Rebel MLAs pray at Kamakhya Temple; to fly from Guwahati to Goa at 3.30 pm Mumbai: As the dramatic political crisis in Maharashtra continues to unfold, the Supreme Court (SC) will hear the Shiv Sena’s plea against the floor test ordered by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at 5 pm today. The Governor has ordered the…
Gun licence exemption to Kodavas: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea; seeks State response
March 30, 2022New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday sought the Karnataka Government’s response in a plea filed against a High Court (HC) verdict which had upheld the validity of the exemption granted to members of the Kodava community and Jamma tenure holders to carry and possess firearms without a licence. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of…
SC rejects plea to postpone GATE exam
February 4, 2022New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking postponement of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination 2022 due to Covid-19. The exam is to begin from Feb. 5. A Bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that postponing the examination would lead to anarchy and uncertainty, which would adversely affect…
Resumption of intellectual debate in Parliament, Assemblies is the need of the hour: SC
January 30, 2022New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday said that Parliament and Assemblies are becoming insensitive places and to get out of such a hopeless situation, it was necessary to take corrective steps towards restoring the dignity and standard of intellectual debate of the highest order. “It is high time that corrective steps are taken…
No dilution in SC/ST promotion quota: SC
January 29, 2022New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday refused to dilute the conditions for reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees and held that the collection of quantifiable data is mandatory apart from assessment of inadequacy of representation after periodic review. A Bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao passed the judgement. The Apex Court had…
SC upholds Constitutional validity of OBC quota in NEET
January 21, 2022New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of providing 27 percent reservation to Other Backward Caste (OBC) candidates in NEET AIQ (All India Quota) seats. It also noted that the reservation was not at odd with merit instead it furthers the distributive consequences of social justice. A two-Judge Bench headed…
Supreme Court hearing today
January 11, 2022New Delhi: In the midst of Congress’ padayatra from Mekedatu to Bengaluru that has generated heat in the State, the Supreme Court (SC) is set to hear Tamil Nadu’s petition on the project today. Tamil Nadu had approached the SC against the order of the Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Mekedatu balancing…
‘B Kharab’ land row at foot of Chamundi Hill: SC dismisses State’s review petition
November 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a review petition by the Karnataka Government against a High Court’s judgement proclaimed on Dec. 15, 2020 which declared the ownership of 1561.31 acres of prime land at Kurubarahalli of Mysuru Taluk Kasaba Hobli, Alanahalli and Chowdalli in favour of the erstwhile Mysore royal family. The State Government…
Apex Court to hear Karnataka’s plea on TN’s Cauvery river project
November 16, 2021Bengaluru: The Supreme Court will hear the Karnataka’s Government’s plea questioning Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to go ahead with its plans of taking up Cauvery-Vellaru-Vaigai-Gundar river link canal works near Kunnathur in Pudukkottai district , for the purpose of utilising 45 TMC of additional water of Cauvery river, this week, it is learnt. Tamil Nadu…
‘Demolition of religious structures unscientific’
September 13, 2021Senior advocate O. Sham Bhat urges CM to withdraw order Outrightly razing structures violates Supreme Court orders Mysore/Mysuru: Noted senior advocate from Mysuru, O. Sham Bhat has urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to withdraw the order to demolish religious structures as it is unscientific and would hurt the religious sentiments of people and the devout. …
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