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The Supreme Court of India (File). New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday responded firmly to a challenge to its authority – stressing that compliance with its orders is “not a matter of choice” – and expunged critical remarks made by a single-judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court last month regarding a…
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The sentence was reduced by the Supreme Court. New Delhi: Forty years after three men were booked for murder following a trivial fight among children over mangoes in an Uttar Pradesh village, the Supreme Court has come to their rescue by reducing the life sentence to a seven-year jail term. The sentence has been awarded…
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A worker operates a machine inside a small scale manufacturing unit in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court has held that banks or creditors are required to identify the incipient stress in the account of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), before their accounts turn into non-performing assets. A Bench headed…
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The guidelines also apply to transgenders and female sex workers. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the guidelines issued by the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) and National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), imposing a blanket restriction on transgender persons, female sex workers, and gay men…
Development and ecological balance must go hand in hand, the Supreme Court said. New Delhi: Development and ecological balance must go hand in hand, the Supreme Court said today while wondering why public interest litigations (PILs) are filed when infrastructure projects like highways are launched. The top court’s observation came while dealing with a petition…
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Centre gets notice on plea challenging guidelines debarring blood donation by transgenders, gay men. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from the government on a plea challenging the guidelines that exclude transgenders, gay and sex workers from donating blood. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud issued notices to the Union…
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The bench said the Radhakrishnan panel should consider framing standard operating procedure New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it did not cancel the controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024 examination amid concerns of paper leak because there was no systemic breach of its sanctity. In its detailed reasons for the order which was pronounced on July 23,…
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NEET Exam Paper Leak: The Supreme Court earlier ruled out a re-test (File). New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the National Testing Agency – the under-fire central body responsible for the conduct of the NEET-UG test – to “rectify deficiencies in the exam system”, including using technology to identify faults in its cybersecurity profile…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today pronounce its judgment containing reasons for not canceling the 2024 NEET-UG medical entrance exam, despite a raging controversy over paper allegations and other irregularities in the exam. Here are 10 updates on the big story: A 3-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud will today deliver its…
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The verdict examined whether the principle of sub-classification violates right to equality. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the fundamental right to equality guarantees “factual and not formal equality”, and if different persons are not similarly situated, a classification is permissible. The observations were made by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud while penning his…
