New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has cancelled National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bengaluru’s notification for a separate entrance exam, the National Law Aptitude Test-2020 held on Sept. 12, for admission to its five-year integrated BA LLB (Hons) programme. While cancelling the NLAT-2020 entrance exam yesterday, the Court also directed that admissions in…
Pay Re. 1 fine or face jail for 3 months: SC to Prashant Bhushan
August 31, 2020New Delhi: Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, held guilty of contempt for his tweets criticising Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.A. Bobde and the Supreme Court (SC), has been fined Re. 1 by the Top Court. If he doesn’t pay the fine by Sept. 15, he can go to jail for three months or be banned from…
Final year University exams to be held by Sept. 30: SC
August 28, 2020Apex Court upholds UGC’s July 6 circular; No promotions without exams New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) July 6 circular directing Universities to conduct final year exams by Sept. 30. The UGC circular had mandated Universities to conduct the final term exams in all affiliated Universities by the end…
Sushant Singh Rajput Case: SC Orders CBI Probe
August 19, 2020New Delhi: The CBI will take over investigations into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, the Supreme Court ordered this morning, asking the Mumbai Police to hand over all evidence it has collected to the investigating agency. The SC also said the FIR registered in Patna based on a complaint filed by Sushant Singh’s father was…
NEET and JEE entrance exams in September as scheduled
August 18, 2020New Delhi: The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Medical and Dental Courses and Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for admission to IITs will take place as scheduled in September, with the Supreme Court on Monday dismissing a petition seeking postponement of exams due to COVID pandemic. A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme…
‘Daughter for a lifetime’: SC backs women’s share in parental property
August 12, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday held that daughters, like sons, have an equal birthright to inherit joint Hindu family property. The Court decided that the amended Hindu Succession Act, which gives daughters equal rights to ancestral property, will have a retrospective effect. “A daughter always remains a loving daughter. A son is a son…
COVID-19: SC directs States to provide essentials to elderly people
August 5, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered all the States to ensure all elderly people, eligible for the pension, should be regularly paid the amount, along with necessary medicines, masks, sanitisers and other essential goods during the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy directed that when any…
SC Judges panel decides against physical courts for two more weeks
July 27, 2020New Delhi: A Committee of seven Judges has decided against the resumption of physical courts hearing in the Supreme Court (SC) for a period of at least two weeks, in view of current Covid-19 situation here. “In view of unanimous medical opinion that while there is a marginal dip in the reported cases of Covid-19…
Travancore Royal Family wins Padmanabha Swamy Temple case in SC
July 13, 2020Supreme Court settles 9-year battle between erstwhile royal family and Kerala Govt. New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning sided with the erstwhile Travancore Royal Family for the administration and control of the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Kerala. Settling the nine-year-long dispute, the Top Court overturned the January 2011 judgment of Kerala High Court…
CBSE’s remaining 12th, 10th exams in July cancelled
June 25, 2020New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Board this morning told the Supreme Court that the Class 10 and Class 12 exams have been cancelled. The exams that were scheduled to be held from July 1 to July 15 will be conducted as and when the situation is suitable to conduct the exams,…
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