from applying for senior advocate designation in Delhi.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by Vijai Pratap Singh challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment,...
'Let's Close This, Why Be Touchy?' : Supreme Court On BJP Leader's Defamation Case Against Shashi Tharoor's 'Scorpion' Remark About PM Modi
The Supreme Court today(August 1) orally remarked that proceedings in the criminal defamation complaint against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over a "scorpion sitting on a Shivling" remark made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 need to be closed. A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh was hearing the matter. The advocate for Tharoor asked for adjournment, whereas...