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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,…

Education

All India Council of Technical Education Act, 1987 – Section 2(g) – Technical education – Having realized the difficulties in view of dual regulations of pharmacy education under the PCI and AICTE HELD Therefore, even according to the Union of India, the word ‘pharmacy’ is to be deleted from the definition of ‘technical education’ contained in Section 2(g) of the AICTE Act.

Mar 8, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH THE PHARMACY COUNCIL OF INDIA — Appellant Vs. DR. S.K. TOSHNIWAL EDUCATIONAL TRUSTS VIDARBHA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before :…

Education

The Court (SC) hereby directs the PCI to give due recognition to such of the students who had been admitted in the past during the pendency of all proceedings upto the total intake capacity of 240 (180 in the first shift and 60 in the second shift) on account of the interim orders made. The PCI is, therefore, directed also to give consequential benefit of registration to such students who graduated in the concerned undergraduate courses.

Feb 1, 2020 sclaw

UPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHIRPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : R. F. Nariman and…

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