SC Highlights | Eateries must not be forced to display name of owners, says top court on Kanwar Yatra row

Supreme Court will hear today petitions to cancel NEET-UG 2024

A bench led by CJI will hear the matters at 10.30 AM. Earlier, the Court directed the NTA to publish the centre-wise results. The bench is likely to conclude the matter today.

NTA files an additional affidavit in Supreme Court in the NEET-UG matter

NTA refutes petitioners’ allegation of conflict of interest on the part of IIT-M Director, who prepared the data analytics report. NTA says Director of the IIT holding JEE(Advanced) in a particular year is an ex-officio member of the NTA Governing Body.

IIT-M holds JEE(A) for 2024. However, core functions of the NTA are carried out by the Managing Committee of the NTA.

Governing Body has role only on policy matters. In any case, the said IIT-Director had nominated another professor to attend the Governing Body meetings and the nominee attended the last meeting in December 2023.

The IIT Director who made the report hasn’t attended any NTA General Body meeting after December 2022.

Supreme Court to hear Haryana government's plea against removal of barricades at Shambhu border

Supreme Court to hear plea by Haryana government against a July 10 order of the Punjab and Haryana HC directing the state to remove within a week the barricades at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13

Supreme Court to hear a PIL today seeking a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme Electoral Bond

PIL is by two NGOs who allege an "apparent quid pro quo" between political parties, corporations and investigative agencies

Terming the electoral bonds scheme a "scam", the plea sought a direction to authorities to investigate the source of funding of "shell companies and loss-making companies which made donations to various political parties #SupremeCourt Electoral Bond

Supreme Court had earlier directed NTA to publish marks of all candidates; questions necessity of re-exam

NTA complied with the same and published it by Saturday 12 noon.

Kanwar Yatra Directives of the owner's name on the shops - SC to hear the case

Plea in Supreme Court challenges the Uttar Pradesh govt order mandating shopowners to divulge their names and details in front of shops during Kanwar Yatra . Justice Hrishikesh Roy led bench to hear tomorrow Supreme Court

SC to hear a plea of Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Top court to hear The bail plea of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in a money laundering case last year

SC to hear a plea of Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal, who was arrested in connection with a cattle-smuggling case

Advocate Vasu Ranjan Shandilya informs about Supreme Court hearing on Shambhu border blockade. Here's what he said

NEET hearing: Sr Adv Narender Hooda to begin submissions for the petitioner

Connected petitions concerning Kanwar Yatra mentioned before CJI DY Chandrachud led bench

CJI: All connected matters will be placed before Justice Roy led bench. I have given directions

CJI on NEET paper leak : Question paper was not being ferried in an e-rickswah, there is no doubt about that. But they say the photograph is of OMR sheet. Ferrying of paper in e-rickswah is established.

Bihar police investigation statements say that leak was on may 4 and was prior to the deposit of question papers with respective banks: Sr Adv Narender Hooda on NEET paper leak

The leak is handiwork of a gang who have worked previously also in such cases and not the case of a peon leaking one question paper etc: Sr Adv Narender Hooda on NEET paper leak

Then there are statements of Nitesh Kumar, Amit Anand and Sikander Prasad. Their 161 statements indicate that the leak is much prior to the examination: Sr Adv Narender Hooda

Leak happened prior to the deposit of the question papers with the respective banks. That is 3rd of May or prior to that: Adv Hooda on NEET case

The accused's suggestion that leak happened on May 5 morning contrary to Bihar police report, says senior advocate Hooda on NEET case

We have submitted a note on the basis of data. They admit paper leak, they admit dissemination happened on WhatsApp. Bihar police materials indicate that students were given leaked papers on 4th. Leak did not happen on the morning of May 5 as was suggested.

Solicitor General on NEET issue: Amit Anand is a middleman. He was collecting the students on the night of 4th so that he can get the papers on the 5th. Nitish Kumar was on the place where the papers were received on the 5th

Statements indicate students asked to memorise answers of leaked papers on night of May 4, says CJI on NEET case

CJI after reading the statements: This indicates that students were being asked to memorize on the night of 4th which means that the leak had happened prior to 4th.

NEET-UG: Petitioners' counsel says in SC that NTA admitted to paper leak, dissemination of leaked question paper through WhatsApp

Amit Anand's statement says students were gathered to memorize the answers on the 4th night, says CJI on NEET paper leak case

Petitioners' counsel says probe being botched up by Govt of India's stance on NEET issue

NEET case: SG requests court to read the report of the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar police for a complete picture

Amit Anand's statements are at variance, says CJI on NEET case

CJI : Statements are at variance. One statement says the leak happened on the 4th night, second statement says it was received on WhatsApp on the 5th morning. Amit Anand's statements are at variance.

We compared the success rate of this particular centre and State with previous years' results. There is no abnormality: Solicitor General

SC gives bail to ex-Union minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, directs him to stay either in Delhi or Lucknow

SC directs trial court to expedite hearing in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and fix time schedule

Advocate Amar Nath Saini on NTA submitting additional affidavit in NEET case in SC

We don't have any material so far to show the leak was so widespread and spread across the country, says CJI

Between 24-3rd May, the papers remained in the hands of private players: Petitioners' counsel on NEET issue

The number of candidates who got Canara bank paper are (slightly over 3000): NTA on NEET issue

NTA informs in 8 centres the wrong booklet (Canara bank paper) was distributed

NTA counsel says both set of papers (SBI and Canara bank) have same difficulty level.

NTA counsel says in some centres, midway, the wrong booklet was withdrawn and the correct booklet was distributed and in those centres, students were given grace marks for loss of time.

Grace marks were given only to the students whose paper (Canara bank) was withdrawn midway and the SBI paper was given: NTA on NEET

Only 863 out of 1563 students appeared for the re-examination, says petitioners' counsel on NEET issue

Supreme Court begins hearing petitions challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s order asking eateries on the Kanwariya route to put owners' names

Grace marks were given to those students who were given wrong booklet which was withdrawn midway: CJI on NEET

Senior advocate CU Singh on Kanwar Yatra hearing

Adv Sing representing a petitioner says bulk of the people are very poor vegetable and tea stall owners and will have economic death on being subject to such economic boycott. We have faced bulldozer actions on not complying.

There are strict laws against feeding non-veg: Sr Adv AM Singhvi on Kanwar Yatra hearing

Kanwar Yatra hearing: Petitioners’ counsel tells SC that it’s a worrying situation where police authorities are taking it upon themselves to create a divide

News reports show municipal corporation directive that fine of Rs 2000 and Rs 5000 will be imposed: Sr Adv CU Singh on UP govt order of nameplates on Kanwar Yatra route

SC asks do the Kanwariyan also expect the food that food should be cooked by owner of a particular category?

There is also the question of safety if names are displayed: Sr counsil on UP govt order of nameplates on Kanwar Yatra route

The directive (to shops along yatra route to display owner's name) is contended to be contrary to constitutional and legal norms prevalent in our country: SC on UP govt order of nameplates on Kanwar Yatra route

It is specifically argued that if the directives are allowed to be enforced, it be against the Constitution and preambular goals and have the effect of violating guaranteed rights under Articles 14, 15, 17. The argument is that the retrenchment of employees also affects their rights under 19 1 g of the Constitution.

SC to resume hearing on NEET paper leak case at 2:00 pm

Supreme Court stays Uttar Pradesh government directive for eatery owners to display names

Top court hears the plea of bail by former Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji accused in a money laundering case over the cash-for-jobs allegations

Bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AG Masih hearing the plea.

Charge sheet has been filed by the predicate agency and the ED. The trial has not commenced.

Has any formal order been passed by UP, U'khand on displaying names of eatery owners: SC asks Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Mahua Moitra

Forensic report mentions details of files in a pendrive recovered during the search. It does not contain files of alleged proceeds of crime mentioned by the ED in their complaint: Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi for Senthil Balaji

We are bothering our judges with petty cases: Rohtagi

Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi while arguing for Balaji said that reformative part of the jurisprudence is completely forgotten. "We are all bothering your lordships with petty cases which should never have come to the Supreme Court."

SC resumes NEET hearing

Hooda says CBI claim of paper leak in morning 'unbelievable'

"Sanjiv Mukhiya is a history sheeter and gangster who is yet to be arrested. Decimation was on whatsapp and so it cannot be confined to patna only. CBI story that morning leak and then memorization is completely unbelievable."

Hooda urges court to consider re-exam for qualified aspirants

"If this Court is not considering Re-NEET, at least qualified people should be asked to re-take the exam, which will be about 13 lakh people."

Cannot trust a competitive exam turning 61 toppers: Hegde

"NEET is also used as a qualification. If you are qualified for NEET, you are not just qualified for govt seats. Many foreign countries also accept NEET. So 164 cut-off, which turns to about 13 lakhs, have all of them been judged with a fair standard?"

There is a huge red flag: Hegde

"If the syllabus had been easy, then rising tide raises all boats together. In that magic zone above 650, there are more than 50,000 students. This is a huge red flag. When you suspect cancer and the tests are inconclusive, then the best thing to do is to go for chemotherapy. You cannot take the risk of cancer cells grow."

Senthil Balaji bail plea matter kept for tomorrow (July 23) afternoon

'If NTA had been a serious agency...' senior advocate Hegde slams NTA

"If the NTA had been a serious examination agency, it would have been most concerned about the integrity of the exam? What did they do? On the 5th itself when it has been told that the paper was leak, supposing they had taken a decision to scrap, would your lordships have found an outrageous defiance of logic in that situation? I am turning the question around."

NTA continued to be in denial till June 22

Hegde requests that a re-test be ordered at least for all those qualified

Counsel quotes 2015 Tanwi Sarwal judgement

Counsel : In Tanwi Sarwal, the Court ordered re-test for AIPMT about 6 lakh students, when at least 44 were found to have taken unfair means.

"Even if, one undeserving candidate, a beneficiary of such illegal machination, though undetected is retained in the process it would be in denial of, the claim of more deserving candidates"- counsel quotes from "Tanvi Sarwal".

Counsel objects to NTA opening 24 hr window for additional registrations

The NTA on April 9 had opened a 24-hour window, allowing 24,000 students to additionally register for NEET.

The candidates who were not vigilant in filling the forms in time shouldn't be given additional opportunity, the counsel argued.

Arguments continue over grace marks

44 students got full marks because of the grace marks given for one ambiguous question, says counsel.

Older vs new NCERT debate in courtroom

According to the solicitor general, 4,20,774 attempted option 2 (old NCERT edition answer) for the 'ambiguous' question while 9,28,379 attempted option 4 (new NCERT edition answer).

SG argument, "Many poor students use their elder siblings' NCERT books to study."

CJI: Suppose they accept their argument, none of the students who opted option 2 are here. All those 44 students who got 720, they will come to 715. Both answers cannot co-exist.

'What is worrying us is that, over 4 lakh students have got the benefit of what you have done,' CJI over grace marks

SG seeks time to respond on 'ambiguous question 19'

CJI suggests appointing an expert body and ask them to give the correct option for question 19, possibly by tomorrow

Allow me to respond tomorrow morning, says SG.

CJI directs IIT Delhi to form expert committee for correct answer of 'ambiguous question'

Supreme Court asks IIT Delhi Director to constitute an expert team to form opinion on the correct answer for a question in NEET-UG 2024 exam. This was after some students challenged the decision of the NTA to award marks for two options for the question.

NEET matter to resume on July 23

Bench order: We request the Director of IIT Delhi to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concerned. The expert team constituted by the Director is requested to formulate the opinion on the correct option and remit the opinion to the Registrar by 12 noon tomorrow. Registrar General is requested to communicate the order to the IIT Delhi Director so that expeditious steps for the preparation of the opinion can be taken.