New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said it would direct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to implement the Orissa High Court’s ruling requiring an explicit “opt-out” option in the consent form for generation of APAAR (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry) IDs.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, indicated that appropriate directions would be passed to ensure that the APAAR scheme remains v…
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Bhubaneswar, July 12 (IANS) Ending speculation over his political future, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a special programme in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Biswal, a three-time MLA, arrived at the state BJP headquarters along with his supporters in a rally and joined the ruling party in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and state BJP president Manmohan Samal.Biswal was first elected to the Odisha…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down broad guidelines for determining the income of deceased victims in motor accident compensation cases, holding that while the latest Income Tax Return (ITR) should ordinarily be relied upon for salaried persons, the average of up to the previous three years’ ITRs should generally be considered for self-employed individuals, subject to the nature and circumstances of their business.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N.K. Singh sai…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ordered the release on bail of a life convict from Odisha who has remained behind bars for more than 22 years, taking strong exception to an Orissa High Court order which had dismissed his criminal appeal on the ground of a nearly nine-year delay in filing it. Calling the impugned decision “very disturbing”, a Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the High Court ought to have adopted a “practical view” and, at the ve…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure the submission of pending verification documents by 5 p.m. on February 26 to judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant clarified that a Madhyamik (Class 10) admit card may be accepted along with the pass certificate for verification purposes.The bench, also comprising Justices Joymalya…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted judicial officers from the neighbouring High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to be deputed to West Bengal to expedite the adjudication of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipin Pancholi issued the directions after the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Cou…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) The Odisha Revenue Department on Thursday convened a high-level meeting to deliberate on the protection and restoration of lands belonging to Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri, located at various locations across the state. The high-level meeting was held at the Lok Seva Bhavan here under the chairmanship of Revenue Secretary Arabinda Kumar Padhee. According to an official statement, the meeting’s objective was to ensure the protection of land belonging to Lord Jagannat…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 (IANS) A local court in Ganjam district of Odisha, on Friday, sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for brutally killing a businessman while committing a robbery at his office premises in Berhampur city in June 2020. As per reports, on the night of June 13, 2020, the deceased, Lambodar Muni, proprietor of Mahalaxmi Bhandar, a distributor of Heritage Milk Products, was sleeping in his godown at office premises located at Hilpatna in Berhampur city of Ganjam district when…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday notified the appointment and transfer of Chief Justices of several High Courts, acting on the recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.A notification issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice said that the President, in exercise of powers under Article 222 of the Constitution, has transferred Justice Soumen Sen, Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, to serve as the Chief Justice of t…