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NEET-PG | Transgender Persons Seek Direction To Keep Some Seats Empty For Them Before Counselling; Supreme Court To Hear Next Week
The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider next week the issue of allotting two seats in the transperson category in the All India and one each in the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh State Quota of NEET-PG Admissions.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinodchandran was hearing a plea seeking horizontal reservation for transgender persons in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-PG...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against 25% Domicile Reservation At National Law University Jodhpur
The Supreme Court recently dismissed an SLP challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding 25% domicile-based reservation at National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ).A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar said, “We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay HC Order Quashing TN Govt Decision To Use Temple Funds For Marriage Halls' Construction
The Supreme Court recently refused to stay the Madras High Court judgment which quashed a state government order granting permission for construction of marriage halls by utilizing funds of 5 different temples.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the matter and issued notice on the petition challenging the High Court order. The Court will be considering whether construction...
Arbitration | Execution Of Award Cannot Be Stalled Merely Due To Pendency Of Section 37 Appeal : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that the execution of an arbitral award cannot be stalled merely on the ground that an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act is pending.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the case where the appellant (award-holder/decree-holder) sought execution of the arbitral award. The respondents (judgment-debtors) argued that since...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Karnataka Govt Inviting Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq For Dasara Festival
A petition has been filed against the Karnataka High Court's judgment which approved the decision of the State Government to invite Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq as the Chief Guest for Dasara festival celebration inauguration at the Chamundi temple, Mysuru.Advocate Sughosh Subramanyam, the counsel for the petitioner HS Gourav, mentioning the matter before the Chief Justice of India for...
Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into Advocate's Degree After University Denies Its Authenticity
The Supreme Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to verify the authenticity of an advocate's B.Com degree, after the concerned university declared the certificate to be 'forged and not issued by it. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing the appeal against the Bar Council of India's Disciplinary Committee decision, where the question was...
Judges Who Say Judgment Was Delivered With “Divine Or Bovine Intervention” Violate Constitutional Oath : Justice Nariman
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, former judge of the Supreme Court, said that those judges that say they sought divine intervention while pronouncing a certain judgment are actually violating the oath to the Constitution. "Whether divine or bovine intervention, or any other kind of intervention, if a judge delivers a judgment, he is violating his oath to the Constitution. You are only to live...
