Supreme Court Seeks Response From Union, AIIMS In Challenge To 'Institutional Preference' Quota Exceeding 50% In PG Medical Admissions

The Supreme Court today (July 29) sought responses from the Union and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in a petition challenging the reservation quota for "Institutional Preference" that exceeds 50% in postgraduate admissions.The Petitioner has challenged the over-reservation or 'super reservation' of seats under 'Institutional Preference' in the postgraduate admissions as being...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Medha Patkar In Defamation Case Filed By LG VK Saxena, Suspends 5-Month Sentence

A Delhi Court on Monday granted bail to Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar in the criminal defamation case lodged against her by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001. VK Saxena is presently Delhi's Lieutenant Governor. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh of Saket Courts also suspended till further orders the order sentencing Patkar to 5 months of imprisonment along with Rs. 10...

Is Letters Patent Appeal Maintainable Against Single Judge's Order Passed Under Article 227? Supreme Court To Examine

Recently, the Supreme Court granted a leave in a plea challenging the decision of the High Court's Division Bench which had interfered with the Single Bench decision rendered while exercising supervisory powers under Article 227 of the Constitution. The question that appeared for the Court's consideration is whether the Division Bench had valid jurisdiction to entertain a challenge to a...

Advocate Working As Freelance Journalist Is Professional Misconduct? Supreme Court Asks Bar Council To Examine

The Supreme Court on Monday (July 29) directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to look into the conduct of Advocate Mohd. Kamran, who has filed a defamation case against former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The court asked the Bar Councils to take necessary action on Kamran's working as a freelance journalist while simultaneously practising as...

PC Act | Sanction Granted After Court Passed Cognizance Order Not Invalid : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (recently on July 22) held that a sanction under Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act won't be rendered invalid merely because it was granted after the trial court had taken cognizance of the chargesheet.The Court clarified that the ratio of its decision passed in Nanjappa v. State of Karnataka did not invalidate the sanction granted under Section 19(1) of...

Supreme Court Commences Week-Long Special Lok Adalat For Amicable Settlement Of Cases

The Supreme Court today commenced its week-long Special Lok Adalat to facilitate amicable settlements of suitable pending cases.The Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud announced the commencement and requested advocates to ensure that their parties could seek the benefit of the initiation wherever possible. "From today until Friday, we will be having the Lok Adalat at the Supreme...

Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu Murder Case : Supreme Court Directs Expedition Of Trial

The Supreme Court on Monday (June 29) directed that the trial in the case concerning the killing of comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu must be expedited. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Aravind Kumar was hearing the bail plea filed by two accused persons Navpreet Singh@Nav and Harbinder Singh@Pinder@Dhillon. Senior Advocate Dr S. Muralidhar, for the petitioners, told the court that the...

'Let Affected Students Come': Supreme Court Rejects Laywer's PIL Challenging Cancellation Of UGC-NET 2024 Exams

The Supreme Court today (July 29) refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) challenging the National Testing Agency's (NTA) decision to cancel the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) examinations due to an alleged paper leak. The PIL was filed by a law graduate who sought directions to overturn the NTA's decision. However, the Chief Justice of India...

Supreme Court Seeks Reports From ASI & NMA In Plea To Protect Monuments In Delhi's Mehrauli

The Supreme Court today (July 29) impleaded the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in a plea seeking protection for centuries-old religious structures inside the Mehrauli Archaeological Park in Delhi, including the 13th-century Ashiq Allah Dargah (1317 AD) and Chillagah of Baba Farid.The Court sought status reports from the ASI and the National Monument Authority (NMA). The Division...

Judgement On LG's Powers To Nominate MCD Members Likely To Come This Week : Supreme Court Tells Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi

The Supreme Court today (July 29) adjourned to next Monday the petition filed by the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to allow the Corporation to exercise the functions of the Standing Committee.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India said that the judgment on the Delhi Government's challenge to the Lieutenant Governor's unilateral nomination of members to the MCD council...

Breaking | Delhi High Court Directs Baba Ramdev To Take Down Claims Blaming Allopathy For Covid-19 Deaths And Promoting Coronil

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna to remove their statements claiming that allopathy was responsible for deaths of lakhs of people in COVID-19 and that Patanjali's Coronil is a “cure” for virus.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed order in the interim injunction application moved in a suit filed by various doctors' associations in...

NCP Rift | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Of Sharad Pawar Group Against Maharashtra Speaker's Refusal To Disqualify Ajit Pawar Faction

The Supreme Court on Monday (July 29) issued notice in the petition filed by Sharad Pawar's NCP Faction challenging the refusal of the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to disqualify members of the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra clarified that the contentions about...