Mysore/Mysuru: With the Supreme Court (SC) scheduled to conduct a Special Lok Adalat for resolution of pending cases from July 29 to Aug. 3, the Chief Justice (CJ) of Karnataka High Court Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria (N.V. Anjaria) chaired a preliminary meeting at the new Law Courts Complex in Malalawadi (Jayanagar) here on Wednesday. Addressing the…
SC issues notice to National Testing Agency
June 12, 2024New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) on a plea alleging irregularities in the NEET-UG held on May 5 for admission to Undergraduate courses (MBBS, BDS) in Medical Colleges across the country. The Court, however, orally declined to stay the counselling process. The Bench of…
Justice A.S. Bopanna retires from Supreme Court
May 18, 2024Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud bids special farewell in Kodava Thakk, a language designated as endangered by UNESCO New Delhi: Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna on Friday bid adieu to the Apex Court on his last working day before his formal retirement on May 19. Hailing from Kodagu district, known for its natural beauty…
EVM-VVPAT case: SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification
April 26, 2024No change in vote counting process for election, rules Apex Court New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning rejected petitions seeking 100 percent cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with paper slips generated through the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) method. The two-Judge Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice…
Decision on release of drought relief for Karnataka imminent: Centre tells SC
April 23, 2024New Delhi: The Centre on Monday assured the Supreme Court (SC) that the Karnataka Government’s demand with regard to the release of drought relief fund would be dealt with expeditiously after having received green signal for it from the EC. At the outset of the hearing on Karnataka Government’s plea against the Centre for not…
Apex Court stays State Board exams for classes 5, 8, 9, 11
April 10, 2024New Delhi: In a big setback to the State Government, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Karnataka Government to keep the results of Board exams for classes 5, 8, 9 and 11 in abeyance and rebuked the authorities for playing with the future of students. A SC Bench, headed by Justice Bela Trivedi, directed…
Private Hospitals Association welcomes SC rule on fee parity
March 10, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Private Hospitals Association has welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) direction on fixing a uniform fee structure for treatment at all private Hospitals in the country within a month. In a press release, Association President Dr. S.P. Yoganna said that the Association welcomes the SC ruling in connection with a PIL (Public Interest Litigation)…
SC dismisses money laundering case against D.K. Shivakumar
March 5, 2024New Delhi: In a big relief to Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the Supreme Court (SC) today dismissed a 2018 money laundering case against the Congress leader. The Congress leader was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in September 2019 in connection with this case. In November last year, the Supreme Court ruled that…
Electoral bonds unconstitutional: SC
February 15, 2024New Delhi: In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court this morning invalidated the electoral bonds scheme, terming it unconstitutional. The ruling, which comes just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, was delivered by a five-judge Constitution Bench, putting an end to a contentious method of political funding that has been under scrutiny since its…
Supreme Court hears petition on deleting ‘Secular’, ‘Socialist’ from the Preamble of Indian Constitution
February 10, 2024New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ could have been inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution in 1976 even though the date of the adoption of the Constitution remained unaltered — Nov. 26, 1949. Hearing a pair of petitions that have sought the deletion…
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