New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday brought closure to the controversy over NEET UG- 2024 by holding that there was no systemic failure in this year’s exam for admission to medical colleges across the country and that the paper leak was limited to centres in Hazaribag and Patna. This brings finality to the results and…
NEW DELHI: Stepping beyond constitutional courts‘ traditional role limited to testing the constitutionality of legislations and validity of executive decisions and taking on oversight functions, Supreme Court has ruled that it can direct a performance audit of legislations to identify and address infirmities in their implementation on the ground.This ruling came from a bench of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed that the fundamental right to equality ensures “factual and not formal equality.” Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, in his 140-page majority judgement, stated that the Constitution empowers states to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes (SCs) for quota purposes. He highlighted that classifications are permissible if different…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Scheduled Castes are not a homogenous group and governments can sub-classify them to give more weightage in 15% reservation to those who suffered more discrimination among SCs.The bench of CJI, Justices B R Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra and Satish C…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the Jharkhand HC‘s order that granted bail to CM Hemant Soren in the alleged land scam and money laundering case.The apex court said that the “HC passed a well reasoned order” and dismissed the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate.“We are not inclined to…
NEW DELHI: The CBI has filed a chargesheet against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case. The central agency filed the chargesheet before a special CBI court at Rouse Avenue.Kejriwal is currently under the judicial custody till August 8 in the case. This development comes just before the Delhi high…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court has ordered authorities to enrol national-level swimmer Siri Srikanth in an MBBS course after she was illegally denied admission for the 2022-23 session.Srikanth had appeared for CET and NEET examinations, securing the 24th position among 618 candidates qualified for MBBS admission under the sports quota. The list was revised in Oct…
MUMBAI/AKOLA/SAMBHAJINAGAR: Sharad Pawar must apologise to Union home minister Amit Shah for his statement that Shah had been “externed” by SC for misusing the law, Union minister and BJP MP Piyush Goyal said Saturday. While BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the courts had given Shah a clean chit, BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said…
NEW DELHI: A week after agreeing to test the validity of blanket constitutional immunity from criminal prosecution to governors, Supreme Court Friday said it would consider framing guidelines for governors in withholding assent to bills passed by the legislature or referring them to the President.Opposition-governed Kerala and West Bengal Friday joined Telangana and Tamil Nadu…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal and CPM-led LDF government in Kerala, who have had prolonged faceoff with their respective governors, would finally hope of some resolution with the Supreme Court taking note of their pleas alleging denial of assent to bills passed by the respective legislative assemblies. The top court, in the past, has…
