The Supreme Court today lifted a ban on registering diesel cars, SUVs and other vehicles with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc and more in the National Capital Region after depositing one per cent of the ex-showroom price as environment compensation charge (ECC) with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

India’s top undergraduate medical entrance exam the CBSE AIPMT 2015 may be cancelled on Monday after today’s observation from Supreme Court justice Amitava Roy that the sanctity of the exam had been compromised this year. Justice Roy was hearing three writs that had asked for the 3 May exam to be cancelled.

The Supreme Court will hear, on Thursday May 21, a petition seeking re-conduct of the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) as the key to the answers was leaked in several states and was made available to some candidates using sophisticated technology. The vacation bench of Justice AK Sikri an...