The Supreme Court has dismissed as withdrawn the petitions praying for age relaxation for appearing in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 examination while challenging a notification introducing the upper age limit 25 years for unreserved candidates and 30 years for reserved category candidates. A bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara allowed the petitioners to withdraw their petitions with the liberty to move the high court. The petitions have been moved by Bhaskar Nandi,Jasna Shayla K etc. separately. Jasna, a professionally trained nurse, had said in her petition that she was denied the opportunity to appear in NEET-2018 conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as the latter has “arbitrarily and unreasonably imposed age limit of 30 years for candidates belonging to reserved category aspiring to appear for the said examination”. She submitted that CBSE imposed the said age limit in the garb of a … [Read more...] about Age Relaxation For NEET-2018: SC Allows Petitions To Be Withdrawn [Read Order]
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Raise Minimum Marriage Age To 25 Years For Men And 21 Years For Women To Curb Growing Population: Petition In SC [Read Petition]
After three young lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court for stricter population control law, another Petition has now been filed demanding that the legal age for marriage be increased to 25 years and 21 years from the current 21 years and 18 years for men and women respectively, in order to curb the growing population. “Fertility depends on the age of marriage. Therefore, the minimum age of marriage should be raised. At present, minimum age for marriage is 21 years for men and 18 years for women has been fixed by law. It should be 25 years and 21 years respectively. This law should be firmly implemented and people should also be made aware of this through publicity,” the Petition, filed by Delhi lawyer and BJP leader Mr. Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay states. The Petition points out that the population in India is growing at an alarming rate, relying on the statistics obtained through various surveys, and submits, “The population of India is quite large and rapidly increasing. … [Read more...] about Raise Minimum Marriage Age To 25 Years For Men And 21 Years For Women To Curb Growing Population: Petition In SC [Read Petition]
NEET 2018: Delhi HC Stays Notifications On Upper Age Limit And NIOS
Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the notification introducing the upper age limit of 25 years for unreserved candidates and 30 years for reserved category candidates for NEET 2018. The High Court has also stayed the notification barring the students from Open Schools (NIOS) from participating in the NEET. A Division Bench of Justices of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar was hearing a batch of petitions challenging notifications. Last week, the petitioners approached the Supreme Court challenging the above notification regarding the upper age limit. But the Division Bench of Justices SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara allowed the petitioners to withdraw their petitions with the liberty to move the high court. Story to be updated….. … [Read more...] about NEET 2018: Delhi HC Stays Notifications On Upper Age Limit And NIOS
NEET 2018: Delhi HC Stays CBSE Notifications On Upper Age Limit And NIOS
Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the CBSE notification introducing the upper age limit of 25 years for unreserved candidates and 30 years for reserved category candidates for NEET 2018. The High Court has also stayed the notification barring the students from Open Schools (NIOS) from participating in the NEET. A Division Bench of Justices of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar was hearing a batch of petitions challenging notifications. Last week, the petitioners approached the Supreme Court challenging the above notification regarding the upper age limit. But the Division Bench of Justices SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara allowed the petitioners to withdraw their petitions with the liberty to move the high court. One of the Petitioner Jasna, a professionally trained nurse, had said in her petition that she was denied the opportunity to appear in NEET-2018 conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), as the latter has “arbitrarily and unreasonably … [Read more...] about NEET 2018: Delhi HC Stays CBSE Notifications On Upper Age Limit And NIOS
Different Age Criteria For State Govt Job Candidates Based On Domicile Status Unconstitutional: MP HC [Read Order]
There cannot be any different age limit only on the basis of place of birth or place of residence, the bench observed. The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in Mukesh Kumar Umar v State of MP, has held that different age criteria for the candidates from outside the state and the candidates who are domicile of state of Madhya Pradesh in relation to employment under the state government is discriminatory and unconstitutional. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla was considering the challenge to the condition of different age limits for the candidates of domicile of state of Madhya Pradesh and candidates from outside Madhya Pradesh in the matter of appointment to the post of Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh. The age limit for the candidates domicile of Madhya Pradesh was ‘who have completed 21 years of age but not completed 40 years of age’ whereas for the candidates outside the … [Read more...] about Different Age Criteria For State Govt Job Candidates Based On Domicile Status Unconstitutional: MP HC [Read Order]