Rush Hour: Sharp fall in IIT placements, lawyers oppose judge’s transfer to Allahabad HC & more

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The placement rate of Bachelor of Technology students at most Indian Institutes of Technology fell sharply between 2021-’22 and 2023-’24, official data showed. Placements declined at 22 of 23 IITs, with more than half seeing a drop of over 10 percentage points, as per data submitted by the Centre to a parliamentary standing committee.

The sharpest fall of 24.64 percentage points was at IIT-Dharwad. Among older IITs, placements dropped by 12.72 percentage points at Bombay, 12.42 percentage points at Madras, 11.15 percentage points at Kanpur, and 14.88 percentage points at Delhi.

The only exception was IIT (BHU)-Varanasi, where placements rose from 83.15% to 88.04%, an increase of 4.89 percentage points. Read on.

Six High Court bar associations have urged Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to revoke the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to transfer Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma. They also demanded a criminal investigation against him.

Allahabad High Court Bar Association President Anil Tiwari said the chief justice assured them that their demands would be considered but “did not promise anything”.

The bar associations’ appeal follows reports that unaccounted cash was recovered from Varma’s official residence after a fire...

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