Govt asks UPSC to cancel advertisements related to lateral entryLateral Entry UPSC News: On Tuesday, the Central Government instructed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairman to cancel the la...
2nd anniversary of abrogation of Article 370: What is SC’s view?The nullification of Article 370 has been a long-standing BJP campaign promise. Therefore, the GoI decision can be seen as principled polit...
High Courts must not pass unrealistic orders: Supreme CourtThe order came on a petition filed by the UP government challenging the Allahabad HC’s order of May 17 asking the state government to take ...
IIMs, IITs told to comply with quota rule for faculty hiringWhile central universities mostly implement the faculty quota — 15% for Scheduled Castes, 7.5%for Scheduled Tribes, 27% for Other Backward ...
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea against Ordinance on reservation for varsity facultyThe bench told the counsels appearing for the petitioner to approach the high court with the grievance.
Cabinet clears ordinance on reservation roster for faculty positions in varsitiesEarlier this week, the HRD minister said the Centre was committed to restoring the reservation roster in educational institutions.
Government committed to reservation, to file review in SC on faculty reservation in universities"The government is sensitive to the issue and we want reservation to continue," said HRD minister Javadekar in Rajya Sabha.
Ordinance to undo UGC quota circular plannedThe high court had struck down a UGC circular on institution-wise quota to fill vacant SC/ST posts, pointing out that there were department...
Hopeful of saving reservation for SC/ST: Prakash JavadekarUnder the new formula, where every department will be considered one separate unit, there will be a lower chance of positions being set asi...
All judges equal, but CJI first among equals with power to assign casesAt an unprecedented press conference on January 12, four senior judges of SC had complained against the allocation of a petition relating t...
Only CJI must have power to allot cases: KK VenugopalVenugopal said if all the judges of the apex court or collegium decide the allocation, then "each judge would express preference" and the j...
Supreme Court reserves order on Shanti Bhushan's PIL on allocation of casesAttorney General K K Venugopal opposed Bhushan's PIL before a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan and said the exercise o...
Petition challenging Naidu's decision on CJI impeachment would open a can of worms: Raju RamachandranIf the CJI desists from dealing with the issue, both on the administrative and the judicial side, the petition may go to the next senior ju...
Three legal eagles decode the Supreme Court crisisIt is a very sad and unprecedented day for the institution that four of the senior most judges of the apex court felt compelled to take the...
Final trigger: Rejection of demand for senior bench to hear PIL on Judge Loya's deathChief Justice Dipak Misra bluntly turned down the senior judges' last-minute request to shift a politically sensitive case from a particula...
Split in Supreme Court, bar over allegations against judges of higher judiciaryThe five-judge bench said the two petitions alleging a judge-middlemen nexus would be listed before an appropriate bench.
Put on hold recruitment process for 37 AIIMS professors: DoctorsA group of doctors at AIIMS have sought PM's intervention to put on hold recruitment process for appointment of 37 professors advertised ov...