The Supreme Court again urged the CBSE to grant a one-time relaxation to the current Class 6 batch from its new three-language requirement, suggesting the mandate be applied from January 2027 so families are not taken by surprise mid-year. The Board had declined to extend to Class 6 the exemption already given to Classes 7 to 9. The ASG will return with instructions, and the relaxation would not affect the petitioners’ challenge to the policy’s validity.
As the Shiv Sena symbol hearing continued, Justice Joymalya Bagchi raised a question he said earlier decisions had not considered: whether an elected representative’s original electoral mandate can still be treated as support for a faction he later joins after a split. He pressed whether the Election Commission had considered all available options, including declining the historic symbol to both sides, and flagged that the answer would affect similar cases beyond this dispute.
Resuming his submissions in the Shiv Sena symbol dispute, Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul told the Supreme Court that the 40 MLAs backing the Shinde faction accounted for 76% of the vote secured by Shiv Sena’s winning candidates, that all disqualification proceedings against the faction stand dismissed with no stay, and that the pending petitions therefore have no bearing on the symbol question. He argued against making the two interim symbols a permanent arrangement.
As the Shiv Sena split hearing continued, Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked whether the Election Commission, finding all three tests problematic, could have denied the reserved symbol to both factions and let each establish its strength independently without drawing on Balasaheb Thackeray’s legacy. Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, for the Shinde faction, defended the Commission’s reliance on organisational structure. The matter is part-heard.
The former Delhi Mayor alleged that Ghaziabad police entered his Delhi residence without a warrant while searching for journalist Abhishek Upadhyay. Uttar Pradesh denied any search took place. The Supreme Court declined to decide either version, holding that the statutory route to an FIR must be tried first, and refused to lay down guidelines on inter-state police raids.
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the closure of 17 Delhi Metro stations during the July student protests was a proportionate measure, issuing notice on a plea that argues no law permits shutting down a public utility to curb protests. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union on a […]
The Supreme Court said allegations of intimidation and violence involving a 14-year-old girl linked to the CJP protests cannot be taken lightly, and directed immediate action on the FIR she has lodged, along with police protection for her and her family. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that allegations of intimidation and violence […]
Hearing the student-protest matter, the Supreme Court stopped a vulnerable witness from speaking in open court because the proceedings were being live-streamed, and directed that such witnesses receive protection no less than that given to protected witnesses in judicial proceedings, including a dedicated helpline. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took special care to […]
The Supreme Court made clear that the High-Powered Committee probing alleged police excesses against student protesters will report directly to it without any government intermediary, declined to alter the Committee’s composition, and set out the procedure it will follow. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday made clear that the High-Powered Committee (HPEC) it constituted […]