New Delhi: Convicted lawmakers cannot be debarred from contesting elections for life, the Centre told the Supreme Court yesterday in response to a petition that sought convicted legislators to be treated on par with convicted bureaucrats, who are debarred for life from Government service. Making a distinction between bureaucrats and Members of Parliament (MPs) or…
Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivering its reason behind granting interim bail to Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, in the abetment to suicide case, held that Courts should, “ensure that criminal law does not become a weapon for selective harassment of citizens.” Phew! Thank you SC for that judgement…but what’s the use? All we can…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed the Union Government to go ahead with its amnesty scheme to protect owners and possessors of exotic animals and birds from prosecution, if they make the voluntary disclosure about it. A Bench, presided over by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice S.A. Bobde, upheld the Allahabad High…
Two drops of tears rolled down my cheeks at 4.15 pm yesterday, Wednesday, 11th November, as I was watching the Republic TV. It was the moment the Supreme Court announced the grant of bail to Arnab Goswami, Chief of Republic TV. As we know, he was jailed for the last eight days in a case…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has opined that a person belonging to an upper caste can’t be deprived of exercising their legal rights just because their opponent happens to be a member of the SC/ST community. “Offence under the SC/ST Act is not established merely on the fact that the informant is a member of…
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…
New 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…
Apex 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…
New 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…
New 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…
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