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Class 12 Exams : Crucial Hearing In Supreme Court Tomorrow On Pleas To Cancel State Boards, CBSE Compartment Exams
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow petitions seeking cancellation of physical examinations for Class 12 held by various state boards, CBSE compartment/private/repeater exams for Class XII, HSC and NIOS exams.A vacation bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari will be hearing the petitions tomorrow at 11 AM.Last week, the bench had noted "out of 28 states, 6 states...
'Supreme Court Guidelines In LK Pandey Case Not Applicable To Adoptions Under Personal Law?' SC To Examine
In a case where a 2-year old girl-child was given in adoption by her biological mother to a couple by executing a notarised document, without complying with the rigours of the JJ Act, the Supreme Court on Friday brought the child out of the care of the CWC and entrusted interim custody to the adoptive parents. The vacation bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian was hearing the...
Breaking: West Bengal Govt. Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Recall Of Order Asking NHRC To Examine Post Poll Violence Complaints
The West Bengal Government has moved Calcutta High Court seeking recall and stay of High Court's Friday order wherein five judges bench asked National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to visit the state, consider complaints filed by victims of Post poll Violence and submit a report.An Affidavit has been filed on behalf of Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Department, and...
Centre And State Finances Under Severe Strain, Beyond States' Fiscal Ability To Pay Ex-Gratia To All Covid Victims: Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Union of India has told the Supreme Court that payment of ex-gratia compensation to all deceased persons due to COVID-19, is beyond the fiscal affordability of the Governments, as the finances of State Governments and the Central Government are under severe strain, due to the reduction in tax revenues and increase in health expenses on account of the pandemic."It is an unfortunate...
Social Activist Medha Patkar Moves SC Seeking Uniform Policy For Release Of Prisoners Aged 70 And Above For Decongestion Of Prisons
Social activist Medha Patkar has approached the Supreme Court for directions to States/Union Territories/High-Powered Committees (HPC) to formulate a uniform mechanism in order to decongest prisons across India, with respect to the release of prisoners aged above 70.The plea filed through Advocate Vipin Nair submits that the World Health Organisation has declared that COVID-19 causes...
Advocates Not Above Law; Bar Council Must Act Suo Moto Against Lawyers' Unruly Conduct : Madras High Court
"Advocates should not take law into their own hands on the premise that they are the custodian of law; on the contrary, the advocates being the custodian of law, are bound to act within the legal framework", HC said.
'Incomplete & Defective Gang Charts In UP Resulting In Easy Bail For Accused, Giving Ample Room For Miscarriage Of Justice': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has taken serious note of "half backed" gang-charts being filed under the UP Gangster Act 1986, that ultimately helps alleged gangsters in "easily obtaining bail", thereby threatening the order of the civil society. A Single Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi observed that in the age of internet, where information of entire world is on one's finger tips,...
States Obligated To Provide Accurate Info On Deaths Occured During COVID But Bihar Govt. Reluctant To Do So: Patna High Court Issues Directions
The Patna High Court on Friday observed that the Government of Bihar is most reluctant to put in the public domain the number of deaths that occurred in Bihar during the last one year, i.e. during the time of Pandemic Covid-19. "In our considered view, the resistance is uncalled for, for such action is neither protected by any law nor in consonance with good governance's...
West Bengal Post-Poll Violence - 'No Concrete Steps Taken By State': Calcutta HC Asks NHRC To Examine Complaints
The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee that will examine complaints filed by persons who were displaced during the post-poll violence in West Bengal.Upon noticing that the State Government has not even responded to some of the complaints filed by the displaced persons, the High Court remarked, "In a case like where...
Jaipal Bhullar Encounter - 'Serious Allegations Against Punjab Police' : Supreme Court Asks P&H HC To Hear Father's Plea For Second Postmortem
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had dismissed the petition filed by the father of alleged gangster Jaipal Bhullar, who was allegedly killed in a fake police encounter by Punjab police at Kolkata, seeking directions to the State of Punjab to get a second postmortem examination conducted on his son's dead body. A vacation...
1152 Students Move SC For Cancellation Of CBSE CLASS XII Compartment Exam, Adoption Of SC Accepted Formula For Evaluation Of Class X And XII Students
1152 Class X and Class XII students across the Country have approached the Supreme Court for cancellation of CBSE CLASS XII Compartment/Private/Repeaters examination The Petitioners have also prayed for a direction to the CBSE Board to arrive at a formula for performance evaluation of the Class XII private / compartment / repeaters students in line with the assessment formula adopted by CBSE...
'CBI FIR Simply Copy-Pastes Param Bir's Petition; This Is Overreaching Court Order': Maharashtra Govt Argues In Bombay High Court
The Maharashtra Government on Monday concluded its arguments in their petition before the Bombay High Court challenging certain portions of the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) FIR against former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and unknown others. The two unnumbered paragraphs pertain to dismissed Assistant Police Inspector - Sachin Waze's reinstatement, and alleged...