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.
Days after decrying the Supreme Court's verdict on the appointment of 25,000 government school teachers in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today assured the affected candidates that she stands by all those who have lost their jobs.
West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday called for immediate job placements for deserving and qualified candidates who lost their jobs after the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court's order to cancel the appointment of over 25,000 staff.
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Monday made a fresh appeal to the court requesting it to ‘permit’ the untainted teachers and group C and D employees attached with government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools to continue in service till the new recruitment process to such posts is completed.
After AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan moved the Supreme Court on Saturday challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, recently passed by both Houses of Parliament, the Delhi BJP claimed the move was driven by fear of being exposed for corruption.
The petitioners contended that the Bill was discriminatory towards the Muslim community as it imposes restrictions that are not present in the governance of other religious endowments.
