6 years, 8 months ago

SC Issues Notices To 6 NLUs In Petition By IDIA Trainee On 5% Quota for Specially-Abled

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to six national law universities in a writ petition filed by a trainee of non-profit organisation Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education seeking implementation of the 5 per cent reservation quota for specially-abled students. Among the six NLUs are Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur; Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad; Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur; National Law University, Orissa; and National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi. Section 32 of the RPwD Act states that all Government institutions of higher education and other higher education institutions receiving aid from the Government shall reserve not less than five per cent seats for persons with benchmark disabilities. 292 of 2006) had directed that all the institutions covered by the obligations provided under Section 32 of the Act shall comply with the provisions of Section 32 while making admission of students in educational courses of higher education each year, failing which, an appropriate consequential action against those educational institutions, as provided under Section 89 of the Act as well as other provisions, shall be initiated against defaulting institutions.

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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024 - Advocates & Bar Councils

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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024 - Advocates & Bar Councils

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Advocate Advocates-on-Record can mark the appearances of only those advocates who are authorized to appear and argue the case on a particular day of hearing. Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, 2024 LiveLaw 519 : AIR 2024 SC 5338 Expunging of adverse judicial remarks against an advocate - The Supreme Court set aside interim orders passed by the High Court …

3 months ago

Karnataka High Court directs NLSIU to reserve 0.5% seats for transgender candidates in law courses till varsity formulates reservation for them

The Hindu

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the National Law School of India University to provide reservation of 0.5% for transgender persons till the varsity formulates its reservation for transgenders. Also, the court directed the NLSIU to make a provision for fee waiver for persons admitted under transgender reservation quota, and seek appropriate grant from the State or the Central …

3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Filling Of NRI Quota Seats In NEET-PG 2024 Counselling Till Final Verdict Is Passed

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In an interim order on Wednesday the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court stayed the filling up of seats under the NRI Quota in the NEET-PG 2024 counselling, till the final judgment is passed. The division bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Anuradha Shukla observed, "Taking into consideration the fact that the matter has been heard and …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Grants Relief To Disabled Candidates For AIBE; Express Surprise At NLU Consortium Having No Policy For CLAT

Live Law

After the Supreme Court last week allowed a 100 percent blind law student to avail the assistance of a scribe, as appointed by the Consortium of the National Law Universities, to appear for the Common Law Entrance Test - Postgraduate exam 2024-25, the Court today granted relief to the other two petitioners seeking the use of computers to write answers …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why no quota for SCs/STs, OBCs in AMU, asks Yogi at bypoll rally

Hindustan Times

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday questioned as to why the Aligarh Muslim University is not giving reservation to Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes but attempting to give 50 % reservation to Muslims on its own even though the institution gets government funding. Adityanath’s observations about AMU came a day after the Supreme Court, by a 4-3 …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Kamareddy BJP MLA Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy filed a petition before the Telangana High Court seeking directions to the Union and state governments to issue guidelines or amendments to GOs of rules for admissions into MBBS, BDS and PG Medical courses for the academic year 2024-25 by implementing EWS reservations. He complained that despite the communication addressed by the …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Seeks Response From Union, AIIMS In Challenge To 'Institutional Preference' Quota Exceeding 50% In PG Medical Admissions

Live Law

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union and All India Institute of Medical Sciences in a petition challenging the reservation quota for "Institutional Preference" that exceeds 50% in postgraduate admissions.The Petitioner has challenged the over-reservation or 'super reservation' of seats under 'Institutional Preference' in the postgraduate admissions as being. The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

SC declines to grant interim stay of Patna HC decision quashing 65% quota in Bihar

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on July 29 refused to order interim stay of a Patna High Court decision quashing reservation up to 65% for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in public employment and institutions. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Shyam Divan, for Bihar, urged the court to stay the High Court decision which had …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [April 1 to 13]

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SUPREME COURT WEEKLY DIGEST APRIL 2024 PART 1 Citations 2024 LiveLaw 269 to 2024 LiveLaw 290 Abuse of Process of Law Abuse of process of law – Collusion between parties in tender process – Held, respondent no. Pankaj Singh v. State of Haryana, 2024 LiveLaw 274 Criminal procedure Code 1973; Section 439 and National Investigation Agency Act, 2008; Section 21 …

1 year, 3 months ago

'Can state insist on seat-sharing in unaided minority instis': HC judge seeks full bench hearing

New Indian Express

MADURAI: A single judge of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has sought a Full Bench hearing to decide whether the state government has the power to insist on a fixed quota of seat-sharing between the management and the state in unaided minority educational institutions offering professional courses. Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed that the government order passed …

1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Asks NLU Jodhpur To File Progress Report On Regularisation of Staff

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Recently, the Supreme Court asked the National Law University, Jodhpur, to submit a progress report regarding the regularisation of its faculty within two months. Previously, the Court noted that the University has no Vice Chancellor, and that Registrar is also a contractual staff while also expressing serious concerns at the University operating only with contractual teachers. Therein the High Court, …

1 year, 7 months ago

NEET PG | Students Who Take Admission In All India Quota Can't Vacate Seats After 2nd Round Of AIQ Counselling : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on Monday reiterated that students who take admission in All India Quota seats for Post Graduate medical courses cannot vacate the seats after the second round of counselling for AIQ seats in National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test.The Court referred to the order passed in May 2017 in the case Dar-Us-Slam Educational Trust v Medical Council of India. The Supreme …

1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court mandate 5% reservation for specially-abled candidates in educational institutes

India Today

Delhi High Court has taken a significant step towards promoting inclusivity and accessibility in educational institutions by instructing the city government and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to ensure a five percent reservation for specially-abled candidates. COURT'S DIRECTIVE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE The high court's bench, led by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, emphasised the importance of implementing the mandated 5% …

1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To 16 July 2023

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Gurugram Prime Plot 'Sold' Through Fake GPA: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Land Scam; Questions Role Of Sub-Registrar's Office Case title: Pratibha Manchanda And Anr. Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBI, ED On Manish Sisodia's Bail Pleas In Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case Case title: Manish Sisodia v. Central Bureau of Investigation Citation: Special Leave Petition No. Supreme Court …

1 year, 10 months ago

SC Dismisses Pleas Seeking Review of Its Verdict Upholding 10 Per Cent Reservation to EWS

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The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its verdict upholding the 10 per cent reservation introduced in 2019 for the economically weaker sections in educational institutions and government jobs that excluded the poor among the SC/ST/OBC categories. The review petitions are, therefore, dismissed,” the bench also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M …

2 years, 3 months ago

Notice to Kaloji varsity on quota â€˜violationâ€™

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Friday directed that notice be served on Kaloji Narayana Rao university of health in a writ petition challenging the enhancement of reservations to ST candidates that was made by the tribal welfare department in September. The writ petition was filed by Aleti Nipuna Reddy, an 18-year old student aspiring for …

2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court judgment on EWS quota provides impetus for States looking to breach quota ceiling

The Hindu

With the Jharkhand Assembly passing a Bill this week to raise the total reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in State government posts to up to 77% in the backdrop of a Supreme Court Constitution Bench’s majority ruling in the Economically Weaker Section case that the 50% cap on reservation was not sacrosanct, this has paved …

2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court To Pronounce Verdict On Validity Of EWS Quota On November 7

Live Law

The Supreme Court verdict determining the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in education and public employment is likely to come out next week. CASE TITLE: Janhit Abhiyan v. Union Of India with 32 connected matters | W.P.NO.55/2019 and connected issues Reports of the hearings : EWS Quota - 103rd Amendment Negates …

2 years, 6 months ago

NEET-AIQ EWS Quota : Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Challenging Rs 8 Lakh Annual Income Criteria

Live Law

The Supreme Court was to hear today the petitions challenging the validity of Centre's Rs. 8 lakhs annual income upper limit criteria for seeking Economically Weaker Sections reservation in the All India Quota for NEET admissions, on Wednesday. It is pertinent to note that by an order dated 07.01.2022, the Apex Court had allowed the commencement of counselling process for …

2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court to Examine Constitutional Validity of 10 Percent Quota for EWS

News 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would first examine the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation to EWS in admissions and jobs before hearing appeals against a high court verdict which had set aside a local law granting quota to Muslims. The top court will also hear the appeals of the state government …

2 years, 7 months ago

EWS Issue : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Validity Of ₹ 8 Lakhs Annual Income Criteria On August 2

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted the petitions challenging the validity of criteria of Rupees 8 Lakhs annual income limit as the upper limit for seeking Economically Weaker Sections reservation in the All India Quota for NEET admissions for August 2, 2022. It may be noted that the Top Court on January 7, 2022 had allowed the commencement of counseling …

2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up :June 6- June 11,2022

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Supreme Court Judgements Case Title: Jai Bholenath Construction vs Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad Nanded | CA 4140 OF 2022 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 542 The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court judgment which dismissed a writ petition by referring to observations made in M/s N. G. Projects Ltd. Conviction Cannot Be Based Solely On The Testimony Of A …

2 years, 10 months ago

NEET-AIQ : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Validity Of Rs 8 Lakhs Annual Income Criteria For EWS Quota In July 2022

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Thursday posted the petitions challenging the validity of criteria of Rupees 8 Lakhs annual income limit as the upper limit for seeking Economically Weaker Sections reservation in the All India Quota for NEET admissions for July. Apprising the bench that the NEET PG 2022-23 would be conducted soon again, Datar submitted that the issue before the …

2 years, 10 months ago

NEET Admissions : Supreme Court Asks Kerala To Carry Out Fresh Verification Of NRI Claims Of 38 Students

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While considering a petition filed by NRI students seeking time for fresh registration in the NRI quota before commencement of the NEET Mop-Up counseling in the State of Kerala for MBBS admissions, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the State to carry out a fresh exercise of verification for the 38 NRI candidates claiming admission. As regards the seven candidates, …

2 years, 11 months ago

NEET Admissions : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Time For Fresh Registration In NRI Quota Before Mop Up Counseling

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a petition filed by NRI students seeking time for fresh registration in the NRI quota before commencement of the Mop-Up counseling. In the impugned judgment, the bench headed by Chief Justice S Manikumar had said, "Since it has been pointed out that the last date for admission for MBBS course is today …

3 years ago

EWS Issue : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Validity Of Rs 8 Lakhs Annual Income Criteria In April 2022

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday posted the petitions challenging the validity of criteria of Rupees 8 Lakhs annual income limit as the upper limit for seeking Economically Weaker Sections reservation in the All India Quota for NEET admissions. It may be noted that the Top Court on January 7, 2022 had allowed the commencement of counseling process for NEET-PG and …

3 years, 2 months ago

'Reservation not at odds with merit': SC upholds validity of OBC quota in NEET admissions

Firstpost

The top court said that examinations are not a proxy for merit and merit should be socially contextualised and re-conceptualised as an institution towards equality that we as a society value The Supreme Court on Thursday, upholding the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test All India Quota seats, said that merit cannot …

3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court upholds validity of OBC quota in NEET admissions

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of quota for Other Backward Classes candidates in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’s All India Quota seats for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses,noting that “reservation is not at odds with merit” in open competitive examinations. It is not tenable for the States to provide reservation in the AIQ seats …

3 years, 2 months ago

SC approves 27% OBC quota in NEET

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Constitutional validity of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in All India Quota seats for admission in post-graduate and undergraduate medical courses in government-run medical colleges. Pointing to chapter-II of the information bulletin issued for NEET PG AIQ seats that specifically states that the “reservation applicable to NEET-PG would be notified …

3 years, 2 months ago

Class 10 students file petition against school in SC

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday heard a plea filed by 24 students from Class 10 against a private school, St Xavier International School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha for demanding money and forcing them to take admission to the school to get better marks. Accordingly, issue notice returnable on February 14.,” ordered the bench, which also comprised Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T …

3 years, 2 months ago

NEET PG counselling 2021: Supreme Court reserves judgement in EWS, OBC quota case

India TV News

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the order on the EWS quota for NEET PG Counselling 2021. On the aspect of the EWS quota, he said there was a study, application of mind, and wide consultation when the government decided to fix the Rs 8 lakh income limit. The panel, in its report, said: "Firstly, the EWS's criteria relates to …

3 years, 2 months ago

NEET-PG Counselling/ EWS/OBC Quota Case- Supreme Court To Continue Hearing Tomorrow

Live Law

The crucial hearing in the case related to EWS/OBC quota in NEET-AIQ will take place in the Supreme Court today. The hearing is likely to determine the commencement of the NEET PG Counselling process.A two-judge bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna is considering the case. A two-judge bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna is …

3 years, 2 months ago

NEET-PG Counselling/ EWS/OBC Quota Case- Supreme Court To Continue Hearing Tomorrow

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3 years, 2 months ago

NEET-PG Counselling/ EWS/OBC Quota Case- Supreme Court To Continue Hearing Tomorrow

Live Law

3 years, 2 months ago

NEET-PG Counselling/ EWS/OBC Quota Case- Supreme Court To Continue Hearing Tomorrow

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3 years, 2 months ago

NEET-PG admissions: SC to hear plea on EWS quota on Wednesday

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea related to the Economically Weaker Section quota in connection with the NEET-PG admissions on Wednesday, after the Centre sought an urgent hearing in the matter. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India N V Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of Solicitor …

3 years, 2 months ago

AIIMS Students Association Moves Supreme Court Seeking JIPMER Model Roster For Institutional Preference In PG Admissions

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in the Writ Petition filed by AIIMS Students Association challenging the existing system for institutional preference for post-graduate admissions in AIIMS. Under the existing system, based on the Supreme Court judgments in AIIMS Students Union v AIIMS 1 SCC 428) and Saurabh Chaudri and Ors v Union of India, 11 SCC 146, MBBS …

3 years, 3 months ago

Government appoints three-member panel to review EWS quota

The Hindu

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on Tuesday appointed a three-member committee to revisit the criteria for 10% reservation for economically weaker sections in educational institutions and government jobs, after a rap from the Supreme Court in November. The panel comprises former Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey; Member Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Research, V.K. The Supreme Court …

3 years, 5 months ago

EWS quota in NEET admissions | Do you want to revisit ₹8 lakh slab, Supreme Court asks government

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Government if it wants to revisit the limit of ₹8 lakh annual income fixed for determining the Economically Weaker Sections category for reservation in NEET admissions for medical courses under the all-India quota. The court said it might even “stay the Government notification fixing ₹8 lakh for determining the EWS”. In the previous …

3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea challenging All India Quota for medical studies

India Today

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the central government on a petition challenging the 27% reservation for OBC, and a 10% reservation for EWS candidates in the All India Quota for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses from the current academic year 2021-22 onwards. The government on July 29 had announced the OBC and EWS medical reservation, …

3 years, 7 months ago

Reservations in All-India Quota of NEET: SC Has Shown the Way by Balancing Merit with Equity

News 18

Last week, Narendra Modi-led NDA government declared 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and 10 per cent reservation for EWS students in the ‘All India Quota’ seats for admission to medical courses. Hence, the court declared that 30 per cent seats in undergraduate courses and 50 per cent seats in postgraduate courses in any state must be open to students …

3 years, 7 months ago

NLU Consortium Permits Candidates To Participate In Counselling Provisionally Without Fee Payment: Kerala High Court Disposes Of Plea

Live Law

The Consortium of National Law Universities on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that as per the directions of the Court, its Grievance Redressal Committee had permitted several candidates to provisionally participate in the Counselling process for admission to NLUs without paying the Rs. Justice Anu Sivaraman disposed of the matter noting that that the Consortium had responded expeditiously to …

3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up, July 5 To July 11, 2021

Live Law

'Delhi Can Ill-Afford Another Riots; Role Of Facebook Must Be Looked Into': Supreme Court Upholds Delhi Assembly SummonsTitle : Ajit Mohan & Others vs Legislative Assembly, National Capital Territory of Delhi and others Citation : LL 2021 SC 288The Supreme Court has refused to quash the summons issued to Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan by the Peace. 'Delhi Can …

3 years, 8 months ago

NLSIU : Supreme Court Stays Karnataka High Court Direction To Promote Student

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by the National Law School of India University against an order of the Karnataka High Court which directed the promotion of a student to next academic year.The Supreme Court also stayed the order of the High Court, which had set aside the decision of NLSIU to deny …

3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Challenge Against Tamil Nadu Law On Reservation For Most Backward Classes & Denotified Communities

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on two petitions challenging Tamil Nadu Special Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions and in appointments under the State within Reservation for Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities Act, 2021.A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat tagged the pleas with two other pending petitions on a similar issue. The …

3 years, 8 months ago

Justices AM Khanwilkar & Dinesh Maheshwari Recuse From Hearing NLSIU's Petition Against HC Order To Promote Student

Live Law

Supreme Court judges Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari on Tuesday recused from hearing the petition filed by National Law School of India University against an order of the Karnataka High Court wherein it set aside the order of NLSIU denying a law student admission to the fourth year of BA LL.B. A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari …

3 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka HC Rejects NLSIU's Challenge To UGC Regulation Which Restricts Territorial Jurisdiction Of Universities

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a public notice and regulations issued by University Grants Commission by which it restricts the physical jurisdiction of National Law School of India University, in the matter of distance education to within the State of Karnataka. Submission of UGC: Advocate Showri HR appearing for UGC attention of this Court to the larger …

4 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Challenge To In-Service Reservation For Doctors In PG-Super Speciality Medical Courses

Live Law

The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi was hearing the challenge to the October 7 judgment of the Kerala High Court and the November 9 decision of the Madras High Court, allowing 40% and 50% in-service quota in PG-Super Speciality medical courses also. The High Courts noted that as the Supreme Court five-judge bench has …

4 years, 5 months ago

NRI Quota in National Law Universities Unconstitutional, Affront to Meritorious Candidates: Orissa HC

News 18

The Orissa High Court has observed that a reservation for the non-resident Indian Hearing a petition, a division bench comprising Justice Sanju Panda and Justice S K Panigrahi on Tuesday observed that the NRIS category is like a “reservation for the elite class”. “…we are constrained to observe that the NRIS category is an affront to the meritorious candidates who …

4 years, 5 months ago

NRI/NRI Sponsored Quota In NLUs Is Like Reservation For Elite Class; This Dubious Category Of Quota Is Unconstitutional: Orissa High Court [Read Order]

Live Law

"The candidates belonging to the category of NRI/NRIS, who are very low ranked in the merit list often get seats in the NLUs whereas the general candidates having secured better marks also lag behind the NRIS students and get disappointed", said the bench of Justices S. Panda and S. K. Panigrahi. Remarking that this is "like the reservation for the …

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