SC to hear plea against step to cut JEE-Advanced attempt limit | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Less than a fortnight before JEE-Main exam is to begin, a batch of students challenged the Joint Admission Board decision to reduce the attempt limit for JEE-Advanced from three to two and SC on Thursday agreed to hear their grievances. JAB, through IIT-Kanpur which is organising institute for JEE-Advanced 2025, released ‘Eligibility Criteria’…

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Up to legislature, executive to decide on barring creamy layer from SC/ST quota: SC | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday expressed its reservation about directing governments to implement its Aug 2024 landmark ruling to bar those belonging to creamy layer within SC and ST categories from taking quota benefits, and also to sub-classify SC/STs to extend the benefit of reservation to the more needy among the two categories. The court…

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Supreme Court refuses to review ‘no’ to same-sex marriage | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: For the second time in two years, Supreme Court has junked pleas for legalising same-sex marriages, with a five-judge bench on Thursday unanimously rejecting a bunch of petitions by LGBTQ+ community members seeking review of the court’s October 2023 judgment that had emphatically dismissed PILs seeking the relief.The petitioners had sought a review…

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India looks to dissuade Indonesian president from clubbing R-Day visit with Pakistan travel | India News – Times of India

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto. NEW DELHI: While the Indian government has invited Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to participate in the Republic Day celebrations as the chief guest, and an official announcement about his visit is expected any moment now, it would not like him to club his visit to India with a proposed visit by…

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