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After SC/ST Quotas, Supreme Court Introduces OBC Reservations In Staff Appointments For First Time
The Supreme Court has also introduced reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in staff recruitments for the first time. This follows the recent decision to introduce quotas for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in staff recruitments.Reservations for physically challenged, Ex-servicemen and dependents of Freedom Fighters have also been provided.This has been done through an amendment...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Tamil Nadu Govt's Plea Against HC's Stay Of Amendments On Governor's Power To Appoint VCs
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Madras High Court's stay of its legislative amendments taking away the Governor's power to appoint Vice Chancellors of state-run Universities.A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan passed the order and tagged the case with similar matter(s) pending before the Court. Further, notice was issued...
Can Appeals Against Sedition Convictions Proceed Despite Stay On S.124A IPC? Supreme Court To Clarify
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether its 2022 order staying proceedings under Section 124A IPC (sedition) should prevent High Courts from deciding appeals against conviction for the offence of sedition.The bench comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan issued notice in a special leave petition filed by one Safdar Nagori, who has been incarcerated for 18 years following...
Bengaluru Court Passes Ex-Parte Injunction Restraining Actor Kamal Haasan From Remarks Against Kannada Language
A Civil court in Bengaluru on Friday passed an ex-parte interim injunction order restraining Tamil actor Kamal Haasan from posting, making, writing, publishing any statement or remarks claiming linguist superiority over Kannada language or by making any statements having the effect of causing hurt or defaming the Kannada language, literature, land and culture. City Civil And Session Court...
Don't Seek God In Judges, We're Humble Public Servants : Justice MM Sundresh
“Please don't seek God in us, please seek god in justice”, told Supreme Court judge-Justice MM Sundresh to a counsel today, who assailed as 'contemptuous' a client's notice stating that judges get "fixed" by lawyers.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and K Vinod Chandran was hearing an advocate's plea for discharge from a case, on the basis that the client was not heeding to his advice...
Supreme Court Stays MP HC Direction Mandating IPS-Level Supervision Of All Serious Crime Probes
The Supreme Court recently stayed a direction issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court mandating the formation of a Serious Crimes Investigation Supervising Team in each district, to be headed by a senior IPS officer, for overseeing every investigation in serious crimes.A bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh directed the state to submit an SOP which balances...
Prosecutor Working On Contractual Basis Cannot Claim Regularisation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently rejected a plea by a Public Prosecutor, appointed on a contractual basis, seeking regularisation.A bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi held that the Calcutta High Court had not committed any error in rejecting the petitioner's writ application seeking directions for regularisation. The Court noted that the petitioner had himself been...
NEET-UG 2025 : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Results & Answer Key
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the final answer key and result of NEET-UG 2025 exam held by the National Testing Agency.A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan was dealing with candidate-Shivam Gandhi Raina's plea, alleging that there was mistake in the answer given by the NTA to one question (Question No.136, Code No.47)At the outset, the bench said that it...
Supreme Court Declines To Hear HDFC Bank CEO's Plea Against Lilavati Trust FIR, Notes Matter Pending Before Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 4) refused to entertain the petition filed by Sashidhar Jagdishan, CEO of HDFC Bank, for quashing of the FIR registered against him at the behest of Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust.A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan observed that it would be improper on the part of the Supreme Court to intervene when Jagdishan's petition is listed before...
Centre Notifies Waqf Rules 2025 On Portal & Database Of Waqf Properties, Audit & Accounts Etc
The Union Government on July 3 notified the "Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Rules, 2025", dealing with the portal and database of waqf properties, the manner of their registration, conduct of audit and maintenance of accounts, etc.The rules have been framed in exercise of powers under Section 108B of the 1995 Act, which was inserted as per the Waqf...