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Education

Admission – Super Specialty Medical Courses – Reservation – This Court direct that the counselling for admission to Super Specialty Medical Courses for the academic year 2020-2021 shall proceed on a date to be fixed by the competent authority without providing for reservations to in-service doctors for the academic year 2020-2021

Nov 29, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH DR. PRERIT SHARMA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. DR. BILU B.S. & ORS. — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and…

Education

Postgraduate Medical/Dental Admissions – NRI quota – Non compulsory – Private colleges and institutions which offer such professional and technical courses, have some elbow room: they can decide whether, and to what extent, they wish to offer NRI or management quotas (the limits of which are again defined by either judicial precedents, enacted law or subordinate legislation)

Oct 18, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NILAY GUPTA — Appellant Vs. CHAIRMAN NEET PG MEDICAL AND DENTAL ADMISSION/COUNSELLING BOARD 2020 AND PRINCIPAL GOVT. DENTAL COLLEGE AND OTHERS — Respondent (…

Education

Ragging – If the law presumes an accused to be innocent till his guilt is proved – Accused as presumably innocent persons, are entitled to all the fundamental rights including the right to liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and are entitled to pursue their course of study so long as exercise of said right does not hamper smooth conduct and progress of the prosecution.

Oct 18, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ANKITA KAILASH KHANDELWAL AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, Vineet Saran and…

Education

Decision of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) hold a separate admission test by way of the National Legal Aptitude Test (NLAT) – Quashing of – Home based online examination as proposed by the respondent No.1 University for NLAT-2020-21 could not be held to be a test which was able to maintain transparency and integrity of the examination

Sep 25, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAKESH KUMAR AGARWALLA AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok…

Education

IMP : Disaster Management Act, 2005 – Section 71 and 72 – Jurisdiction – Students cannot be promoted without exams – State Governments or State Disaster Management Authority in exercise of power under Disaster Management Act, 2005 has no jurisdiction to take a decision that the students of final year/terminal students should be promoted on the basis of earlier year assessment and internal assessment

Aug 28, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH PRANEETH K AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC) AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy…

Education

Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1983 – Rule 4 – Fixation of fees – The interim fee fixed by the Andhra Pradesh Government without following the drill of Rule 4 has correctly been found to be prima facie illegal and has therefore correctly been suspended

Jul 17, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH RAJEEV GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent (…

Education

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 – Section 34 – Exemption from Aptitude test – Diploma course in Fine Art for physically/mentally challenged students – Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes candidates require 35 per cent to pass in the aptitude test, the same shall apply to the disabled persons.

Jul 13, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ARYAN RAJ — Appellant Vs. CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Rohinton Fali Nariman, Navin Sinha and B.R. Gavai, JJ.…

Education

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 32 – Writ Petition – Conducting “single counselling” for filling up seats in the Post Graduate Medical Courses leading to Degrees and Diplomas and the seats in DNB (Diplomate of National Board) Courses. Admission is now at an advanced stage – HELD This Court do not deem it appropriate to pass any direction for the present year. However, going by the assertions made in the response filed by the Medical Council of India, we may observe that a common counselling or single online counselling in the coming years would definitely take care of any similar grievance.

May 26, 2020 sclaw

  SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ALAPATI JYOTSNA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit and Dinesh Maheshwari,…

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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