SC gives go-ahead to Cauvery panel to examine issues

(IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) would examine at its meeting Wednesday all issues, including shortfall in the river water supplied to Tamil Nadu, and make recommendations. The court said this on being told that the union water resources secretary in a letter to the Tamil Nadu chief secretary had  [ Read More ]

Minority Sub-quota:Supreme court denial to stay on Andhra Pradesh High court

The  dawn of Wednesday came as a shock to the central government as well as to the politicians advocating religion based reservation as theSupreme Court on Wednesday turned down the central government’s plea to suspend the operation of the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 percent sub-quota reservation for religious minorities. An apex court bench of Justice K.S.  [ Read More ]

Minority Sub-Quota:files documents in Supreme Court

The central government Tuesday filed before theca set of documents supporting its plea seeking a stay on the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 percent reservation for minorities in central government educational institutions and jobs within 27 the percent OBC reservation. Additionalccccmade a mentioning to this effect before the apex court vacation bench of  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court refuses to suspend order on minority sub-quota

The Supreme Court Monday declined to suspend for now the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s verdict quashing 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities within 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Castes (OBC). An Supreme court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar declined to suspend the operation of the high court verdict, saying the central government  [ Read More ]

UP local bodies’ election will go ahead: Supreme Court

In a breather for the newly-elected Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court Monday declined to stall the election of chairpersons of the state’s local bodies that is to take place in four phases from June 20 – but with a rider. An Supreme  court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar, however, said that  [ Read More ]

SC permits online counselling for undergraduate medical courses

The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the union health ministry to undertake online counselling for admission of students to undergraduate medical courses for 15 percent central seats in government colleges across the country. AnSupreme court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar cleared the decks for online counselling for admissions to MBBS and  [ Read More ]

Supreme court challenge the reservation in Uttar Pradesh poll

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh government whether it intended to contest the state high court’s finding that reservation in municipal agencies, where elections are scheduled to be held, was flawed. An Supreme court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S. Khehar asked Uttar Pradesh advocate general Gaurav Bhatia whether the state  [ Read More ]

Supreme court to hear plea on illegal mining in Rajasthan

An NGO moved the Supreme Court Tuesday seeking direction to the Rajasthan government to enforce a complete ban on mining activities in Alwar district as ordered by the court earlier. Senior counsel V. Giri, appearing for NGO Society for Awarness and Development, told the apex court vacation bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice J.S.  [ Read More ]

Aarushi case: Arguments on charges conclude

Arguments on framing charges against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, concluded in a Ghaziabad court on Wednesday. Special CBI judge S. Lal reserved his order, which will be pronounced on Thursday. The arguments had begun Tuesday. This was after the court had Monday adjourned the case for a day after  [ Read More ]

Framing of charges underway in Aarushi case

The initial arguments to frame charges against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, finally began in a Ghaziabad court Tuesday afternoon.   Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor R.K. Saini submitted before the court of Special CBI Judge S. lal that the parents were responsible for killing their daughter and had  [ Read More ]