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No Re-NEET, NEET-UG Not Cancelled : Live Updates From Supreme Court [July 23]
The Supreme Court will continue hearing today the petitions challenging NEET-UG 2024 exam.Petitioners completed their arguments yesterday. The bench led by CJI will hear the responses of Union/NTA today.The hearing will start at 10.30 AM. Reports about yesterday's hearing can be read here and here.Follow this thread for live updates....
Party Whose Right To File Written Statement Is Forfeited Cannot Introduce Its Case Indirectly Through Evidence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a party whose right to file a written statement in a case has been forfeited cannot introduce his case indirectly through evidence or written submission. Such a party can still participate in the proceedings and cross-examine the complainant, but cannot indirectly introduce his case."In the absence of any specific provisions dealing with non-filing of...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Permit Arrested Politicians To Campaign Through VC; Keeps Question Of Law Open
The Supreme Court today (on July 22) dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) seeking a direction against Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that arrested political leaders are allowed to campaign via virtual conference mode. The Court orally remarked that petition has been filed with “malafide intentions.” Recently, the Delhi High Court Bench of Chief Justice Manmohan...
NEET-UG 2024| Initial Statements Recorded By Bihar Police Indicate Paper Leak Happened Before May 4, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today (July 22) verbally observed that the initial statements of the accused arrested by the Bihar Police in the NEET-UG paper leak matter suggest that the paper leak happened before May 4. A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a batch of cases seeking to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 ( National...
NEET-UG 2024| Supreme Court Seeks IIT-Delhi Expert Opinion On Correct Answer Of 'Ambiguous' Question
The Supreme Court today (July 22) directed the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to form a three-member expert committee to give their opinion regarding the correct answer to an MCQ question of NEET-UG 2024, for which the National Testing Agency awarded marks for two options.The Court passed the direction after hearing some petitioners who challenged the decision of...
'Approach HC Forthwith': Supreme Court On Plea To Depute Armed Forces To Rescue Kerala Truck Driver Trapped Under Mudslide Debris At Shirur
In a Public Interest Litigation filed in connection with the landslide that occurred recently in Karnataka's Shirur village, where a Kerala truck driver, Arjun had been trapped under mudslide debris since July 16, the Supreme Court granted liberty to the petitioner to forthwith approach the Karnataka High Court at Bangalore and request that the Chief Justice immediately list the...
Attorney Client Privilege | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Seizure Of Client Documents From Advocate's Premises, Stays Coercive Action
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea challenging seizure of client's documents and issuance of notices by the Income Tax Department, pursuant to a search conducted at an Advocate's premises.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih passed the order, staying coercive action under the notices till pendency of the petition. "Pending the petition, the respondents shall not take...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Ashish Mishra In Lakhimpur Kheri Case, Permits Him To Stay In Lucknow
The Supreme Court today (on July 22) granted bail to Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case related to the killings of five persons in October 2021, when vehicles of his convoy allegedly ran over a group of farmers who were protesting against the farm laws. Last year, in January 2023, the Bench of Justices Surya Kant and...
Calcutta High Court Bar Association Resolves To Abstain From Judicial Proceedings Over Incident Of Lawyer 'Mercilessly Assaulted' By Police
The HC Bar Association has stated that member-advocates would not participate in judicial proceedings till the responsible officers are suspended and an appropriate inquiry is carried out.
Supreme Court Stays UP & Uttarakhand Govt Direction To Eateries On Kanwariya Route To Display Owner & Staff Names
The Supreme Court today stayed the directions issued by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to the effect that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route should display the names of the owners and staff outside the shops."Until the returnable date, we deem it appropriate to pass interim order prohibiting the enforcement of the impugned directives. In other words, the food sellers...
PMLA | Supreme Court Adjourns Pleas Seeking Reconsideration Of Vijay Madanlal Judgment To August 5
The Supreme Court today (on July 22) said that it will hear the pleas calling for reconsideration of the judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India, which upheld the constitutional validity of various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), on August 5. As per the earlier order, the bench was supposed to start hearing the matter tomorrow. However,...
NEET-UG | No Conflict Of Interest On Part Of IIT Director Who Prepared Data Analytics Report : NTA Tells Supreme Court
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has submitted an additional affidavit to the Supreme Court clarifying that there exists no conflict of interest by the IIT Madras Director, Professor V Kamakoti who has prepared the data analytics report in the ongoing NEET-UG 2024 case. It may be noted that the report is relied upon by the Union in denying the presence of mass malpractice in the NEET-UG...