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01 NEET UG 2024: Centre tells Supreme Court candidates who got less time will be allowed retest; grace marks cancelled
If these students choose not to take the retest, their original scores would remain but without counting grace marks awarded earlier on account of the loss of time.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/neet-ug-2024-centre-supreme-court-candidates-got-less-time-retest-grace-marks-cancelled | 177 | 3 | Loading... |
02 Caregivers can't be forced to work all day; limit it to 8 hours a day: Kerala Administrative Tribunal
Five caregivers approached the tribunal alleging that they were being forced to work 24 hours a day for six days a week in State-run care homes.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/caregivers-cant-forced-work-all-day-limit-8-hours-day-kerala-administrativetribunal | 145 | 1 | Loading... |
03 Disinformation has polarised people; purveyors of falsehoods must be made accountable: Justice KV Viswanathan
However, Justice Viswanathan also said that one must remain vigilant against an overreach that stifles dissent or controversial viewpoints
https://www.barandbench.com/news/disinformation-has-polarised-people-purveyors-of-falsehoods-must-be-made-accountable-justice-kv-viswanathan | 590 | 2 | Loading... |
04 Karan Johar moves Bombay High Court against Hindi film 'Shaadi ke director Karan aur Johar'
Single-judge Justice RI Chagla will hear the plea tomorrow for urgent stay on the release of the film. The film is slated for release on June 14.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/karan-johar-moves-bombay-high-court-hindi-film-shaadi-ke-director-karan-aur-johar | 696 | 0 | Loading... |
05 Bombay High Court denies bail to 3 men accused of plot to convert India into Islamic State
The Court noted that there was material to make out a strong prima facie case against the three men, who allegedly acted to give effect to PFI's "Vision 2047" and its alleged plot to make India an Islamic State.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-high-court-denies-bail-to-3-accused-of-plot-to-convert-india-into-islamic-state | 752 | 4 | Loading... |
06 NEET UG 2024: NTA tells Delhi High Court it will seek transfer of all High Court cases to Supreme Court
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the court that to avoid conflicting views, it is appropriate if the Supreme Court hears all the matters.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/nta-transfer-neet-ug-2024-controversy-supreme-court-delhi-high-court | 674 | 2 | Loading... |
07 Gujarat High Court denies bail to ex-ISRO officer accused of sending pictures to woman in Pakistan
The Court said the images alleged to have been forwarded by accused Kalpesh Turi to the woman in Pakistan related to ISRO's Space Applications Centre at Ahmedabad and were taken by him without any authorisation.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/gujarat-high-court-denies-bail-ex-isro-officer-accused-sharing-confidential-information-pakistan | 628 | 1 | Loading... |
08 Karnataka Prohibition of Violence against Advocates Act comes into force
The law provides that any person who commits an offence against a lawyer shall face imprisonment for a term ranging from six months to three years, or a fine of ₹1 lakh or both.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/karnataka-prohibition-of-violence-against-advocates-act-comes-into-force | 572 | 1 | Loading... |
09 Kerala High Court forms expert committee to address Periyar river pollution
The Court directed the newly formed committee to visit all the sites around the river and identify effective solutions to combat Periyar river's pollution.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-forms-expert-committee-address-periyar-river-pollution | 535 | 2 | Loading... |
10 Renuka Swamy murder: Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, girlfriend Pavithra Gowda, 11 others sent to police custody
It is alleged that Renuka Swamy died from injuries sustained in an attack carried out on Darshan Thoogudeepa's instructions after Swamy made derogatory comments against his girlfriend, Pavithra Gowda on social media.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/renuka-swamy-murder-case-actor-darshan-thoogudeepa-pavithra-gowda-others-police-custody | 542 | 1 | Loading... |
11 Madras High Court orders Bar bodies to pay junior lawyers monthly stipend of ₹15k to ₹20k
A bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and C Kumarappan said it was unreasonable and demeaning to expect young lawyers to work without being paid.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/madras-high-court-orders-bar-bodies-pay-junior-lawyers-monthly-stipend-15k-to-20k | 539 | 2 | Loading... |
12 NCLT approves amalgamation of Air Asia with Air India Express
The tribunal bench at Chandigarh approved the amalgamation between the two airline companies after noting that the necessary sanctions form the Ministry of Civil Aviation had been obtained.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/nclt-approves-amalgamation-of-air-asia-with-air-india-express | 510 | 2 | Loading... |
13 Monitor conduct of lawyer accused of hurting religious sentiments: Punjab and Haryana High Court
Justice Kuldeep Tiwari passed the order after quashing the First Information Report (FIR) against the lawyer Pritpaljit Singh Sangha after the complainant, also an advocate, compromised the matter with the accused.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/monitor-conduct-lawyer-accused-hurting-religious-sentiments-punjab-and-haryana-high-court | 500 | 0 | Loading... |
14 What Bombay High Court said on right of dead persons to decent last rites
The Court was dealing with a PIL petition filed over a shortage of space for burial grounds.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-high-court-right-of-dead-persons-to-decentlastrites | 523 | 2 | Loading... |
15 Cancel licence of journalists indulging in blackmailing, anti-social acts: Allahabad High Court
The matter is very serious and the State Machinery should take cognizance of the same, the Court said.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/cancel-licence-journalists-indulging-blackmailing-anti-social-acts-allahabad-high-court | 514 | 2 | Loading... |
16 Restrictions on bail in NDPS cases not applicable to constitutional courts: Allahabad High Court
The Court held that the restrictions only apply to the special courts dealing with NDPS cases (trial courts).
https://www.barandbench.com/news/restrictions-bail-ndps-act-not-applicable-to-constitutional-courts-allahabad-high-court | 569 | 1 | Loading... |
17 Delhi water crisis: Supreme Court flags inaction by Delhi government against water tanker mafias
The Court warned that it would ask the Delhi Police to investigate the matter if the Delhi government does not do anything about it.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/delhi-water-crisis-supreme-court-flags-inaction-delhi-government-water-tanker-mafias | 626 | 0 | Loading... |
18 Justice KV Viswanathan of Supreme Court to deliver Justice TS Krishnamoorthy Iyer Memorial Speech
The lecture on the topic "Emerging Areas that Impact Law & the Legal System" will be hosted by the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) at the Kerala High Court Auditorium.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/justice-kv-viswanathan-supreme-court-deliver-justice-ts-krishnamoorthy-iyer-memorial-speech | 851 | 3 | Loading... |
19 State must exercise parens patriae jurisdiction for mentally disabled adults without family support: Madras High Court
Justice GR Swaminathan directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide lifelong accommodation and medical care to a 20-year-old mentally ill man.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/state-exercise-parens-patriae-jurisdiction-mentally-disabled-adults-without-family-support-madras-high-court | 805 | 3 | Loading... |
20 Canal waste in Kochi must be cleared: Kerala High Court in Brahmapuram waste plant case
The Court was hearing a case initiated to monitor waste disposal in Kochi after a fire broke out at the Brahmapuram garbage dump last year, which threw up concerns about inefficient waste disposal measures in the city.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/canal-waste-kochi-kerala-high-court-brahmapuram-waste-plant-case | 781 | 2 | Loading... |
21 Bail to juvenile not ‘must’ in all cases, society’s concerns cannot be ignored: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Where victim is a child, bail can also be refused on the ground that release would defeat the ends of justice, the Court held.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/bail-to-juvenile-not-must-in-all-cases-societys-concerns-cannot-be-ignored-madhya-pradesh-high-court | 752 | 9 | Loading... |
22 CJI DY Chandrachud responds to court vacation debate, judicial activism, faith in courts and more
CJI Chandrachud noted that even staggered leaves by judges may not be a solution to tackle the court vacation debate as they would cut into the break that lawyers deserve.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/cji-dy-chandrachud-court-vacation-debate-judicial-activism | 725 | 4 | Loading... |
23 Centre notifies fresh term for Justice Rajesh Sekhri as additional judge of Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium had on May 17 recommended a fresh one-year term for Justice Sekhri as an additional judge.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/centre-fresh-term-justice-rajesh-sekhri-additional-judge-jammu-kashmir-high-court | 693 | 1 | Loading... |
24 Centre notifies appointment of two additional judges of Gauhati High Court as permanent judges
As on June 1, the Gauhati High Court is functioning with 24 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 30, a vacancy position of 6.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/centre-notifies-appointment-two-additional-judges-gauhati-high-court-permanent-judges | 648 | 2 | Loading... |
25 IIAC regulations for conduct of arbitration involving Micro and Small Enterprises notified
As per a press release, the regulations recognise the need to promote faster and more effective resolution of disputes affecting Micro and Small Enterprises.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/iiac-conduct-of-micro-small-enterprises-arbitration-regulations-2024-notified | 632 | 1 | Loading... |
26 No one can stop adults from living with or marrying person of their choice: Allahabad High Court
The Court was dealing with a plea filed by a couple who had married against family wishes, and who were facing death threats and a false case filed by the woman's uncle.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/no-one-can-stop-adults-from-living-with-or-marrying-person-of-their-choice-allahabad-high-court | 670 | 7 | Loading... |
27 Why having more women judges matters: CJI DY Chandrachud recounts experience with Justice Bela Trivedi
CJI Chandrachud also spoke on the impact of court hearings on issues concerning the LGBTQ community, the reservation v. merit debate, and a controversial "sinners have a future" remark by the Supreme Court in a rape case.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/why-more-women-judges-matters-cji-chandrachud-experience-justice-bela-trivedi | 686 | 7 | Loading... |
28 NEET UG 2024: Supreme Court refuses to stay counselling but seeks NTA response on paper leak allegation
The Court was hearing a batch of petitions seeking cancellation of the NEET UG 2024 over alleged paper leak and other irregularities this year.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/neet-ug-2024-supreme-court-refuses-stay-counselling-seeks-nta-response-paper-leak | 741 | 3 | Loading... |
29 Punjab and Haryana High Court quotes Shakespeare on love, bats for quashing FIRs involving runaway couples
The Court was hearing a petition moved by a man who was booked in 2009 for allegedly enticing away a girl for marriage. The accused was arrested seven years later and subsequently granted bail.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/punjab-and-haryana-high-court-quotes-shakespeare-love-bats-quashing-firs-involving-runaway-couples | 799 | 2 | Loading... |
30 Parental concerns cannot override adult woman's right to choose spouse: Kerala High Court
The Court ordered that a 27-year-old woman be set at liberty from the custody of her father who had detained her for being in a relationship with the petitioner who was from another religion.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/parental-concerns-cannot-override-adult-woman-right-choose-spouse-kerala-high-court | 787 | 2 | Loading... |
31 Kerala High Court denies anticipatory bail to dancer Kalamandalam Sathyabhama
Sathyabhama stands accused of making casteist remarks against fellow artist RLV Ramakrishnan, who belongs to a scheduled caste community.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-denies-anticipatory-bail-dancer-kalamandalam-sathyabhama | 744 | 2 | Loading... |
32 Arjun Ram Meghwal retains independent charge of Minister of State for Law and Justice
Meghwal held the same portfolio even during the previous NDA regime.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/arjun-ram-meghwal-retains-independent-charge-of-minister-of-state-for-law-and-justice-in-nda-4 | 921 | 3 | Loading... |
33 Madras High Court judge falls down in court unwell but returns to work in the afternoon
Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court complained of uneasiness while hearing a matter in his courtroom at around 11 am Monday.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/madras-high-court-judge-falls-down-court-unwell-returns-work-afternoon | 940 | 1 | Loading... |
34 Jammu and Kashmir High Court slaps ₹1 lakh cost on 81-year-old for harassing judges
"The petitioner has virtually become a cancer for the judicial system and by his nuisance is harassing the judges at all levels," the Court said.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/jammu-and-kashmir-high-court-imposes-1-lakh-cost-81-year-old-harassing-judges | 847 | 1 | Loading... |
35 Tamil Nadu leading the way with its LGBTQ policy despite its conservative image: Madras High Court
Justice Anand Venkatesh allowed the State’s request for another three months to finalise its Gender and Sexual Minority Policy.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/tamil-nadu-leading-the-way-with-its-lgbtq-policy-despite-its-conservative-image-madras-high-court | 764 | 2 | Loading... |
36 Trial court got swayed by allegations, no reason to refuse bail to Sharjeel Imam: Delhi High Court
The High Court said that there was nothing that disentitled Sharjeel Imam from getting statutory bail in the sedition and UAPA case registered against him.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/trial-court-got-swayed-by-allegations-delhi-high-court-sharjeel-imam-bail-order | 566 | 3 | Loading... |
37 Supreme Court cancels online AoR exam after technical glitches mar first paper; exam to be held offline this year
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) has now decided that all papers for the AoR exam will be held physically this year, sources told Bar & Bench.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/supreme-court-cancels-online-aor-exam-after-technical-glitches-offline-this-year | 639 | 1 | Loading... |
38 UP Police doing a poor job in probing cyber crimes, misuse of non-consensual images: Allahabad High Court
The Court said that offenders cannot go scot-free on account of inadequacy in investigations or pedantic view adopted by the trial court.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/up-police-doing-poor-job-probing-cyber-crimes-misuse-non-consensual-images-allahabad-high-court | 691 | 1 | Loading... |
39 Calcutta High Court refuses urgent hearing in PIL to restrain Justice Amrita Sinha from hearing cases on Police
The plea alleged bias on the ground that the judge's husband had tried to influence investigation into a criminal case.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/calcutta-high-court-refuses-urgent-hearing-pil-restrain-justice-amrita-sinha-hearing-cases-police | 655 | 2 | Loading... |
40 Aap Ki Adalat: Delhi High Court protects personality rights of Rajat Sharma against Baap Ki Adalat
A man was using the name "Jhandiya TV" and "Baap Ki Adalat"; Rajat Sharma said it amounted to infringement of India TV and Aap ki Adalat trademarks.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/aap-ki-adalat-delhi-high-court-protects-personality-rights-rajat-sharma-baap-ki-adalat | 633 | 2 | Loading... |
The Central government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that candidates who got less than the allotted time to write the National Eligibility cum Entrance Tes
The Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) at Thiruvananthapuram recently held that forcing ayahs (caregivers, nursemaids) to work round-the-clock without proper
Supreme Court judge Justice KV Viswanathan on Wednesday said that disinformation is increasingly polarising people in today's digital era and that legal profess
Bollywood film director Karan Johar has approached the Bombay High Court against makers of Hindi film "Shaadi ke Director Karan aur Johar" taking objection to t
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to three men accused of being part of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), observing that there was e
The National Testing Agency (NTA) informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it will seek transfer of all the matters related to National Eligibility
The Gujarat High Court on Monday refused to grant bail to a former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) technical officer who had allegedly shared confiden
The Karnataka government has notified the Karnataka Prohibition of Violence against Advocates Act, 2023 (KPVA Act) with effect from June 10. The statement and o
The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the formation of an expert committee to study and come up with suggestions and solutions to tackle Periyar river pollut
A Bengaluru trial court on Tuesday remanded Kannada film actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, his girlfriend Pavithra Gowda and eleven others accused of being involved in