Justice L Nageswara Rao led bench of #SupremeCourt to hear plea seeking cancellation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test undergraduate exam (NEET UG) held on September 12, 2021, citing alleged instances of cheating, malpractices @AdvMamtaSharma#NEETreexam
[NEET UG 2021] Petition for cancellation, fresh exam: Live Updates from Supreme Court
Advocate Ninad Dogra: The NEET for UG admissions was on 12 Sept.
#SupremeCourt: What kind of writs are filed? Lakhs of people have taken these exams?
#SupremeCourt: When people come to you, don't you say that these will be dismissed with cost? You argue, we'll deal with this at length and we'll deal with you specially.
Advocate Ninad Dogra: CBI has registered three FIRs. Papers were leaked on WhatsApp.
[ORDER]: The Petitioner.. 12.09.2021 has filed this WP for setting aside said examination and direct respondents to conduct a NEET afresh. The basis for the claim that CBI has registered at least three FIRs wherein it was stated that there has been impersonation...
[ORDER]: The Ld. counsel for the petitioner submits that there have been.. in May 2021.. that examination was not conducted in fair and transparent manner. The Petitioner requests for cancellation of exam. Instances of consideration..
(Counsel interrupts)
Advocate Pradeep Gupta: May I request, the Petitioner is 20 years old.
Court: Yes, we will also say that the amount is to be collected by the lawyer and not the Petitioner for giving him this advise.
Advocate Pradeep Gupta: I request that the costs may not be imposed.
#SupremeCourt: Thats what we'll say costs may be collected from you. Why should the Petitioner pay? It is the lawyer who gives suggestions of filing such Petitions that under Article 32.
#SupremeCourt [ORDER]: The Petitioner is warned not to be adventurous with filing writ petitions.
Justice Rao: You know that the Court is not going to interefere with an exam where 7 and a half lakh students have taken on the basis of five FIRs, how can the exam be cancelled?
Advocate Pradeep Gupta: I bow down my Lords, my only request is costs may not be imposed.
#SupremeCourt: Costs will not be imposed but we'll remeber you, next time there is such a case,we'll definitely impose costs on you.
Justice Chandrachud: it is very easy to criticize the court or government without being on the hot seat. . Is it fit we conduct a legal post mortem of the issue now here?
Justice Chandrachud: You must invoke remedies under CrPC before seeking CBI probe and this is not a case for commission of enquiry. article 32 is to be the last resort..lets do something positive for the society...
Hearing before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nerlikar.
Adv Satish Maneshinde to appear for Khan.
Adv Sartaj Shaikh to appear for Dhamecha and Merchant.
Special Public Prosecutor Advait Sethna to appear for NCB.
#SupremeCourt to hear a plea by Real estate company, @Supertechltd seeking modification of the top court's August 31 judgment by which the Court had directed the demolition of the 40-storey twin tower building of Supertech's Emerald Court project at Noida @noida_authority
Justice Chandrachud: how can this be maitainable?
Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi: we are seeking to implement the order.
SC: You want to keep T16 and demolish T17, this is not maintainable. you cant file an MA when a judgment has been delivered
Justice BV Nagarathna: its like seeking implementation of the verdict on your own terms
Justice Chandrachud: its just not on marginal distance. its on other aspects
Rohatgi: one is distance and one is the green area issue
Adv Tanveer Ahmed Mir rebuts Prosecution's arguments against #SharjeelImam who has sought bail in a case connected to #DelhiRiots before Delhi Court. "Sole indictment on the speech. Incumbent duty upon all of us to look at the speech... If it incident violence"
Mir argues in a case of #Sedition against Imam. On #NRC, Mir argues ultimately his client's speech talks about advocating of a policy like... "In a university if we don't debate public policies, where do we debate?" #sharjeel_imam#CAA_NRC#DelhiRiots
Mir: This is a criminal court. We don't go by inferences. I am not denying my speech. For the speech to fall under #Sedition... My friend can't have discretion to add his own thoughts and inferences. #sharjeel_imam#DelhiRiots
#SupremeCourt delivers order on a plea seeking implementation of SC order directing NDMA to frame guidelines for payment of ex gratia compensation for COVID19 deaths
Justice MR Shah: next kin of the deceased shall be paid an amount of Rs 50,000 and it will be over and above the amounts paid by centre and state under various benevolent schemes.
Justice MR Shah: The payment will be from state disaster relief funds. Full details of the beneficiary should be published in print media. Such amount will be disbursed within 30 days of submitting application and cause of death being certified as of COVID19
#SupremeCourt hears plea by West Bengal govt for a stay on investigation in post poll violence cases claiming that #CBI has not received pre-requisite permission from state.