Supreme Court

July 25, 2024 11:16 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...

July 24, 2024 9:01 PM

Supreme Court Calls for Rehabilitation Plan Before Evicting Haldwani Railway Land Occupants

The Supreme Court of India has directed the central and state governments to develop a rehabilitation scheme for residents facing eviction from railway land in Uttarakhand's Haldwani area. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta, and Ujjal Bhuyan directed railway authorities and governments to identify the land required for the expansion of railway tracks and the families likely to be affected. The court has given authorities four weeks to identify the land required for railway expansion...

July 20, 2024 2:29 PM

NEET-UG 2024: National Testing Agency declares centre-wise data for medical entrance exam

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the state-wise and centre-wise results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 on Saturday, July 20. This release comes in compliance with a Supreme Court directive issued on July 18, which mandated the publication of results by July 20. Candidates can now access their results on the official NEET website (https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/common-scorecard/index) by entering their login credentials. The resul...

June 21, 2024 7:32 PM

Delhi High Court stays Arvind Kejriwal’s bail

The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court's order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The court announced it would pass an order on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea within two to three days. The ED challenged the June 20, 2024 order of the Rouse Avenue court that had granted bail to Kejriwal. The agency argues that the trial court's decision was made without providing adequate opportunity for the...

June 21, 2024 4:06 PM

SC again declines to stay process of counselling in NEET-UG 2024, issues notice to NTA

The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to stay the counselling process for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2024, while issuing a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA), the body responsible for conducting the examination. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti has consolidated the new pleas with pending petitions, scheduling them for hearing on July 8. This decision comes amid ongoing controversies surrounding the NEET-UG 2024 exam...

June 20, 2024 11:58 PM

Arvind Kejriwal gets bail in Delhi excise policy ED case

The Rouse Avenue court granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. Vacation judge Nyay Bindu granted bail to Kejriwal on furnishing bail bond of Rs one lakh. The court refused the request of ED to postpone the process of filing a bail bond for 48 hours. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering case relating to alleged irregularities in the now-cancelled Delhi excise policy 2021-22. ...

June 20, 2024 5:50 PM

NEET Paper Leak: Bihar Deputy CM links Tejashwi’s aide to accused, seeks clarification

Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha has linked an aide of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav to one of the accused in the alleged NEET question paper leak case, seeking clarification from the opposition leader. At a press conference on Thursday, Sinha claimed that Tejashwi Yadav's personal secretary, Pritam Kumar, had called a guest house worker of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to book a room for Sikander Kumar Yadavendu, one of the accused in the NEET pape...

June 18, 2024 2:04 PM

“If there is 0.001 percent negligence, it should be thoroughly dealt with,” Supreme Court tells NTA in NEET UG result row

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) that if there is any negligence in conducting the NEET-UG, 2024 exam, it should be thoroughly dealt with. "If there is 0.001 per cent negligence on the part of anyone, it should be thoroughly dealt with. All these matters ought not to be treated as adversarial litigation," observed a vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti. The bench told the counsels appearing for the Centre and NTA that children have...

June 13, 2024 12:58 PM

Results of 1,563 NEET UG candidates cancelled: National Testing Authority tells Supreme Court

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that score-cards of 1563 candidates who got "grace marks" in the 2024 National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) exam will be cancelled and the candidates will have a chance to reappear for the exam. NTA told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that a committee has been constituted to review the results of over 1,563 candidates who were awarded "grace marks" to compensate for the loss of time suffered...

June 11, 2024 2:05 PM

NEET-UG 2024: Supreme Court issues notice to NTA over allegations of paper leak

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) in response to pleas seeking a fresh NEET-UG 2024 examination due to allegations of paper leaks. The apex court noted that the examination's "sanctity" had been compromised and demanded an explanation from the NTA. "It's not that simple, just because you've done it, it's sacrosanct. The sanctity has been affected, so we need answers," the vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah told NTA. A...