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Prescribing eligibility criteria can’t be left to the Search Committee’s sweet will; Criteria fixed by UGC must be followed by all Universities: SC

Supreme Court: In a case relating to the appointment of the Vice-chancellor of the Sardar Patel University where the search committee had

Case Briefs Supreme Court

If the interpretation of a tender document is not accepted by Constitutional Court, can Court interfere with the interpretation? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath, JJ., while addressing a matter with regard to the tender document,

Case Briefs High Courts

Mother tongue or English as a medium of instruction? Raj HC dealt with the issue when State decided to convert a Hindi medium school to English medium

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. allowed the petition and decided that the school will be converted to English medium subject to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Will hostel facility which is incidental to providing education as per object of assessee be a charitable purpose exempted under S. 11 of Income Tax Act? ITAT answers

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT): Coram of Anil Chaturvedi (Accountant Member) and Suchitra Kamble (Judicial Member) allowed the appeal filed by the

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC directs State Government to provide text books in Braille for all special children (visual disabilities) positively within a period of 15 days from the date of order

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma, CJ. and Sachin Shankar Magadum J. directed the State Government to provide

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

New rates towards financial assistance for education of the children of the beneficiary, introduced vide HP Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2021

The Government of Himachal Pradesh has amended Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

In a relief to State Board Class XII students, Supreme Court asks Boards to formulate Schemes within 10 days

Supreme Court: Hearing a series of petitions filed by Class XII students of various Boards, the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Cancellation of Class XII Board exams; CBSE, ICSE Assessment Schemes: Fair, reasonable and in larger public interest. Here’s why

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has refused to interfere with the assessment Scheme propounded by the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Class XII students’ evaluation scheme by CBSE and ICSE approved by Supreme Court with two additions: Here’s what we know

Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has accepted the schemes presented by CBSE and ICSE for assessment

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | NLSIU is free to make an application seeking declaration as ‘Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities’ under UGC in terms of UGC Regulations, 2017

Karnataka High Court: R Devdas, J., disposed of the petition leaving it on National Law School of India University to approach UGC

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | “Over enthusiasm of attaining professional excellence should not stifle the speech of a student”; HC slams ICAI for withholding result of a student for criticizing the Institute

Rajsthan High Court: The Bench of Dinesh Mehta, J., slammed the ICAI for illegally withholding the result of a young girl-student of

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC| Degree of M.A. in Public Administration equivalent to a degree of M.A. in Political Science as per UGC; UKPSC directed to consider candidature for appointment as Assistant Professor

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ., and Alok Kumar Verma, J., decided over a petition which was

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| Schools can’t profit from unutilised facilities; Rajasthan Schools to provide 15% deduction of annual fees for academic year 2020-21: Supreme Court

“The school Management supposedly engaged in doing charitable activity of imparting education, is expected to be responsive and alive to that situation and take necessary remedial measures to mitigate the hardship suffered by the students and their parents. It is for the school Management to reschedule payment of school fee in such a way that not even a single student is left out or denied opportunity of pursuing his/her education, so as to effectuate the adage “live and let live”.”