Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the issue of OBC and EWS reservation in all-India quota of medical education and directed the ministries concerned to resolve it on priority, according to sources. In a meeting on Monday attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, secretaries of education, health and … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jul 11, 2021) If there is a travesty about the principle of equal work, equal pay, one need not turn to the urban-hinterland disparity as a comparison of compensation paid to a Supreme Court judge for hearing and deciding a case and to a senior advocate for arguing it … Read more
The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction for investigation by an independent probe agency like the CBI into the March 10 incident where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had sustained leg injury after an alleged attack on her in Nandigram. “You go to the Calcutta High Court,” a bench headed … Read more
The Registrar General of India (RGI) has turned down a request of the Assam government to continue financial support for completing pending work of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) beyond March 31 this year. Taking strong exception to the “inordinate delay” in completion of the entire exercise, the office of the RGI in a … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday questioned the Centre for filing an affidavit without specifying at whose level the decision was taken for not granting one more opportunity to UPSC civil services aspirants who could not appear in their last attempt in 2020 exam due to COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Justice A M … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices with “great caution” on twin PILs seeking uniform grounds of divorce and payment of maintenance and alimony to women across all religions. The PILs were filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay. A bench led by CJI S.A. Bobde issued notices to the central government’s law ministry … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Monday as to why it has not banned the use of tunnels for disinfecting people for COVID-19 despite taking the stand that spraying of chemical disinfectants is physically and psychologically harmful. A bench headed by Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah was … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea challenging the Madras High Court decision to stay a single Judge order, which had restrained Patanjali Ayurved Ltd from using the trademark ‘Coronil‘. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said if we prevent the use of word “Coronil” during the pandemic … Read more
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp will need an all-clear from the Supreme Court before it can roll out its payment feature, people familiar with the matter said. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) — the nodal agency for retail payments in the country — has already given it the go-ahead, saying WhatsApp Pay has fulfilled all … Read more