The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a batch of petitions regarding the medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024. The pleas include those seeking a direction from the court for conducting the exam afresh, alleging irregularities and malpractices in the May 5 test. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will review… Continue reading "Supreme Court to hear batch of 38 NEET petitions today"
The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the Centre has decided to revoke the grace marks awarded to 1,563 students in the NEET-UG 2024 exam. The affected students will be notified of their actual scores and given the choice to retake the exam. If they opt out of the re-test, their scores from the 5 May exam will stand,… Continue reading "NEET : Grace marks of 1,563 Candidates cancelled"
The Supreme Court has held that commitments made by political parties in their election manifestos will not amount to corrupt practice by a candidate of that party. A bench of Justices Suryakant and KV Vishwanathan refused to accept the arguments made by one of the parties in the appeal arising out of the election petition and said, “The contention of… Continue reading "Supreme Court says promises in party’s poll manifesto will not amount to corrupt practice"
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to quash multiple criminal cases lodged against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Raja over his remarks on social activist Periyar and women. A Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra expressed concern over the quality of discourse in politics and emphasized the need for politicians to be cautious about their statements.… Continue reading "Supreme Court refuses to quash cases against BJP leader H Raja"
The Supreme Court of India has rejected all the pleas for paper ballot voting, 100% EVM-VVPAT verification and physical deposit of VVPAT slips. A two-judge bench with Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta announced the verdict at 10:30 AM today. The court has released two direction in the case. Justice Khanna said, “One direction is after the completion of symbol… Continue reading "No 100 per cent verification of VVPAT receipts, rules SC"
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, reserved its judgement in the ongoing EVM-VVPAT case after it received answers from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to technical queries it had asked for earlier in the day. While hearing pleas seeking the complete verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), the top Court… Continue reading "SC reserves order on VVPAT cross-verification petitions"
In a major relief to Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister, I Periyasamy, the Supreme Court in its order on Monday stayed the the trial court proceedings against him in connection with a corruption case. The apex courts two-judge bench, led by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and also comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, pronounced the order after hearing an appeal filed by… Continue reading "SC stays corruption case trial against T.N. Minister Periyasamy"
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up five district collectors of Tamil Nadu for not appearing physically before the Enforcement Directorate despite orders in a money laundering probe in connection with alleged illegal sand mining. It directed the officials to appear before the ED personally on April 25. A bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal said… Continue reading "Illegal sand mining case: SC pulls up 5 TN DMs for not appearing before ED"
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court’s order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque. The court issued notice on a plea by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging the high court order dismissing its appeal against trial court order. The high court had in February dismissed… Continue reading "SC refuses to stay order allowing puja in cellar of Gyanvapi mosque complex"
A day after the deadline for the State Bank of India (SBI) to submit details of electoral bonds (EBs) purchased since April 12, 2019, to the Election Commission of India (ECI) ended, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) approached the Supreme Court on Thursday demanding contempt action against the public sector bank for defying the court’s directive. ADR, a non-profit… Continue reading "Supreme Court to consider contempt plea against SBI"