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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...

September 16, 2024 6:36 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...

June 6, 2024 5:26 PM

Delhi water crisis: SC directs Haryana to facilitate flow of surplus water released by Himachal to Delhi

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the state of Himachal Pradesh to release 137 cusecs of surplus water available with it and directed the Haryana government to facilitate the flow of the surplus water from Hathnikund barrage to Wazirabad uninterruptedly to Delhi to mitigate the drinking water crisis in the national capital. A vacation bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan asked Himachal Pradesh to release surplus water on June 7 with prior intimation to Haryana. The co...

May 29, 2024 1:03 PM

Delhi excise policy case: SC Registry refuses urgent listing of Kejriwal’s plea seeking 7-day extension of interim bail

The Supreme Court's Registry on Wednesday refused to accept the urgent hearing request of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea for the extension of his interim bail by seven days on medical grounds in the Delhi excise policy case. The registry said that the apex court's previous order gave him the liberty to move the trial court for regular bail. The top court on May 10 had granted interim bail to Kejriwal till June 1 to campaign for the Lok Sabha election and asked him to surrender on ...

May 25, 2024 7:11 PM

ECI defends timely release of voter turnout data amid false narrative claims

The Election Commission of India (ECI) welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to refrain from issuing directives on a plea for uploading Form 17C data, asserting that voter turnout data has been promptly shared and remains transparent. The ECI emphasized that attempts to create false narratives are designed to undermine the electoral process. The ECI clarified that there has been no delay in releasing voter turnout data. Constituency-wise data has consistently been available to candidates and th...

September 16, 2024 6:42 PM

Supreme Court declines to direct Election Commission to publish data of votes polled per booth

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to pass any direction on a plea seeking the uploading of Form 17C data on the Election Commission of India website and publication of booth-wise voter turnout data. A bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to grant any interim relief to petitioners and said it could not interrupt the polls. The bench said that of the seven-phase elections, five phases are over, and the sixth phase is scheduled for Saturday. The "hands-off" approac...

September 16, 2024 6:07 PM

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking disqualification of PM for alleged hate speech in campaigns

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six years from elections for allegedly making hate speeches and invoking religion during campaigns. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma later allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea. "You must approach authority. If you want to withdraw, we will permit you," the bench told the petitioner who had approached the apex court request...