New Delhi – The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its interim order of granting protection from arrest to former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) trainee officer Puja Khedkar, accused for forging her documents to obtain eligibility for the 2022 Union Public Service Commission test. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma posted the…
New Delhi : The Punjab Government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has cleared the protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri borders near Haryana and farmers’ leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal who was on fast unto death also broke his fast. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh was informed…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on April 16 a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the law relating to the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners, which dropped the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel for Election Commissioners. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing…
New Delhi – The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all State governments to pay salaries and other allowances to the Chairpersons and other members of the State and District Consumer Disputes Resolution Commissions (DCDRC & SCDRC). The top court was dealing with a batch of connected matters that pertained to the payment of salary and…
New Delhi : Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of systematically reducing scholarships meant for students from SC, ST, OBC, and minority communities, alleging that the Modi government’s actions have severely impacted the educational opportunities of marginalised youth. Kharge, in a post on X, cited government data from Rajya Sabha…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to collate and furnish data regarding the total number of complaints of caste discrimination received under its 2012 regulations in universities and higher educational institutions in the country. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan asked UGC to submit…
New Delhi- The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the acquittal of controversial self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of the Dera Sacha Sauda in the Ranjit Singh murder case. A bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar directed to tag the…
New Delhi- The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, has recommended appointments of judges for four different high courts of the country. The SC Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of three judicial officers as judges of the Rajasthan HC.”The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held…
New Delhi- The Supreme Court on Monday summoned Chief Secretaries of Delhi and the adjoining NCR states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan over failure to pay subsistence allowance to construction workers when construction activities have been paused under the GRAP-IV regulations. A Bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and A.G. Masih was hearing…
New Delhi- The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing on a petition challenging the lack of transparency in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG 2024. A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan posted the matter for hearing next week after an adjournment was sought on the petitioner’s behalf.In their plea…
