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BREAKING : Supreme Court Stays High Court Judgment Which Cancelled MP Navneet Kaur Rana's Caste Certificate
In a relief to MP Navneet Kaur Rana, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Bombay High Court judgment which had set aside her caste certificate.Since she had won from a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the High Court judgment could have affected her election to the Parliament. She had contested election by claiming to be a member of 'Mochi' scheduled caste.A vacation bench...
BREAKING : Mumbai Police Names Arnab Goswami, Republic TV Chief, As Accused In TRP Scam Chargesheet
The Mumbai Police has named Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-chief of Republic TV as an accused in the Television Rating Points Scam(TRP), nine months after registering an FIR in the case and ex- Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh naming the channel as being involved in the scam. The police named Goswami and four others from ARG Outlier Media (that owns Republic TV) in their 1800...
Supreme Court Adjourns Perarivalan's Plea For Interim Bail In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by three weeks the hearing on an application filed by AG Perarivalan, who is serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for interim bail. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari adjourned the matter on the basis of a letter for adjournment circulated by the petitioner(Perarivalan).The interim bail...
Decided To Conduct Class XI Exams, Kerala Government Tells Supreme Court
The Kerala Government has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided not to cancel the exams for Class XI(Plus One) which are proposed to be held in September 2021.Yesterday, the Supreme Court had asked the Kerala Government's standing counsel to get instructions by today itself regarding the holding of physical exams amid the COVID-19 situation.In the reply affidavit filed before...
SC Judge Justice Anirudddha Bose Recuses From Hearing Pleas Of West Bengal Govt, CM and Law Minister On Narada Case
Supreme Court judge Justice Aniruddha Bose on Tuesday recused from hearing the petitions filed by the State of West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak in relation to the Narada case.The petitions were listed before a vacation bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Aniruddha Bose. Justice Bose, who was earlier a judge of the Calcutta High...
[CA Exams 2021]"Provide Opt Out Option And Additional Exam, Increase Number Of Attempts For Old Course Students" Over 6,000 CA Aspirants Write To CJI
Over 6,000 Chartered Accountancy aspirants have written to CJI NV Ramana seeking directions to ICAI to provide an Opt-Out option to the students who are unable to appear for the exams due to COVID-19, increase the number of attempts for Old Course Students and conduct an additional examination attempt for students who are unable to appear.While highlighting the issue of lack of opt-out option...
Maharashtra Govt Not Cooperating With Probe Against Ex-Home Minister Anil Deshmukh : CBI To Bombay High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accused the Maharashtra Government of being in contempt of the Bombay High Court's order by refusing to part with the documents sought by the agency related to alleged political influence and corruption in the transfers and posting of police officers in Maharashtra. The agency made the allegation before a bench of Justices SS Shinde and...
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...