NEET: SC upholds Telangana’s domicile rules for admissions in medical colleges under state quota

NEET: SC upholds Telangana’s domicile rules for admissions in medical colleges under state quota

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Telangana government’s domicile rule permitting students who have studied for the last four years up to Class 12 in the state, for admissions in medical and dental colleges under the state quota. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran allowed the appeal […]

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Supreme Court directs states to survey orphaned children denied education

Supreme Court directs states to survey orphaned children denied education

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all states to survey orphaned children who were denied education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan further asked the Centre to consider including data of such children in the upcoming census, scheduled […]

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Supreme Court decides to wait a day for Kerala government’s take on KEAM 2025 revised rank list

Supreme Court decides to wait a day for Kerala government’s take on KEAM 2025 revised rank list

Scheduling the case for hearing for July 16, the court instructed Kerala State counsel C.K. Sasi to take instructions from the government and apprise the Bench. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) gave the Kerala government 24 hours to inform if it intends to appeal a High Court […]

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Insurance firm not liable to pay compensation for death of persons driving rashly: Supreme Court

Insurance firm not liable to pay compensation for death of persons driving rashly: Supreme Court

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Supreme Court has said insurance companies are not liable to pay compensation to the families of individuals who die as a result of their own rash and reckless driving. A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan refused to grant ₹80 lakh compensation sought […]

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Won’t be able to hold NEET in single shift before Aug 3: NBEMS to SC

Won’t be able to hold NEET in single shift before Aug 3: NBEMS to SC

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) — which conducts the entrance exam for post-graduate and super-speciality medical courses — told the Supreme Court that it will not be able to conduct the NEET-PG test before August 3. The examination, which was scheduled to take place on June 15, was recently postponed after […]

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SC agrees to hear plea challenging proposal to conduct NEET PG 2025 exam in 2 shifts

SC agrees to hear plea challenging proposal to conduct NEET PG 2025 exam in 2 shifts

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging a decision of the National Board of Examination to hold the NEET PG exam in two shifts. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses (NEET PG), 2025, will be conducted on June 15, in two shifts on a computer-based platform. Its results will be […]

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NEET PG: SC mandates pre-counselling fee disclosure by universities

NEET PG: SC mandates pre-counselling fee disclosure by universities

Expressing concern over widespread seat blocking in postgraduate medical admissions, the Supreme Court has mandated pre-counselling fee disclosure by all private and deemed universities for NEET-PG. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said the malpractice of seat blocking distorted the actual availability of seats, fostered inequity among aspirants, and often reduced […]

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Supreme Court refuses to entertain pleas by Vodafone, Airtel for AGR relief

Supreme Court refuses to entertain pleas by Vodafone, Airtel for AGR relief

The telcos had wanted relief in the payment of their interest on the dues, penalty and interest on the penalty. Photo: Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday (May 19, 2025) rejected pleas by telecom majors Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices for relief in the payments of their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) liabilities. A […]

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CLAT UG 2025: SC ‘anguished’ over NLU consortium’s ‘casual manner’ of framing questions

CLAT UG 2025: SC ‘anguished’ over NLU consortium’s ‘casual manner’ of framing questions

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed anguish over the “casual manner” in which the Consortium of National Law Universities was framing questions for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih, which pointed out mistakes related to some of the questions in the CLAT UG-2025, was […]

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JEE Advanced 2025: SC asks Centre, JAB, others to respond to plea

JEE Advanced 2025: SC asks Centre, JAB, others to respond to plea

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking a direction to allow students, who had passed Class 12 exams in 2023, to participate in JEE Advanced 2025 for securing admissions in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George […]

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