Supreme Court refuses to stay NEET, Today it will be held.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iq_79vtziyY/VyVs_nQoK6I/AAAAAAAACXY/FGqralrH51w4K79DwJmlDG4mAnX607jSgCLcB/s1600/18TH_SUPREME_COURT_1334414f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iq_79vtziyY/VyVs_nQoK6I/AAAAAAAACXY/FGqralrH51w4K79DwJmlDG4mAnX607jSgCLcB/s320/18TH_SUPREME_COURT_1334414f.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The first phase of the single entrance test NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be held on Sunday as the Supreme Court on Saturday refused to accord an urgent hearing of a plea seeking modification of its earlier order.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakurdid not allow the plea seeking urgent hearing for modification of the April 28 order passed by another bench with regard to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">"Nothing will happen in the meantime. Matter had been heard by the bench and it is over for now. Please allow the examination to be conducted," the bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The observation came when lawyers, representing some students, said that the order on NEET needed to be modified as students who had prepared for the state-level entrance exams will find it difficult to prepare for the NEET in such a short span of time. </span><br /> <div class="last8brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> <div class="sponsor_block clearfix loaded" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; display: inline-block !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 20px auto; padding: 15px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 665px;"> <div class="alR" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /> <div class="last7brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The apex court, for the time being, refused to entertain the plea and asked the lawyers concerned to file an application which would be heard by the regular bench, hearing the case. The SC had yesterday said that the entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2016-17 will be held as per the schedule through the twophased common entrance test NEET on May 1 and July 24.</span><br /> <div class="last6brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /> <div class="last5brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Centre had yesterday approached the apex court for modification of its April 28 order and had sought that state governments and private colleges be allowed to hold separate entrance examinations for MBBS and BDS courses for 2016-17 saying there was a lot of confusion arising out of it.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /> <div class="last3brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The SC had in its order cleared the decks for the holding of NEET in two phases for the academic year 2016-17 in which around 6.5 lakh candidates are likely to appear.</span><br /> <div class="last2brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /> <div class="last1brdiv" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">It had approved the schedule put beforefor treating All India Pre-Medical Test fixed for May 1 as NEET-1. It had said those who had not applied for AIPMT will be given the opportunity to appear in NEET-II on July 24 and the combined result would be declared on August 17.</span></div>

Supreme Court refuses to stay NEET, Today it will be held.

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A Person can change his religion but not his caste: Supreme Court

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXSxTSkGoLE/VyRMOiriSXI/AAAAAAAACXE/1kSF31KdFC0i20bzXyuA8qWCdnwjTPWzgCLcB/s1600/18TH_SUPREME_COURT_1334414f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXSxTSkGoLE/VyRMOiriSXI/AAAAAAAACXE/1kSF31KdFC0i20bzXyuA8qWCdnwjTPWzgCLcB/s320/18TH_SUPREME_COURT_1334414f.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Can a person born in a Muslim family, which practised Islamic rites, claim to have converted to a scheduled caste community in Sikhism and contest assembly elections from a seat reserved for SCs?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">In an important judgment, the Supreme Court has upheld election of Mr. Mohammed Sadique from a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes in Punjab by setting aside the High Court judgment which had invalidated the same. Dismissing the Election petition which was allowed by the High Court, the Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C. Pant has reiterated that a person can change his religion and faith but not the caste, to which he belongs, as caste has linkage to birth. In this case, Mr.Sadique claimed to be a member of Doom community which is one of the Scheduled Caste in Punjab. He was also issued a caste certificate as he was found to be member of ‘Doom’ community by the competent authority, after he declared that he has embraced Sikhism, and he was accepted by the Sikh community. It is on the basis of this Caste certificate; the returning officer had approved his candidature also. He won the election and it was challenged before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The High Court had held that the conversion from one religion to another would disentitle the person to carry his caste with him after conversion. In that context, the Apex Court has made reference to the dictum laid in Kailash Sonkar v. Maya Devi, wherein a lady born of Christian parents, after she reconverted to Hinduism and welcomed by the caste leaders, the court had held that it fulfills the conditions required for being reconverted to Hinduism from Christianity in order to revive the original caste . The Court also referred to K.P. Manu v. Scrunity Committee for Verification of Community Certificate wherein the Court had held that A person can be given SC/ST status even after his re-converson if there is evidence establishing the acceptance by the community. The judgment in S. Anbalagan v. B. Devarajan was also referred to. The observation by the Constitution Bench in Guntur Medical College v. Y. Mohan Rao to the effect that It is not necessary that one should have been born a Hindu or a Sikh to deem him as a member of scheduled caste. The Court has made following observation on the facts of this case “admittedly the appellant was born to muslim parents. However, he has proved that his family members though followed Islam but they belonged to “Doom” community. It is settled law that a person can change his religion and faith but not the caste, to which he belongs, as caste has linkage to birth. It is proved on the record that the appellant was issued a caste certificate as he was found to be member of ‘Doom’ community by the competent authority, after he declared that he has embraced Sikhism, and he was accepted by the Sikh community. It is not disputed that ‘Doom’ in Punjab is a Scheduled Caste under Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. The Scheduled Caste Certificate No. 6149 dated 25.08.2006 (Exh PG/2) was issued to the appellant by the competent authority, and accepted by the returning officer. Said certificate appears to have not been cancelled.”</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /></span><br /> <br /></div>

A Person can change his religion but not his caste: Supreme Court

Can a person born in a Muslim family, which practised Islamic rites, claim to have converted to a scheduled caste community in Sikhism a...

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