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Category: Education

Education

Education Law – Affiliation for conducting MBBS and post graduate courses- In case of non-compliance, the order passed by the ASC for withdrawal of the affiliation would continue – Not find anything wrong in the letter whereby KUHS has rejected KMC’s application for continuation of affiliation for the academic year 2020-21 as it is a necessary sequitur and consequence of the two orders passed by this Court.

Feb 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH LALITHA R NATH AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. KANNUR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna,…

Education

Admission to MBBS Course – Equivalence certificate – substance of the eligibility requirement is the candidate should have qualified an intermediate level examination or first year of a graduate course, and studied the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology at this level, along with practical testing and English – This subject matter requirement is at the heart of eligibility to be admitted into the medical course.

Feb 23, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KALOJI NARAYANA RAO UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES — Appellant Vs. SRIKEERTI REDDI PINGLE AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and…

Education

Permission for establishment of new Medical College – Gross deficiencies found -No action has been taken to improve the situation – State Government is directed to rectify all the deficiencies that have been pointed out by the MCI at the earliest and make an application for renewal of permission for admission of the second batch of MBBS students for the academic year 2021-2022.

Feb 23, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DUMKA MEDICAL COLLEGE, DUMKA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN SUPERSESSION OF MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Respondent (…

Education

Admission in Medical Courses – Benefit of ‘First Priority’ Policy – Candidates whose parents were domiciles of the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli or Daman and Diu and had studied the same place(s) mentioned above for at least the classes of 8th to 12th standards, their children are eligibile for the same

Dec 26, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MUSKAN SAMIR MODASIA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and Hemant Gupta, JJ. ) Petition(s)…

Education

No State run university can afford to have a laidback attitude, when their own performance is being measured by international standards – Therefore, the power of the universities to prescribe enhanced norms and standards, cannot be doubted – While universities cannot dilute the standards prescribed by AICTE, they certainly have the power to stipulate enhanced norms and standards.

Dec 15, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. JAI BHARATH COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before…

Education

Admission in Medical Colleges – Illegal denial of admission – Respondent No.2-College adopted unfair means to deprive Respondent No.1 admission to PG course. Respondent No.1 has lost one precious academic year for no fault of hers for which she has to be compensated by way of an amount of Rs.10 Lakhs to be paid by Respondent No.2

Dec 13, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION — Appellant Vs. MOTHUKURU SRIYAH KOUMUDI AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta, JJ. )…

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Education

Meritorious reserved category candidates must be considered against unreserved vacancies at the screening stage without availing any concession, prioritizing merit over category bias.

Jan 4, 2026 sclaw
State Laws

The Commission under the WBCE Act has jurisdiction to adjudicate deficiencies in patient care services and qualifications of personnel, distinct from medical negligence handled by State Medical Councils.

Jan 4, 2026 sclaw
Direct Taxation Income Tax Act

Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 37(1) — Revenue Expenditure vs. Capital Expenditure — Non-compete fee — Whether payment of non-compete fee constitutes allowable revenue expenditure or capital expenditure — Non-compete fee is paid to restrain a competitor, which protects or enhances the business profitability and facilitates carrying on the business more efficiently — Such payment neither creates a new asset nor increases the profit-earning apparatus for the payer, meaning the enduring advantage, if any, is not in the capital field — The length of time of the advantage is not determinative if the advantage merely facilitates business operations, leaving fixed assets untouched — Payment of non-compete fee made by the appellant (formed as a joint venture) to L&T (previous partner) to restrain L&T from competing for 7 years was essentially to keep a potential competitor out and ensure the appellant operated more efficiently and profitably, without creating a new capital asset or monopoly — Held: Payment of non-compete fee is an allowable revenue expenditure under Section 37(1) of the Act. (Paras 16, 25-29)

Jan 4, 2026 sclaw
Evidence Act

Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Competency of child witness — Effect of delay and tutoring — Although a minor child is competent to testify, the reliability and evidentiary value of testimony given many years after the event, especially when the child has been residing with the complainant’s family (maternal grandparents), is significantly affected by the high possibility of memory distortion and tutoring. (Paras 5, 7, 10.2)

Jan 4, 2026 sclaw