The court added in its order that if the Centre fails to file its response within a week, the affidavit will be accepted by the registry only with a fine of ₹25,000.
The court added in its order that if the Centre fails to file its response within a week, the affidavit will be accepted by the registry only with a fine of ₹25,000.
Under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, only Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs can avail the scheduled castes status at the moment. “All these old matters are pending in this court because of its social ramifications,†said a Supreme Court bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, AS Oka and Vikram Nath. “A day has come when we have to take a call on this.â€
According to NTA, while the CUET-UG was successfully conducted across the country on the last day, technical issues were reported at a centre in Jharkhand and the exam for 103 affected students will be conducted shortly. “The attendance across the country is estimated to be about 60%,†the agency said.
In August 2020, Bhushan had expressed regret over his remarks against country’s former 16 chief justices of India and said, “In my interview to Tehelka in 2009, I have used the word ‘corruption’ in a wide sense meaning lack of propriety."
Ackermann, who was briefing reporters for the first time after taking up the position in New Delhi earlier this month, described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an “Indian problem†as it too is a violation of the international order, akin to China’s actions on the northern border.
The forecast comes at a time when the southern parts of the country are reeling under a flood fury in the wake of heavy rainfall.
On the petition for SC tag for Dalit Christians, Muslims that has been pending for 18 years, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday: “All these old matters are pending in this court because of its social ramifications. A day has come when we have to take a call on this.â€
The unveiling will take place during the commissioning of the nation's first indigenously constructed aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.
Attending a press conference in Kerala ahead of Congress's mega organisational programme ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Congress leader Digvijay Singh also took a veiled dig at Ghulam Nabi Azad questioning his former colleague's political judgements.