Gursimran Kaur Bakshi

3 days ago | livelaw.in | Gursimran Kaur Bakshi

The Supreme Court recently allowed persons with disabilities candidates, appearing for the Preliminary Examination of the Civil Service Examination 2025, to change their scribe in the registration form till May 18 (4 pm). The exam is scheduled to take place on May 25. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed an order in a writ petition filed by Mission Accessibility seeking an option to change the scribe's name in the registration form for persons with disabilities.

4 days ago | livelaw.in | Gursimran Kaur Bakshi

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging that 43 Rohingya refugees, including children, women and the elderly, and individuals with serious health conditions such as cancer, were forcibly deported by the Indian Government to Myanmar after throwing them into international waters. The Supreme Court bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice N Kotiswar Singh is currently hearing cases relating to the deportation and living conditions of Rohingya refugees.

6 days ago | livelaw.in | Gursimran Kaur Bakshi

The Supreme Court on May 8 reserved judgment in a writ petition filed by two women seeking appointment to the post of Judge Advocate General (JAG) (Indian Army) Entry Scheme 31st Course, challenging the disproportionate vacancies for men and women. As per their petitioners, though they secured ranks 4 and 5, respectively, and are higher in merit than male candidates, still, due to the fewer vacancies earmarked for women (3 in number as compared to 6 for men), they could not be selected.

1 week ago | livelaw.in | Gursimran Kaur Bakshi

Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court on Friday (May 9) orally spoke about the apprehensions that delimitation based on population would reduce the representation of the southern states in the Parliament, since the population growth in the south is declining in contrast to the northern states. The bench comprising Justice Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a batch of petitions related to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act.

1 week ago | livelaw.in | Gursimran Kaur Bakshi

The Supreme Court on Friday considered a PIL seeking to replace the 5-year LL.B course with a 4-year LL.B course on the ground that the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) promotes four-year undergraduate courses for professional degrees. A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, did not issue notice on the petition, and tagged it with another matter concerning 1-year LL.M course.