Month: January 2018

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The government will not approach the Supreme Court against a high court verdict forcing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to continue its marks moderation policy, officials said today, a day after Union Education Minister Prakash Javadekar assured 11 lakh students who appeared for the exam that the results would be

Source – intoday.in In an unusual case of alleged conversion and marriage at the behest of the Islamic State, a division bench of the Kerala High Court declared the wedding of a 24-year-old Hindu woman with a Muslim man as void. The case took a curious turn with allegations that the woman was forcibly converted to

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today refused to grant an urgent hearing on a plea seeking to conduct afresh the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for the current academic year. The plea, which was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Navin

Source – thehindubusinessline.com MUMBAI, MAY 26:   The Bombay High Court today refused to restrain the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) from cutting trees across south Mumbai for setting up Metro line III. A vacation bench of Justices PD Naik and MS Karnik observed that while they were concerned about the trees, a middle ground has

Source – indianexpress.com Parents of the Muslim woman convert, whose marriage the Kerala High Court nullified two days ago, forcibly took her home on Friday after she refused to go with them. The court had given the custody of Akhila alias Hadiya to her father, K M Ashokan, while nullifying her marriage with Shefin Jahan

Source – firstpost.com  The Central Board for Secondary Education, India’s biggest educational board, has indicated it will announce results of the Class XII examinations within 48 hours and abide by the Delhi High Court decision that stopped the board from scrapping its marks moderation policy from this year. The New Delhi-based board took the decision

Source – zeenews.india.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hold early hearing of a plea seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the supervision of a sitting High Court judge to probe attacks on Dalits in Saharanpur. The vacation bench of Justice L.

Source – indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Friday issued notice to the Centre, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and other authorities concerned over a petition of Gujarati-medium students seeking a fresh National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET). The court has asked the authorities to file their replies by June 5. Some Class 12 students

Source – hindustantimes.com Was there a second assassin of Mahatma Gandhi? Though the police went by the theory that three bullets were fired upon him, was there a fourth bullet also which was fired by someone apart from Nathuram Godse? These questions are among several which have been raised in a petition before the Supreme Court

Source – nytimes.com MUMBAI — When Neeha Khan’s husband entered her parent’s house in eastern Mumbai last February, he carried a letter that contained a word, repeated three times, that can instantly change the course of a Muslim woman’s life in India. Talaq, talaq, talaq. He flung the letter to the floor and just like that, Ms.