COVID-19| Delhi HC allows Delhi Govt’s decision to reconstitute SMCs through draw of lots as a stop gap arrangement
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COVID-19 | Suspension of functioning of Delhi High Court & its Subordinate Courts has been extended till 31-07-2020
Suspension of functioning of Delhi High Court and its Subordinate Courts has been extended till 31-07-2020. Here’s the Court Order: The Hon’ble
Bom HC | Govt. Order for payment of full wages during lockdown not applicable where management and workmen were already engaged in industrial adjudication prior to lockdown
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Riyaz I. Chagla, JJ., rejected the relief of payment of full wages to
COVID-19| SC disposes of the petition after ICAI postpones CA exams to November 2020
Supreme Court: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has submitted before the Supreme Court that the May cycle exams, slated
Del HC | Centre to consider synchronization of work under National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985 & National Disaster Management Act, 2005 under a single nodal agency
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J. requested Centre to consider the grievances with regard to
Final Year student writes to Chief Justice of Bombay High Court over UGC’s Guidelines on conduct of exams
A final year student has written to the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court raising concerns over the guidelines issued by UGC
Del HC | Schools free to decline Online Education Facility to students whose parents fail to pay tuition fees
Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., while hearing a matter with regard to parents defaulting in payment of tuition fees to schools, held
Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test for Covid-19 to be conducted in High Court of Delhi
Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test for Covid-19 to be conducted in High Court of Delhi A medical team deputed by the Health Department
Kar HC | Court directs RBI to monitor implementation of the Circular relating to regulatory package during COVID times
Karnataka High Court: Suraj Govindaraj, J., dealt with a petition which was filed in order to enforce the regulatory package announced by
COVID-19| Migrant Labourers: SC pulls up Maharashtra for lapses; says “this is not an adversarial litigation”
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah, JJ pulled up State of Maharashtra for submitting that
Unitech’s Sanjay Chandra gets interim bail as parents hospitalised after testing COVID-19 positive
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has granted bail to former Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra after
CISCE in view of COVID-19 pandemic decides to reduce syllabus for Academic Year 2020-21
To make up for the loss of instructional hours during the current session 2020-2021, the CISCE has worked with its subject experts,
UGC Revised Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar for the Universities in view of COVID-19 Pandemic
UGC Revised Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar for the Universities in view of COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights of the guidelines are as
Bom HC | “Hope and trust earnest adherence to and enforcement of extant guidelines so that life of each citizen is preserved”: Court on proper handling of COVID-19 dead bodies
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and N. J. Jamdar, J. dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking enforcement of
“COVID-19 suspect or affected persons” can now vote through postal ballot paper: Centre amends definition of “absentee voter” in Conduct of Election Rules
“COVID-19 suspect or affected persons” can now vote through postal ballot paper Central Government after consulting the Election Commission amends the Conduct
P&H HC | Private un-aided institutions that are not providing online classes during lockdown period are also entitled to collect tuition fees
Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petitions filed by the several unaided private schools and educational institutions, all of
Ker HC | Parents to submit school fees, since no exemption given on account of monthly salary expenditure incurred by school even during lockdown
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of S. Manikumar ,CJ and Shaji P. Chaly, J. dismissed a writ petition on account of
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[Plight of Transgender Community] Ker HC | To avoid difficulties & translate rights into reality, members of transgender community or NGOs need to identify problems and approach officers concerned
Kerala High Court: Division Bench of S. Manikumar, CJ and Saji P. Chaly, J., while addressing a matter wherein plight of transgender
COVID-19| CA Exams: ICAI gets a week’s time to assess if it’s possible to conduct exams this year
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ gives more time to ICAI after it submits