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Category: Education

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. )…

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.…

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Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Abuse of process — Family arrangement (KBPP) and Conciliation Award — Allegations of undue influence, coercion, misrepresentation, and fabrication — Grounds for challenge were distinct for KBPP and Award — Lower courts erred in rejecting plaint by treating documents as one Conciliation Award and dismissing allegations of fraud due to admitted execution of KBPP — Allegations of coercion need not be limited to life threat and can arise from subservience — Rejection of plaint was erroneous as prima facie cause of action disclosed, suit not vexatious or abuse of process.

Feb 10, 2026 sclaw
Bail Granted

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 108, 80, 103, 85 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Offences — Abetment to suicide, Dowry death, Murder — Allegations of extra-marital relationship, demand of money/dowry — Deceased died of poisoning/injection — Autopsy findings — Prosecution case not strong at bail stage.

Feb 1, 2026 sclaw
Labour Cases

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33(1) — Requirement for employer to seek permission before altering service conditions or stopping work of workmen during pendency of dispute — Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Act.

Feb 1, 2026 sclaw
Labour Cases

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 10(1), 12 — Reference of industrial dispute — Apprehended dispute — Appropriate Government’s power to refer — The appropriate Government has the power to refer an industrial dispute for adjudication if it is of the opinion that such dispute exists or is apprehended. The initiation of conciliation proceedings under Section 12 does not statutorily require a prior demand notice to the employer as a pre-condition to approaching the Conciliation Officer. The management’s argument that a prior demand notice is essential, based on certain previous judgments, fails as it ignores the provision for referring an apprehended dispute, which can be invoked to prevent industrial unrest

Feb 1, 2026 sclaw