Sucheta, Author at SCC Times

Vivekananda Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School berated sternly for unnecessarily branding a student as ‘mentally unfit’ to appear for exam

Madras High Court: Perusing through the present case where the school authorities denied a student from giving exams on the ground that

Law School News Others

Land Rights Legal Aid Clinic Established at the Office of District Legal Services Authority, Warangal

Reported by Varun Reddy

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2016 SCC Vol. 3 March 14, 2016 Part 1

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 24 — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings: There was no reason why divorce case be not transferred

Case Briefs High Courts

Universities & affiliated colleges to mandatorily comply with UGC Regulations, 2010

Kerala High Court: Answering the reference in the affirmative, the Full Bench reaffirmed that the appointments to the posts of Principal and

News Treaties/Conventions/International Agreements

Loan Agreement on Pollution Abatement is signed between India and Japan International Cooperation Agency

A Loan agreement signed between the Government of India and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in January, 2016 for a project of

Op Eds OP. ED.

Rights of the Differently Oriented — Changing Scenario

By Namit Saxena

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

South African Parliament directed to comply with the Statutory Language requirements

Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA): In an interesting constitutional matter, a five-judge Bench comprising Lewis, Ponnan (JJA), Seriti (JJA), Fourie (AJJA) and

News Treaties/Conventions/International Agreements

Agreement on Social Security signed between India and 18 other Countries

On 9th March 2016, the Minister for External Affairs informed in Lok Sabha that India has signed Social Security Agreements (SSAs) with 18

Law School News Others

Parvathy P. from Kerala Law Academy shares her experience with SCC Online

My experience with SCC Online began with a moot court competition where SCC Online was the knowledge partners and we were given

Law School News Others

Gujarat National Law University is observing 21 March as Law Tradition Day

GNLU will observe 21 March as the Law Tradition Day to symbolize, manifest and celebrate legal traditions of great legal and judicial

Case Briefs High Courts

Lok Aayog’s role held to be purely advisory/recommendatory, not empowered to issue/enforce any order

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Bench of Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. has categorically held that the role of the Chhattisgarh Lok Aayog under

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 passed by Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 on 15th March, 2016. The Bill seeks to create a set

Achievements Law School News

NLSIU Bangalore wins the ELSA Maynooth International Negotiation Competition, 2016

Reported by Sonali Charak

Case Briefs High Courts

Writ petition under Article 226 can be instituted through power of attorney holder

Allahabad High Court: Adjudicating upon the question referred as to whether a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution can be

Achievements Law School News

Amity, Delhi bagged various prizes at the Cultural Fest of NUJS Kolkata

Reported by Aashna Chawala

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCERT directed to explain reasons for disregarding history of national heroes in student text books

Central Information Commission (CIC): While reprimanding National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for reducing contents on Swami Vivekananda in Class XII

Case Briefs High Courts

CBSE affiliated schools and private schools of Tamil Nadu directed to include singing of the National Anthem in their school curriculum

Madras High Court: Taking a landmark step, the Division Bench of the Court comprising of S.K. Kaul, C.J. and M.M. Sundresh, J.,

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

National Law University Delhi to organize International Conference on the theme “Transparency and Accountability in Justice Administration System: Challenges and Solutions”

Reported by Abhishek Singh

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016

The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 promulgated by the President on 07.01.2016 is in the process of being replaced by

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2016 SCC Vol. 2 March 7, 2016 Part 5

Armed Forces — Discharge — Procedural safeguards: Administrative instructions affording additional safeguards dehors R. 13 of Army Rules, 1954 to ensure proper