Supreme Court bench headed by Justice UU Lalit to shortly pronounce judgment in the 69,000 assistant teacher (Shiksha Mitra) recruitment case of 2019 today at 10.30 am
The core issue was the challenge by #ShikshaMitras to the Uttar Pradesh government's order of January 7, 2019, by which the qualifying marks for the Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination 2019 were fixed at 65 and 60 for the General and Reserved categories respectively.
Justice Lalit: We have recorded the submission of UP govt that #ShikshaMitras would be given another chance to compete in the next selection. Leaving the modalities to state government. Appeals of all Shiksha Mitras dismissed and all contentions rejected.
Supreme Court gives an extension of time till May 31, 2021 to Uttarakhand govt to remove illegal religious structures in four areas of Haridwar. The State had started work in May, 2020
Bar Council of Tamil Nadu today moved the Madras High Court seeking the Court's intervention in initiating action against retired Judge Justice Karnan for his derogatory remarks against women and the judiciary. #Justicekarnan
Justice T Ravindran remarked that similar matters were pending before a Division Bench of the Court and the Bench had already issued directions in the allied matter.
The Judge expressed his inclination to refer the matter to the Division Bench.
The State's Counsel submitted that a FIR registered by an advocate had been acted upon, with Section 67-A of the Information Technology Act being added to the other offences alleged.
The same Bench of Justices RS Endlaw and Asha Menon has issued notice last month in a plea to recognise same-sex marriages under the Special Marriage Act.
Delhi High Court begins hearing Future Retail's suit against Amazon in relation to the emergency arbitrator award stalling its deal with Reliance Retail.
#SupremeCourt will resume its hearing on the batch of petitions seeking relief in the form of extension of moratorium period beyond six months or waiver of interest on interest.