Appearing for the CBSE, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati said the Board was prepared to respond to the petition and assured the Court that there was “no question of making it hard for the students.”
Though West Bengal CEO Monoj Agarwal said that the name of the voters’ cleared by the tribunals will be included in the voters’ list according to SC directive but officials responsible for conducting election expressed apprehensions regarding the feasibility of the process.
The literary note set the tone for a sharp political offensive, as she accused the Centre, the BJP, and the Election Commission of India of undermining democratic processes.
The petitioner, who works in the Rajasthan Police, also sought directions from the court for horizontal reservations for transgender community (in SC, ST, and other categories) in public education and employment.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a provision of the Social Security Code, 2020 that limited maternity benefits for adoptive mothers to cases where the adopted child was below three months of age, holding the restriction to be arbitrary and violative of the right to equality under Article 14.
The Election Commission of India (Forms from 90.12 pc electors have been collected: ECI tells SC) has told the Supreme Court that, pursuant to its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, enumeration forms from 90.12 per cent electors have already been collected.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, all States, and the Law Commission of India on a PIL seeking mandatory disclosure of product quality, purity, certification, and complete identification details of distributors, sellers, and shop owners.
Seeking the quashing of the three-judge committee’s May 3 report and of the former CJI’s communication recommending his removal, Justice Verma in his petition has stated that the inquiry was triggered without a formal complaint, conducted in a manner that violated basic fairness, and then used to push an outcome the Constitution reserves exclusively to Parliament.
A bench of Justice M M Sundresh and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s May 29 order that had similarly rejected Yadav’s plea for a stay on the trial.
A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi termed the petition “scandalous” and “publicity stunt” questioning the legal foundation behind such a plea.
