The Central Government recently informed the Supreme Court that a threshold of Rs 8 lakhs of annual family income, in the current situation is reasonable for determining EWS. #NEETPG #NeetPGcounselling2021 lawbeat.in/top-stories/ne…
SG Tushar Mehta- It is only because of your Lordships intervention that this exercise was undertaken, my affidavit was filed on 31 Dec 2021, at this stage whatever is relevant to assit, the central government had appointed a 3 member committee
Senior Advocate Shyam Divan mentioning that your Lordships may hear us, as this was part heard before another bench. I'm not insisting on constitution of a bench, but we had argued at fullest.
Senior Adv Arvind P Datar appearing for petitioner submits we have alot to say, they have concluded at 8 Lakhs.
Entire Counseling has been stayed, 22 -2023 Counseling has been announced, for the last Counseling let the old system prevail #NEETPG2021 #neetpg2021counselling #NEET
Sinor ADV P Wilson- We object to it, reservation to OBCs cannot be taken away.
Justice Chandrachud- Mr Solicitor, we had said that you'll revisit the criteria, if we are sitting in this combination we'll have to give opportunity to Mr Datar and Mr Divan and then we can hear you tomorrow. #NEETPG2021 #neetpg2021counselling #NEET
SG Mehta- We as a government at the earnest, the notification EWS quota is since 2019, this has been implemented throughout the country, we are at a stage that counselling is struck, we need Doctors, society cannot right now go into lengthy arguments. #neetpg2021counselling
Mehta-
Let us go ahead with the counselling, then we can decide. The Court can then hear the matter and we'll continue. #NEETPG2021 #neetpg2021counselling #NEET
Divan- I have to say that, The rules of the game cannot be changed once the game has begun, I'm in your Lordships hand whatever you lordship thinks feasible.
Justice Chandrachud- Mr Divan Its 3:10 can you conclude by 4 so that the Counseling can start.
Datar- By counselling do they mean that they will make admissions on that basis?
Divan referring to written submissions by the petitioners,
My broad submissions are
-Once the academic year has commenced, which scheme can change. #NEETPG2021 #neetpg2021counselling #NEET
Divan adds,
- This is a carved out AIQ by the supreme court, various are involved, any variation ought to be done by an appropriate application before this court and not an order.
Rules of the game cannot be chaged belatedly.
Scheduled examination was 2021, then was postponed by 4 months, new date of examination was 11 Sep, and then results were declared 28th September 2021, impugned announcement comes after the notification on 29th July 2021, published after 5 months after process started, Divan adds
Divan in this regards submitted that "Hence, Why should there be changes once the game has begun."
Divan referring to Judgments, in the case of Pradeep Jain.
Divan- In many situation which we are now looking at, the super speciality is the end of the road in many departments, this is also applied to the Post Graduate.
I'm very thankful for the hearing.
Delhi High Court is hearing a plea by Sathish Babu Sana, linked to meat exporter Moin Qureshi's corruption and illegal gratification case. Sana was granted interim protection in the case previously by the Court.
Sana challenges a Look Out Circular issued against him.
Sana: I'm a person who has gone abroad 19 times and returned to the country since registration of the case. I've always presented myself whenever called for investigation.
Founder and Editor of The New Indian has moved the Delhi High Court against @Twitter for blocking access to her handle @AartiTikoo allegedly "for calling out the actions of Kashmiri Islamists on Twitter for threatening her cousin."
The contents of her tweet according to her plea, were: "My brother @TikooSahil who lives in Srinagar, being openly threatened by jihadi terrorists sitting in Kashmir-India, their handlers in Pakistan, UK, US. Is anyone watching?"
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"Are we sitting ducks waiting to be shot dead by Islamists or will you crackdown on them? @HMOIndia"
Maninder Singh, Sr.ADV: I have 2 submissions. It is not merely a law and order problem. It is squarely falling in the Special Protection Group Act #PMOIndia . Section 14 says “assistance to the group shall be the duty of every ministry of central or State Government”
Singh: This fell for your lordships consideration with regard to a former PM who was under trial for corruption and the place of the trial had to be shifted. Even if the PM wants to wave the protection, he cannot do that. He does not have the right #PMOIndia
Justice Chandrachud dictating order- There is a challenge in the petition to the notification issued by the Director General of Health Services.
The notice takes effect from 2021-2022.