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'Rs 431 Crores Loss To Times Now Due To TRP Rigging' : Mumbai Police In Chargesheet Against Republic TV Chief Arnab Goswami
Arnab Goswami, Managing Director of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, connived and conspired with BARC's ex-CEO Partho Dasgupta to illegally tamper with Television Rating Points and ensured that Republic TV remained in number one position, the Mumbai police have said in its supplementary charge sheet. Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) measures the TRPs, which dictates...
No Prima-Facie Reason To Exclude Meat & Chicken From Mid-Day Meals : Kerala High Court Stays Lakshadweep Administration's Order
"We are unable to understand how there could be a change in the menu of food-items given to the children, prepared taking into account, the vital aspect of health factor", HC observed.
'Fair & Reasonable': Supreme Court Refuses Interference With CBSE, ICSE Schemes For Class 12 Assessment
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with schemes propounded by CBSE and ICSE for evaluation of Class XII students, noting that there are other set of students who are supporting and do not want any interference their way.Further, the Bench observed that it finds that the schemes "fair and reasonable", which take into consideration concerns of all students and are in larger...
"Covid Not Applicable To Private Students?"-Supreme Court Hearing- Courtroom Exchange In CBSE/ICSE/Compartment/Private Students
"The central government has called off the examination of all the students. The notification issued by CBSE on 14th of April says that examination for all students of class 10th and 12th is called off. On 1st of June, they came up with another notification that all the examinations postponed earlier now stand cancelled. The PM said that all exams for class 12 students are cancelled. Examinations were cancelled because of Covid. Is this Covid situation not available for these private students?", Asked the Lawyer to Supreme Court
UGC Will Instruct Universities To Commence Admission Process Only After Results Of CBSE, ICSE and State Boards : AG Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday recorded Attorney General KK Venugopal's submission that the UGC will be issuing necessary instructions to ensure that admission process by Colleges and Institutions will commence only after declaration of results by CBSE, ICSE and all State Boards. The Attorney General's assurance came in counter to Senior Counsel Vikas Singh's argument that the delay...
'State Can't Control Right To Consume Alcohol Within One's Home' : Petitioner Argues In Gujarat High Court Against Liquor Prohibition
The Gujarat High Court is hearing a batch of PILs challenging prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the state vide the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, on grounds of 'manifest arbitrariness' and violation of 'right to privacy'. Responding to the preliminary objections raised by State, Senior Advocate Mihir Thakore today argued that the challenge to the...
Kerala High Court Stays Orders Of Lakshadweep Administration To Close Down Dairy Farms & Remove Meat From School Children's Diet
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of two controversial orders passed by the Lakshadweeep administration under its new administrator Praful Khoda Patel.The first one is an order for the closing down of the dairy farms run by the administration in the island. The second one was a decision to change the diet for school children by removing chicken and other meat from...
Cancellation Of State Board Examinations: Supreme Court Hearing Live-Updates
Supreme Court takes up plea for Cancellation of State Board Exams.During the last hearing States of Assam, Tripura and Punjab informed the Supreme Court that they have decided to cancel the physical exams proposed by their respective boards for Class 12 in view of the COVID-19 situation.State of Andhra Pradesh is now the only state government which has not taken a decision on cancellation...
Pleas Seeking Cancellation Of CBSE Compartment Examination: Live Updates From Supreme Court
Supreme Court has commenced the hearing on petitions seeking cancellation of compartment examination During the hearing yesterday, Advocate Abhishek Choudhary, appearing for the intervenors(private and second compartment students of CBSE), told the Bench that it has been stated by CBSE that the exam will be held when the situation is "conducive"."Clause 29 of the Evaluation Policy talks...
Narada Case- Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Of WB Govt, CM Mamata Banerjee And State Law Minister On June 25; Calcutta HC Urged To Defer Hearing Till Then
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to Friday hearing on the appeals filed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, State of West Bengal, and the State Law Minister Moloy Ghatak, against a 9th June order of the Calcutta High Court wherein it had refused to take on record the Affidavits filed by them in the CBI's transfer plea in the Narada Scam case. A Bench of Justices Vineet Saran...