Centre And State Should Provide Necessary Facilities For Elementary School Students To Attend Online Classes: Plea Filed Before Kerala High Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Centre And State Should Provide Necessary Facilities For Elementary School Students To Attend Online Classes: Plea Filed Before Kerala High Court

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed before the Kerala High Court alleging grave violation of the fundamental right to free education guaranteed u/Art 21A by the State by not providing free infrastructure facilities to the students pursuing elementary education for attending online classes amidst the pandemic. The PIL alleged that the inaction on the part of the State to provide necessary infrastructure facilities to children to attend online classes is therefore a gross violation of the fundamental right guaranteed to them. Prayers Sought For: The petitioner sought a declaration to Union of India, Government of Kerala and various Local Authorities that they are duty bound to provide necessary infrastructure facilities to children pursuing elementary education to participate in online classes in the State. It was also prayed that a direction may be issued commanding these authorities to provide such facilities to elementary school children such that they can attend online classes forthwith.

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'Prisoner Has As Much Right To Study As Person Outside Confines Of Jail': Kerala High Court Permits Two Life Convicts To Attend Online LLB Classes
1 year, 2 months ago

'Prisoner Has As Much Right To Study As Person Outside Confines Of Jail': Kerala High Court Permits Two Life Convicts To Attend Online LLB Classes

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has called for the integration of technology in the criminal justice dispensation system in order to permit two life convicts to attend LL.B. The Principals of the respective colleges however submitted that the applicants could be permitted to attend online classes if the Court so directed. The Court added that permitting a student to attend online …

Kerala Ahead of Other States in Providing Online Education: Pinarayi Vijayan
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala Ahead of Other States in Providing Online Education: Pinarayi Vijayan

News 18  

Kerala is much ahead of other states in providing online education to children during the COVID-19 pandemic, as 91 per cent of those in rural areas were able to continue their studies with the help of technology, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday. While 91 per cent of children in rural areas of Kerala had access to online classes, …

Kerala school teacher booked over minor student's suicide
3 years, 3 months ago

Kerala school teacher booked over minor student's suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

Kasaragod: A case has been registered against a 29-year-old private school teacher in connection with the death of a minor girl student by suicide in this northernmost district of Kerala, police said on Thursday. The case was registered against Usman, a native of Adhur here, under the Section 12 of POCSO Act and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, …

[Online Classes] Students Should Not Be Sidelined By Digital Divide: Kerala High Court Directs State To Assist Students Without Smartphones
3 years, 4 months ago

[Online Classes] Students Should Not Be Sidelined By Digital Divide: Kerala High Court Directs State To Assist Students Without Smartphones

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State and concerned authorities to take steps to ensure that economically weak students are not sidelined by the digital divide and that they are also able to pursue education like other children who have access to such gadgets. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V added that they should look into the grievances projected by the …

Worried parents take a stand for safety of their kids
3 years, 4 months ago

Worried parents take a stand for safety of their kids

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The safety of children, who are required to go to school starting September 1 with the government mandating physical classes from that date, is causing serious concern among parents. It is not that parents do not want to send their children to school, it is just that the absence of assurance of safety against Covid-19 once out of home …

Kerala High Court Seeks Responses Of Centre and State On Funds For Free Education
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Responses Of Centre and State On Funds For Free Education

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court directed the appropriate government to inform the Court as to why necessary funds were not provided to ensure free education of children of elementary schools. While hearing the matter, Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P.Chaly held as follows: "We direct the State/Central Government as the case may be, to file …

Govt to ensure students get access to online studies amid pandemic: Karnataka HC
3 years, 7 months ago

Govt to ensure students get access to online studies amid pandemic: Karnataka HC

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka high court said on Tuesday that the state will be violating the fundamental right to education if it fails to give children access to technology, required for online education during the Coved-19 pandemic. The Karnataka HC said there was a threat that children without access to online education could be drafted for child labour, begging or any rather harmful …

Health Hazards Of Online Classes: Allahabad High Court Seeks Response On Plea For Promotion Of Students Upto Class VIII Without Exams
4 years, 1 month ago

Health Hazards Of Online Classes: Allahabad High Court Seeks Response On Plea For Promotion Of Students Upto Class VIII Without Exams

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has asked the relevant government authority to respond to a plea seeking "no examination system" for promotion of students upto 8th standard, until physical classes resume. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma said, "It is asserted that the students upto 8th standard may be promoted to higher class without …

PIL In SC Seeks Order To Stop Online Classes Until Formulation Of Comprehensive Guidelines For Hosting In Encrypted And Safeguarded Manner
4 years, 3 months ago

PIL In SC Seeks Order To Stop Online Classes Until Formulation Of Comprehensive Guidelines For Hosting In Encrypted And Safeguarded Manner

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking for guidelines to regulate online classes through video-conferencing/virtual learning classes for small children due to the existence of a threat to small children being exposed to "highly suggestive and obnoxious materials available on the internet". In the alternative, it seeks for directions to the Respondents to immediately discontinue online classes …

Kerala HC Directs A Private School To Not Expel Students For Non-Payment Of Fees For Online Classes [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

Kerala HC Directs A Private School To Not Expel Students For Non-Payment Of Fees For Online Classes [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court, taking note of the rather distressing situation that has gripped everyone on account of COVID-19 restrictions, restrained a private school from expelling students, merely for the reason that necessary fees has not been paid yet. to permit all the students studying in the school to participate in the online classes and in the upcoming periodic tests …

Schools Can Allow Students To Attend Classes, With Social Distancing, If Special Attention Needed & Online Teaching Not Possible: Madras HC [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Schools Can Allow Students To Attend Classes, With Social Distancing, If Special Attention Needed & Online Teaching Not Possible: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday held that schools in Tamil Nadu can allow students to attend classes, by following physical distancing norms, if special attention is required and online teaching is not an option. The young inquisitive mind would certainly be tempted especially when there is no possibility of the elders being around; of all the modes, the recorded …

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Uniform Education Policy To Avoid Discrimination And Digital Divide Among Students Of Weaker Sections
4 years, 4 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Uniform Education Policy To Avoid Discrimination And Digital Divide Among Students Of Weaker Sections

Live Law  

Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking for directions to the Union to formulate a uniform education policy in every State in order to curb discriminatory practices adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure participation of children of weaker sections in elementary education. The plea, filed by Advocate-on-Record Deepak Prakash on behalf of Good Governance Chambers, intends …

Children's Right To Education Is A Human Right: Kerala HC Directs Govt. To Sanction LP School [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

Children's Right To Education Is A Human Right: Kerala HC Directs Govt. To Sanction LP School [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Right to Education for Children under Article 21A of the Constitution of India is a human right, said the Kerala High Court while directing the Government to sanction establishment of Government LP School in Elambra in Manjeri Municipality of Malappuram district.After three decades of their struggle to get a Government Lower Primary School, the residents of Elambra in Manjeri Municipality. …

'Don't Compromise Students' Health For Online Classes': Madras HC Asks TN Govt To Form Proper Guidelines
4 years, 5 months ago

'Don't Compromise Students' Health For Online Classes': Madras HC Asks TN Govt To Form Proper Guidelines

ABP News  

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to form proper guidelines for holding online classes for students.The court has given a deadline of July 27 as the state government has been directed to present its norms for online education by that date. This direction has come from a Division Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice R …

[Breaking] Karnataka HC Stays Govt Ban On Online Classes; Says It Violates Right To Education Under Article 21A
4 years, 6 months ago

[Breaking] Karnataka HC Stays Govt Ban On Online Classes; Says It Violates Right To Education Under Article 21A

Live Law  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday expressed the prima facie view that State Government orders banning online classes encroached upon the Fundamental Right to Life and Education conferred by Article 21 and 21A of the Constitution of India. "Prima facie we are of the view that both orders of June 15 and June 27, encroached upon the Fundamental Right …

Ban On Online Classes Violates Right To Education Under Article 21A, Petitioners Tell Karnataka HC
4 years, 6 months ago

Ban On Online Classes Violates Right To Education Under Article 21A, Petitioners Tell Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday heard the writ petitions challenging the ban imposed by Karnataka government on online classes.The petitioners argued that the absolute ban was violative of right to education under Article 21A of the Constitution of India.The State government informed the Karnataka High Court that the expert committee constituted to recommend scientific ways of. The High …

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Uniform Maximum Relief In The School Fee For Lockdown Period [Read Petition]
4 years, 6 months ago

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Uniform Maximum Relief In The School Fee For Lockdown Period [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking "uniform maximum relief" in the school fee for the period of national lockdown. "There is no Force Majeure clause in the said admission form, therefore, demanding fee and expenses without rending service is illegal and against the principle of natural justice," the Petitioner has contended in light of the Consumer …

'Can You Not Permit Online Classes For A Few Hours?', Karnataka HC Asks State In Plea Against Ban On Virtual Classes
4 years, 6 months ago

'Can You Not Permit Online Classes For A Few Hours?', Karnataka HC Asks State In Plea Against Ban On Virtual Classes

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the state government to respond by Friday to petitions challenging the ban imposed on conducting online classes for children from lower kindergarten to Class 5 by schools across all boards in the state and restraining the schools from collecting fees for the same. A division bench Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Nataraj …

'Right To Education Sacrosanct' : Kerala HC Restrains Private School From Levying Additional Fee For Virtual Classes [Read Interim Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

'Right To Education Sacrosanct' : Kerala HC Restrains Private School From Levying Additional Fee For Virtual Classes [Read Interim Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Kerala on Wednesday passed an interim order restraining a school from levying additional fees on students for holding virtual classes.A single bench of Justice C S Dias also referred the writ petition to a division bench, in view of the "substantial public interest involved".The bench also made reference to the suicide of 14-year old Devika, which …

Restraint On Private Schools From Demanding Tuition Fee : SC Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Uttarakhand HC Order
4 years, 7 months ago

Restraint On Private Schools From Demanding Tuition Fee : SC Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Uttarakhand HC Order

Live Law  

A Special Bench of the Supreme Court today issued notices on a batch of special leave petitions filed against the order of the Uttarakhand High Court whereby private unaided schools were restrained from demanding tution fee from parents, in view of the lockdown situation. A Bench comprising of CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna, and Justice Hrishikesh Roy has issued …

Kerala govt to initiate online classes for school students amid covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

Kerala govt to initiate online classes for school students amid covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

The Kerala government considering a proposal to start online classes for school students from June 1 in view of the ongoing lockdown, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Tuesday. As all educational institutes have been shut down across the nation, the state government has planned to start online classes so that students don’t miss out on their studies during …

Access to Internet is a basic right, says Kerala High Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Access to Internet is a basic right, says Kerala High Court

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that the right to have access to the Internet is part of the fundamental right to education as well as the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution. The court observed, “When the Human Rights Council of the United Nations has found that the right of access to Internet is a …

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 3 months ago

'Right To Access Internet Is Part Of Right To Privacy And Right To Education' : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Kerala on Thursday declared that right to access internet is a fundamental right forming part of right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. "When the Human Rights Council of the United Nations have found that right to access to Internet is a fundamental freedom and a tool to …

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