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Supreme Court bench led by J AM Khanwilkar begins hearing a plea challenging the @theicai notification which gave CA aspirants an option to opt out of the May 2020 exam cycle due to #COVID-19. Plea argues ICAI notification is arbitrary and discriminatory. #SupremeCourt
Adv Alakh Alok Srivastava for petitioner: My petitioner is Mumbai based

Senior Adv Ramji Srinivasan: The petitioner proceeds on incorrect assumptions. There is no prejudice caused.
J Khanwilkar: Can you file an affidavit on behalf of ICAI by June 29?

Senior Adv Srinivasan: Yes

Adv Srivastava: But the deadline for opt out is expiring tomorrow!
SC: If we decide in your (petitioner) favour, we can issue directions

#SupremeCourt posts the matter for June 29. ICAI directed to file affidavit by Monday in response to the petition.

#caexams
[CA Exams]: ICAI to file its response before Supreme Court by Monday on plea challenging "opt-out" option for current exam cycle

@theicai #caexams #SupremeCourt

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Supreme Court Judge, Justice Sanjiv Khanna is scheduled to deliver an address in a discussion held by the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana on the theme "Perseverance is not a long race, it is many short races one after the other: Lessons for a young lawyer"
The online discussion will also see a special address by QC Geoffrey Robertson, who is also an author and the founder of Doughty Street Chambers, UK
Justice Khanna begins his address by acknowledging the benefits of technology due to which the webinar is made possible as well as an acknowledgment of the fact that a small virus has led to a situation where technology has to be resorted to.

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Senior Advocate and Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal to speak about "Independence of Judiciary" in an online seminar hosted by Advocate J Ravindran.

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Sibal: Through the years the way the judiciary functions has changed. Now the independence of judiciary is a matter of concern for the public at large.
Sibal first talks about Independence qua a Judge, an individual.

Sibal: A Judge needs to look at balancing claims and equity and rule accordingly. Our expectation when we go to a Judge is that he needs to have that balance.
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[SUPREME COURT TO DELIVER FINAL ORDERS IN CBSE EXAM PLEA]

2 judge bench of the #SupremeCourt to shortly dictate final orders in the plea seeking cancellation of #CBSEBoardExams

Govt had informed SC that Class X and XII exams stands cancelled due to #COVID19 @cbseindia29
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for @HRDMinistry and @cbseindia29 submitted that class X will have no exams whereas for Class XII there will be an option of a board exam at a later date. However for both X & XII, the marks obtained in past 3 exams will be assessed
The three judge bench had allowed the SG to file a notification putting the exam scheme into effect by today and also file a fresh affidavit detailing how will the assessment marks will be calculated & what impact could it have on competitive exams

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