Tag: Supreme

National Lok Adalat organised throughout Punjab

Source:dailypioneer National Legal Services Authority under Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Judge, Supreme Court of India organized National Lok Adalat all over the country and Punjab on Saturday. Under the guidance of Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, National Lok Adalat was organized at

Supreme Court allows calling off rescue operations for trapped miners in Meghalaya

Source: hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Meghalaya government to call off one of India’s longest rescue operations to retrieve the remains of 13 coal miners who were trapped in an illegally operated rat-hole coal mine at Khloo Ryngksan in East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 last year. The mine had flooded

Supreme Court’s rule for quota candidates availing age relaxation contradicts its own view

Sources: theprint.in A bench of two Supreme Court judges held in a recent judgment that “a candidate who has availed of an age relaxation in a selection process as a result of belonging to a reserved category, thereafter, cannot seek to be accommodated in/or migrated to the general category seat.” This means that such reserved category candidates

Maratha quotas: Supreme Court refuses to stay Bombay High Court order allowing reservation

Sources: scroll.in The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Bombay High Court’s decision to uphold reservations for the Maratha community in educational institutions and jobs in public services in Maharashtra, LiveLaw reported. Non-governmental organisation Youth For Equality had filed a petition against the High Court’s verdict. However, a bench of Chief Justice of