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  • Muharram Procession: This time the procession of Tajis will not come out on Muharram, Supreme Court rejects demand

    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to allow Muharram procession of Muharram. The court said that this demand cannot be met as it may put people’s health and their lives at risk. During the hearing, the court said that if permission is given to take the procession of Tajia on the occasion of Muharram and the infection spreads, then the community will be held responsible for it.

    Special community will be responsible if infection spreads

    The court asked the petitioner from Lucknow to move his petition to the Allahabad High Court. The petition seeking permission for the procession of Tajiya at Muharram was filed by Shia leader Syed Kalbe Jawad. According to IANS, Kasif Nizami, the chief of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah Sharif, has said that the procession of the Tajis procession in Delhi has been going on since the Mughal period. This time this procession will not be taken out on the occasion of Muharram for the first time in 700 years.

    People’s life may be at risk

    Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubrahmanyam were hearing the case. He said that due to the situation in the country due to Kovid-19, this tazia cannot be allowed to be removed, it may endanger the lives of people. The bench of judges, who are hearing the case through video conferencing, said, ‘You are demanding the procession of Tajia and if we allow it, the atmosphere will be disturbed. Special communities will be targeted to spread the Kovid-19 infection. We do not want that. As a court, we cannot put people’s lives at risk. ‘ On the day of Muharram, the Muslim community remembers the martyrdom of Hussain and it is customary to take out processions with Taaziya as mourning.

  • SC on UGC Final Year Exams Updates: Hearing in Supreme Court, how examination without teaching –

    New Delhi: Hearing has started for the final year or semester examinations. A bench headed by Supreme Court Judge Justice Ashok Bhushan is hearing the UGC Guidelines case. In this case the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta is being put forward by the UGC and the Government, while the Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi is appearing for the students. At the beginning of the hearing, he said that when the institutes are unable to hold classes, how will the examinations be conducted. MHA has instructed educational institutions to remain closed till 31 August 2020 in the recently released Unlock 3. He said that under normal circumstances no one is against the examinations. We are opposed to examinations amid the epidemic. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said “How is the exam without teaching? The UGC decision is dictatorial.”

    During the hearing of the case, another senior advocate Shyam Dewan, who was appearing for the students, said that when the UGC itself states that it is advisory then it can be changed according to local needs.

    Will the decision come today?

    Will the Supreme Court decide today about the final year or semester examinations? The answer to this question may be found today, as the Supreme Court will hear the petition challenging the University Grants Commission (UGC) circular to hold the last semester year or year examinations by September 30, today, August 14, 2020 . Earlier, on August 10, during the hearing of the same case on August 14, that is, it was postponed for hearing again today. During the last hearing, the Supreme Court had asked the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was favoring the UGC and the government, during the hearing whether the State Disasters Act (DMA) could affect the UGC guidelines? The Solicitor General had sought time to keep a government letter for this question, after which the bench has adjourned the hearing till August 14.

    According to the information received there, a response in favor of UGC has been filed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). According to which, despite the guidelines issued by MHA for Unlock 3, the circular issued by UGC for final year or semester examinations can be implemented.

    While the government and UGC sides are expected to decide on final year or semester examinations today, on the other hand, opposition to UGC circular by students, students-organizations, parents and leaders of political parties across the country continues to grow. Used to be. Many topics and discussions are trending against the UGC on social media. However, today all these are expected to stop.

    Explain that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has compulsorily conducted the final year or semester examinations of various undergraduate and postgraduate courses at universities, colleges, deemed universities, private universities and other higher education institutions by 30 September 2020. A circular related to leaving was issued on 6 July. There has been opposition from conducting the examinations between Kovid-19 and this circular was filed in the Supreme Court by 31 students from different institutions across the country. This petition has demanded that the final year or semester examinations should be canceled and the results of the students should be prepared on the basis of their internal assessment or past performance.

  • Prime Minister Modi inaugurated new building of Supreme Court in Mauritius, said- India-Mauritius friendship be immortal

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jagannath (Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth) on Thursday inaugurated the new building of the Supreme Court of Mauritius through video conferencing. The inauguration ceremony was attended by a judge of the court, an official of the Department of Justice, and dignitaries from both countries. 

    Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jagannath thanked India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, “Once again, I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi heartily that Mauritius is very close to his heart”. On the occasion, Prime Minister Modi said, ‘Congratulations to the government and people of Mauritius for effective management of COVID19 global epidemic. I am happy that India was able to support corona management by sharing medicines and experiences on time. ‘ The Prime Minister further said, “Both India and Mauritius respect our independent judiciaries as important pillars of our democratic systems. This new building is a sign of this honor with its modern design and construction. ‘

    According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Mauritius was supported by India from the Special Economic Package in the year 2016 under which five infrastructures are to be built there. Two of these were launched by Prime Minister Modi last year. 

    India gave special economic package in 2016

    It is the first infrastructure built with Indian assistance in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. In 2019, Prime Minister Modi and the Prime Minister of Mauritius jointly launched the Metro Express and the new ENT Hospital Project there. In the first phase, the metro express project was completed in the month of September last year, while the work of laying 14 km long metro line is underway in the second phase. Please tell that with the cooperation of India, construction of 100 bed hospital started there. In 2016, India gave a special economic package of 35.3 million dollars. The project is completed in a stipulated time and at a lower cost than anticipated. The building is spread over an area of ​​4700 square meters.

    According to the Foreign Ministry of India, with the financial support given by India, the Supreme Court building there will be completed over time and this will give Indian companies a chance in Mauritius as well.

  • NEET 2020: Supreme Court seeks response from Center and Medical Council, petition to postpone examinations and exam center in Gulf countries

    New Delhi: According to news agency ANI, the Supreme Court has asked the Central Government and the Medical Council of India to respond in the matter of postponement of National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), 2020 and to make examination centers in Gulf countries. In the era of Kovid-19 epidemic, the National Examination Agency (NTA) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, which conducts NEET examination, has announced to conduct this year’s NEET examination on 13 September 2020. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court regarding the conduct of the examination in the midst of the epidemic, during which the hearing on 29 July 2020 has been sought from the Center and the Medical Council.