Expert Committee Archives

Explained| Supreme Court verdict on NEET UG 2024

“Courts may direct the cancellation of an examination or approve such cancellation by the competent authority only if it is not possible to separate the tainted candidates from the untainted ones.”

Experts Corner Khaitan & Co

Panel Paradox: A Closer Look at Arbitrator Appointments from Interested Party Panels

by Abhisaar Bairagi*, Milind Sharma** and Ausaf Ayyub***

Case Briefs High Courts

Govt Bids and Tenders | Court cannot substitute its own view on Expert Committee’s observations: Jharkhand HC refuses to interfere

The Expert Committee’s conclusion reflected that none of the specifications of Tender Document could be met by Mediana Defibrillator, a fact which led to disqualification of the petitioner’s bid.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Higher Judicial Service Examination] Rajasthan HC directs Examination Cell to constitute an Expert Committee of eminent Jurists/Professors for examination of copies

“Getting few answer-sheets evaluated by an Expert Committee would do justice not only to the Examinees, but to the Examiners as well.”

Case Briefs High Courts

[O 26 Rule 10A CPC] Delhi High Court appoints IIT Mumbai as Expert Committee for scientific examination at NBCC Green View project

The Law Commission recommended an amendment of Section 75 CPC and insertion of new Rule 10A, 10B and 10C in Order 26 to meet its objective that there should be a special provision empowering the court to issue commissions for conducting scientific inquiries, when such an inquiry is needed for determination of any issue before the court as observed in its Fifty-Fourth Law Commission Report.

Case Briefs High Courts

Creating separate classification in appointments for better qualification will not violate fundamental rights of a person: Delhi High Court

“The Central Public Sector Enterprises are entrusted to work efficiently and generate profits for the government. For the same, the Public Enterprises Selection Board needs to appoint better qualified candidates to run and oversee the operations of the said entities.”

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[Adani-Hindenburg Report] SEBI expert committee submits a 41 page-affidavit before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court asks the chairperson and capital market regulator of the SEBI to thoroughly and specifically investigate any violation.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Adipurush Controversy] Allahabad HC directs IB Ministry to revisit issue by forming an expert committee; Seeks personal presence of Film Director and Dialogue writer

Allahabad High Court said that the Gods have been shown in a film by the film makers including the dialogue writers without taking care of holiness and sanctity of those characters.

Case Briefs High Courts

Mere use of a Tamil letter in a film cannot be a ground to grant exemption from payment of Entertainment Tax; Madras High Court

Exemption from payment of Entertainment tax given to a film is a concession granted by the Government to encourage the film makers to use Tamil title for their films. Concession can never be claimed as a matter of right.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Adani-Hindenburg Report | Supreme Court constitutes Expert Committee; Directs SEBI to conclude investigation in 2 months

The Supreme Court constituted an Expert Committee headed by a Former SC Judge for reviewing regulatory framework and directed SEBI to expeditiously conclude the investigation within 2 months.

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Procedure for grant of prior approval to the manufacturer or importer of non-specified food modified vide Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food Ingredients) First Amendment Regulations, 2022

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has notified Food Safety and Standards (Approval for Non-Specified Food and Food

Case Briefs High Courts

Tripura High Court | Employees of statutory organizations cannot claim pensionary benefits as a matter of right

Tripura High Court: In a batch of writ petitions filed for directing the State Government to provide similar Pension benefit as granted

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Expert Committee submits report before Supreme Court in Pegasus Spyware case; Matter to be heard after 4 weeks

Supreme Court: After the Technical Committee and the Overseeing Judge submitted their reports in the Pegasus Spyware case, the 3-judge bench of

Case Briefs High Courts

High Court cannot be an expert body for the purpose of forming an opinion on equivalence of degrees; Madras High Court upheld the Government Order

Madras High Court: S. M Subramaniam, J. upheld the government order that stated, the Degree of B.Sc (Biochemistry) awarded by

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC refrains from interfering with the Federation decision regarding the team selected for Women’s Table Tennis in Commonwealth Games 2022

Delhi High Court: Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J. denied relief to Swastika Ghosh and Manush Shah (‘Petitioner(s)'), table tennis players who

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Surveillance versus right to privacy| Five unmissable quotes from the Pegasus Order

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” George Orwell, 1984 Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, CJ and Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, JJ has appointed an Expert

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Pegasus| ‘National security cannot be the bugbear that the judiciary shies away from’. Here’s why the initially reluctant Supreme Court finally decided to interfere

“The free flow of information from the Petitioners and the State, in a writ proceeding before the Court, is an important step towards Governmental transparency and openness, which are celebrated values under our Constitution.”