Chief Justice DY Chandrachud

October 14, 2024 4:57 PM

Supreme Court rejects plea alleging side effects of COVID-19 vaccines

The Supreme Court of India on Monday dismissed a petition alleging that COVID-19 vaccines caused severe side effects, including blood clotting, calling the plea as an attempt to create unnecessary alarm. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, declined to entertain the petition, stating that it lacked merit. "We don’t want to rake this up. This is just to create a sensation," remarked the bench, questioning the usefulness of the petition....

September 16, 2024 4:46 PM

Supreme Court rules state governments have power to sub-classify SCs, STs

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India ruled on Thursday that state governments have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) for the purpose of reservation. The seven-judge bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, delivered a 6:1 majority verdict overturning the previous E.V. Chinnaiah judgement, which had held such sub-classification impermissible. Besides CJI Chandrachud, other judges on the bench were Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M...

July 26, 2024 10:31 PM

National Testing Agency declares re-revised results of NEET-UG 2024

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the re-revised results and ranks for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2024 on Friday. According to the updated results, 13,15,853 candidates have qualified for the exam. In a significant change, the number of candidates securing All India Rank (AIR) 1 has been reduced from 67 to 17. This revision comes after the Supreme Court's decision on July 23 to uphold the validity of the exam, rejecting pleas for cancellation due to alleg...

September 16, 2024 5:18 PM

States have power to levy tax on mines, minerals bearing lands; royalty not tax: Supreme Court

In a landmark decision, a nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional authority of states to levy taxes on mines and mineral-bearing lands. The verdict, delivered today, also ruled that royalty payable on extracted minerals does not constitute a tax. The 8:1 majority judgement, authored by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and agreed to by Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay S Oka, JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma and Augustine George M...

September 16, 2024 6:02 PM

No doubt NEET-UG was compromised; says SC, demands details from NTA

The Supreme Court of India on Monday acknowledged that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate courses (NEET-UG) held on May 5, 2024, was compromised by a question paper leak. The court has now directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to provide information on steps taken to identify beneficiaries of the leak. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, sought details from the NTA about the centers and cities where the le...