Bengaluru, April 8 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, on Wednesday, wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Rajesh Agarwal, urging the state government to allow Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) to be conducted in Kannada for teachers serving in Kannada medium schools in Maharashtra. In her letter addressed to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Agarwal, Rajneesh thanked the Maharashtra government for issuing recruitment notifications to fill vacancies in Kannada medium schools.She h…
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New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia sought the response of the Central government and listed the matter for further hearing on July 22.The plea, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, raises questions over whe…
Hyderabad, April 8 (IANS) The Telangana High Court on Wednesday adjourned to April 22 the pronouncement of its verdict on the batch of writ petitions filed separately by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and three others seeking a direction to set aside and quash the report of the Justice P.C. Ghose Commission which enquired into alleged irregularities in the execution of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme.Former Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President, K. Chandras…
Jaipur, April 8 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday accused the BJP-led state government of pushing Rajasthan towards a “constitutional crisis” by failing to conduct elections to Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies for over a year. In a strongly worded statement, Gehlot said the delay and the appointment of government administrators in place of elected representatives reflect an “undemocratic mindset” and amount to a direct assault on democratic institutions.“The fail…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Urging the Supreme Court to reconsider the 2018 Sabarimala judgment permitting entry of women of all age groups into the temple, the Union government on Tuesday told a nine-judge Constitution Bench that notions of “patriarchy” and “gender stereotypes” are alien to Indian Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before the Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant that Indian society has historically accorded w…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear, on April 28, a batch of pleas challenging the reduction in the qualifying cut-off percentile for the NEET-PG 2025–26 examination.During a brief hearing, senior advocate Gopal Sankarnarayanan, appearing for the petitioners, submitted that a sufficient number of candidates had already qualified the NEET-PG examination to fill all available postgraduate seats, and that a reduction in the cut-off was unwarranted.He argued th…
Kolkata/New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Strongly condemning the alleged attack on judicial officers in West Bengal’s Malda district, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association on Tuesday passed a resolution suspending one of its members and calling for strict action against those involved. In a resolution adopted at an urgent general body meeting held at 1:30 p.m., the Bar body expressed “grave concern” over the incident that took place in the early hours of April 1 at Kaliachak in Malda, where sev…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ruled that a High Court cannot waive the statutory penalty payable on deficient stamp duty, holding that such power lies exclusively with the competent authority under the relevant Stamp Act. In a significant judgment, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran set aside a Karnataka High Court order to the extent it had exempted payment of penalty while directing payment of deficient stamp duty on lease documents. The apex court was dea…
Bengaluru, April 7 (IANS) A delegation of the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with the State Director General and Inspector General of Police M.A. Saleem, alleging that he made a provocative speech during an election campaign in Assam. In their submission, the BJP leaders demanded the immediate arrest of Kharge for allegedly inciting violence and called for enhanced security arrangements to ensure t…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused booked under provisions of the IPC and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021, observing that the Allahabad High Court had overlooked crucial aspects while rejecting his plea.A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan directed that the petitioner, Vishal Rana alias Tabish Asghar, be released on bail forthwith, subject to terms and conditions to be imposed by the trial court.T…