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Telangana HC minority schools RTE journalists

Telangana HC quashes directions compelling minority schools to provide free education to journalists’ children

The Court held that educational authorities lacked statutory authority to direct minority educational institutions to provide free education to children of journalists by invoking the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, reiterating that the Act is inapplicable to minority institutions protected under Article 30(1) of the Constitution.

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‘Mere recovery without mental intent not conscious possession’; Telangana HC discharges man carrying 380 live ammunition to use as neck chain

“The essential requirement to constitute an offence under the Arms Act is the existence of mens rea, i.e., knowledge of such possession or control over the firearm or ammunition, even in the absence of actual physical possession.”