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No interruption to NEET-JEE, Supreme Court dismisses review plea by 6 ministers seeking delay

Supreme Court upholds earlier judgment rejecting petitions seeking postponement of the exams. Court says careers of students can't be put under jeopardy for long, despite Covid.

Will hold compartment exams for Class 10 and 12 students by month-end, CBSE tells SC

The top court was hearing a plea filed on behalf of over 2 lakh students seeking cancellation of the exams on the ground it is not safe to write the papers amid a pandemic.

Supreme Court restrains banks from declaring accounts as NPAs until further notice

A bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan issued the interim order while was hearing a batch of petitions seeking waiver of interest on deferred EMIs during the moratorium period.

SC refuses to entertain plea for Permanent Commission of women army officers after deadline

The bench Thursday said that it is not inclined to hear the petition as the relief sought, in substance, amounts to review of the judgment.

SC issues notice on Andhra Pradesh plea seeking English as medium of instruction in schools

The Andhra Pradesh High Court had earlier set aside the order for government schools to convert the medium of instruction from Telugu to English.

Finish installing smog towers in Delhi in 10 months or face contempt, SC tells Centre

Tata Consultancy will be responsible for installing smog towers, which are air purifiers, while National Buildings Construction Corporation will construct them.

Delhi HC allows breath analyser test through tube process for air traffic controllers

As per the DGMS medical board's recommendation, one machine would be used per person and not used again for the next 12 hours.

SC directs removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along Delhi railway tracks within 3 months

The top court also restrained any court from granting any stay on removal of encroachments in the area and said there shouldn't be any kind of political interference.

Arun Mishra — SC judge who backed Bar-Bench cordiality, but was part of bitter confrontations

Justice Arun Mishra, who retires from SC after a 6-year tenure, had frequent run-ins with the Bar, including in the recent Prashant Bhushan contempt case.

Govt says Gunjan Saxena portrays IAF in ‘negative light’, HC refuses stay on streaming for now

Hearing petition flied by defence ministry and IAF, Delhi HC has issued notices to producer and directors of Gunjan Saxena film, Zee, Netflix.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?