Quota for AP students in TS medical colleges: HC to adjudicate on August 9
1 year, 7 months ago

Quota for AP students in TS medical colleges: HC to adjudicate on August 9

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court will on August 9 adjudicate a batch of petitions, which challenged the government’s decision not to provide 15 per cent reservation to students from Andhra Pradesh in the MBBS admissions in colleges that were established after 2014. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Tadakamalla Vinod Kumar was dealing with the petition of a student from Andhra Pradesh, who challenged the GO 72, which ruled out reservations to AP students under competent authority quota. Earlier, the court had issued interim orders to allow the petitioners to apply for counselling, stating that admission was subject to the final outcome of the petitions. On Friday, when a petitioner requested the court to direct the government and Kaloji Narayana Rao University for Health Sciences to allow her to indicate her options as the web option and counselling had begun.

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AP to revise local, non-local reservation policy in higher education
3 weeks, 5 days ago

AP to revise local, non-local reservation policy in higher education

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The State government has decided to revise its policy regarding the implementation of local and non-local reservations for admissions in institutions of higher education, following the Telangana government’s recent order over seat allocation. Under the current system, where allocation of seats was made as per the provisions of the Undivided Andhra Pradesh era, the State was divided into three …

15% quota for non-locals scrapped in Telangana’s UG and PG programmes
1 month ago

15% quota for non-locals scrapped in Telangana’s UG and PG programmes

The Hindu  

The State government on Thursday scrapped the 15% non-local quota for admissions into higher and technical education institutions, removing the existing admission quotas in all government and private aided and unaided, with the completion of 10 years of formation of State of Telangana. Notifying the amendments to admission rules for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Thursday, vide a government order, …

Telangana scraps 15% non-local quota in engineering admissions
1 month ago

Telangana scraps 15% non-local quota in engineering admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The Telangana government has abolished the 15 per cent non-local quota in convener quota seats for BTech programmes, ensuring that from the 2025-26 academic year, these seats will be reserved exclusively for the state students. Since the bifurcation, 85 per cent of seats in engineering colleges were reserved for local students, while 15 per cent remained open to non-local candidates, …

Only Telangana caste certificates applicable for medical PG seats, says High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Only Telangana caste certificates applicable for medical PG seats, says High Court

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court has upheld Telangana’s decision regarding reservations in postgraduate medical admissions, ruling that the state has the authority to determine reservation policies in its notification for filling medical PG seats. The notification mandated that candidates applying under Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Backward Class categories must submit the latest social status certificate issued by the Telangana …

Allahabad HC Seeks Responses Of BHU, Ayush Ministry On Plea Against Conversion Of Internal Quota Seats To AIQ In PG Ayurved (MD/MS) Course
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad HC Seeks Responses Of BHU, Ayush Ministry On Plea Against Conversion Of Internal Quota Seats To AIQ In PG Ayurved (MD/MS) Course

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has sought responses within three weeks from the Banaras Hindu University and the Union Ministry of Ayush on a plea challenging the conversion of 25 seats reserved as Internal Institutional Quota seats into All India Quota PG, Ayurveda Seats for session 2024-25. Essentially, each batch of the BAMS course is allowed only one attempt to claim …

Tamil Nadu to file review plea after Supreme Court strikes down domicile-based reservations for PG medical courses
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to file review plea after Supreme Court strikes down domicile-based reservations for PG medical courses

Live Mint  

agenciThe Tamil Nadu government has said it will file a review petition in the Supreme Court on the domicile-based reservation for post-graduate medical courses. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti said that state quota seats must be filled based on merit in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test exam. The top court held that …

Tamil Nadu to Appeal Scrapping of Domicile-Based Quota
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to Appeal Scrapping of Domicile-Based Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: A revision petition would soon be filed to appeal against the Supreme Court’s contention that domicile-based reservation in PG medical seats was unconstitutional as the removal of the 50 per cent quota for students from Tamil Nadu in MD, MS and postgraduate diploma courses would deprive 1207 students of their opportunities to pursue higher education in medicine and surgery, …

T.N. govt. to file review petition against SC verdict on residence-based quota in PG medical courses
1 month, 4 weeks ago

T.N. govt. to file review petition against SC verdict on residence-based quota in PG medical courses

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government will soon file a review petition against the Supreme Court ruling that residence-based reservation in postgraduate medical courses was “unconstitutionally impermissible,” after consulting legal experts, Health Minister Ma. Of this, 50% seats have been reserved for students of Tamil Nadu, benefiting nearly 1,200 students,” he said. A review petition will be filed against this ruling on …

NEET PG: SC declares domicile-based reservation unconstitutional
1 month, 4 weeks ago

NEET PG: SC declares domicile-based reservation unconstitutional

India Today  

In NEET PG, the domicile-based reservation for admissions to various medical courses under the state quota has been turned unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which refers to the right to quality under Article 14, that guarantees equality for all. A three-judge bench, including justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti, delivered a judgement striking at the practice and highlighting …

Mixed views on SC quashing down domicile quota in medical PG admissions
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mixed views on SC quashing down domicile quota in medical PG admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Quashing of the domicile-based quota in postgraduate medical admissions, the Supreme Court judgement on Wednesday created ripples among medical fraternity, garnering mixed views on the issues. Some states attempted to reserve seats as domiciled quota within the state quota based on domicile of candidates, such as Haryana. The court now has called the domicile-based reservation within the state quota …

Domicile-Based Quota in PG Medicine Illegal: SC
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Domicile-Based Quota in PG Medicine Illegal: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday in a significant verdict held that domicile-based reservations in PG Medical seats are unconstitutional for being violative of Article 14 of the Constitution which deals with the right to equality. The apex court noted that some degree of domicile-based reservation in undergraduate courses after NEET-UG might be permissible and it categorically stated that …

Domicile quota scrapped: SC orders NEET merit-based admissions for PG Medical courses
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2 months ago

Domicile quota scrapped: SC orders NEET merit-based admissions for PG Medical courses

Live Mint  

NEET PG Admission: In a landmark ruling on January 29, the Supreme Court of India declared domicile-based reservations for postgraduate medical courses unconstitutional, stating that such practices violate Article 14 of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to equality. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, and SVN Bhatti asserted that state quota seats must be filled solely …

Violates equality: Supreme Court cancels domicile-based PG medical quotas
2 months ago

Violates equality: Supreme Court cancels domicile-based PG medical quotas

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled domicile-based reservation of seats for postgraduate medical courses, calling it unconstitutional and violative of the right to equality. A three-judge bench said admissions to PG medical courses should strictly be based on merit even though it clarified that the verdict would not affect domicile-based reservations already granted by states. "Residence-based reservation in PG medical …

Accept exam fees without penalties: Telangana High Court tells TGBIE
2 months ago

Accept exam fees without penalties: Telangana High Court tells TGBIE

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education to accept exam fees without insisting on late fees and to process student applications. The petitioner colleges were instructed to pay the fees by January 25 and provide bank guarantees for penalties amounting to Rs 2,500 per student by January 28. The ruling came in response …

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Telangana HC Decision Which Struck Down Local Quota Criteria For PG Medical Admissions
2 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Telangana HC Decision Which Struck Down Local Quota Criteria For PG Medical Admissions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently refused to stay a Telangana High Court judgment which struck down amended criteria for determining 'local' status of candidates in post-graduate medical admissions.For context, the provisions struck down by the High Court included explanation clause to Rule 8 of the Telangana Medical Colleges included explanation clause to Rule 8 of the Telangana Medical Colleges Rules, 2021, …

Telangana: Kaloji University releases notification of 1st phase counselling for PG medical seats
3 months ago

Telangana: Kaloji University releases notification of 1st phase counselling for PG medical seats

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences on Sunday released the much-awaited notification for the first phase of state-level web-based counselling for postgraduate medical seats in Telangana. Counselling was opened for service and non-service candidates under the competent authority quota for PG medical degree and diploma courses in government, private non-minority, private minority medical colleges, and the Nizam’s Institute …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Filling Of NRI Quota Seats In NEET-PG 2024 Counselling Till Final Verdict Is Passed
3 months, 1 week ago

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

Live Law  

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 …

Telangana HC strikes down GO 148 on PG medical admissions
3 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC strikes down GO 148 on PG medical admissions

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao, has allowed candidates who completed MBBS, BAMS or BHMS courses in Telangana or within the “local area” defined by the Presidential Order of 1974 to participate in counselling for local-category seats in postgraduate medical admissions for the 2024-25 academic year. The …

Telangana HC Strikes Down Local Rules for Medical PG Admissions
3 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC Strikes Down Local Rules for Medical PG Admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday struck down a rule relating to the eligibility criteria of candidates to be treated as "local candidates" appearing for NEET-PG, which governs admission to medical colleges in the state. The rules provided that in order to be a local candidate for the postgraduate medical courses, a candidate should have …

Bombay High Court Upholds Post-Graduate Medical Admission Criteria For Domiciled Candidates Who Obtained MBBS Degree Outside Maharashtra
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Upholds Post-Graduate Medical Admission Criteria For Domiciled Candidates Who Obtained MBBS Degree Outside Maharashtra

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has upheld the framework for PG medical course admission in Maharashtra which mandates domiciled candidates who obtained MBBS degree outside the State, to have secured admission to MBBS course under the All-India Quota in any Government Medical College or the All India Institute of Medical Sciences or any other Central Government Institution, to be eligible for …

Linguistic Minority Medical Colleges Bound By NMC's 50% PG-Seat Sharing Rule, Ensures Implementation Of Reservation Policies: Madras HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Linguistic Minority Medical Colleges Bound By NMC's 50% PG-Seat Sharing Rule, Ensures Implementation Of Reservation Policies: Madras HC

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has recently made it clear that linguistic minority self financing medical colleges are bound by the National Medical Council's 50% seat sharing rule. The court noted that though the specific seat sharing clause was not present in the 2023 Regulation, the new Regulation provided for extending reservation benefits for the deserving candidates. The court also noted …

‘Linguistic minority colleges bound by NMC’s PG education reservation rule’: Madras HC
3 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Linguistic minority colleges bound by NMC’s PG education reservation rule’: Madras HC

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras HC has held that private linguistic minority medical colleges are bound by the provision of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Reservations, 2023 issued by the National Medical Commission and the agreements made with the government to reserve PG medical seats for the government quota as per the applicable laws of the state or union territory. The court dismissed …

AP HC backs plea to fill 76 seats in medical colleges in special stray round
4 months ago

AP HC backs plea to fill 76 seats in medical colleges in special stray round

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Andhra Pradesh High Court has said it is appropriate to fill the 76 seats in medical colleges based on merit. Notably, the National Medical Commission has increased the number of seats for MBBS course by 25 for the Konaseema Medical College and 50 for the Kurnool Viswabharathi Medical College after the filling up of sanctioned seats through the specified rounds …

No counselling for PG med now: Govt assures Telangana HC
4 months, 1 week ago

No counselling for PG med now: Govt assures Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has adjourned to November 25 the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the state's domicile rules for NEET PG admissions. On Monday, the state government and Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences assured the court that they would not start counselling for postgraduate medical admissions until that date and would refrain from publishing …

Court Cannot Examine Correctness Of Policy Decision Which Is Supported By Sufficient Material And Complies With Article 14: Patna High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Court Cannot Examine Correctness Of Policy Decision Which Is Supported By Sufficient Material And Complies With Article 14: Patna High Court

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has reiterated that once it is found that there exists sufficient material supporting a particular policy decision and it falls within the scope of Article 14 of the Constitution, the power of judicial review does not extend to determine the correctness of that policy decision or finding out an alternative. However, once it is found that …

Priority In Admission To Kendriya Vidyalaya Not A Vested Right: Karnataka HC Declines Plea By Students Seeking 'Grandparents Sponsoring Quota'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Priority In Admission To Kendriya Vidyalaya Not A Vested Right: Karnataka HC Declines Plea By Students Seeking 'Grandparents Sponsoring Quota'

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that priority in admission to school cannot be construed to be a vested right and priority provided in the previous academic year cannot be enforced as a legal right for continuation of such quota. The appellants had questioned the single judge bench order which had rejected their petition seeking preference in admission to Kendriya …

Justice League: Telangana extended 10 per cent quota to EWS in med admissions, says A-G
6 months, 1 week ago

Justice League: Telangana extended 10 per cent quota to EWS in med admissions, says A-G

New Indian Express  

The Telangana government has extended the 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in MBBS and postgraduate medical admissions for 2024-25, Advocate General A Sudershan Reddy informed the Telangana High Court on Friday. The extension of the EWS quota comes in response to a writ petition filed by Kamareddy MLA K Venkata Ramana Reddy challenging the state government’s alleged inaction in …

Telangana Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Diluting Local Quota Criteria For MBBS/BDS Admissions
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Diluting Local Quota Criteria For MBBS/BDS Admissions

Live Law  

The State of Telangana has moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Telangana High Court which held that a permanent resident of the State was not required to study in Telangana for 4 continuous years to get admission in MBBS or BDS courses in the domicile quota seats. "High Court has struck down and watered down the domicile …

MBBS admissions: Punjab HC junks govt’s notification on changes for NRI quota
6 months, 2 weeks ago

MBBS admissions: Punjab HC junks govt’s notification on changes for NRI quota

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the Punjab government notification amending conditions for NRI quota admissions for MBBS courses in the state’s medical colleges. The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Anil Kshetarpal allowed the pleas against the move observing that the expansion of the ‘NRI’ definition through the August 20 notification was ‘arguably …

Plea Against Silence on EWS Quota in Medical Seats
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 …

Local quota status: HC adjourns hearing on pleas of medical aspirants
7 months ago

Local quota status: HC adjourns hearing on pleas of medical aspirants

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court adjourned the hearing in the batch of petitions challenging GO 33, which defines that those seeking admissions into MBBS and BDS courses must have continuously studied from standard nine to Intermediate in the state to be considered as local candidates. Advocate general A. Sudharshan Reddy, representing the state government, on Wednesday submitted that 86 out …

MP High Court Nixes Medical Aspirant's Plea For MBBS Seat Under Govt School Quota, As He Did Not Move Court In Time
7 months ago

MP High Court Nixes Medical Aspirant's Plea For MBBS Seat Under Govt School Quota, As He Did Not Move Court In Time

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed plea moved by a medical aspirant seeking allotment of a seat in the MBBS course under the 5% Government School quota in the current academic session claiming that his NEET-UG 2023 score entitled him to a seat in the upcoming academic session. A division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar …

Telangana HC urges state and KNRUHS to clarify local candidate criteria for medical courses
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana HC urges state and KNRUHS to clarify local candidate criteria for medical courses

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday gave two days to the state government, the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences and others to submit their stand in the petitions challenging the validity of the recent amendments and substitutions to Rule 3 of the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Rules, 2017, which defines new qualifications for local candidates …

Supreme Court Provisionally Allows Candidates From Andhra Not Enrolled In Telangana Bar Council To Appear For Telangana Civil Judges Exam
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Provisionally Allows Candidates From Andhra Not Enrolled In Telangana Bar Council To Appear For Telangana Civil Judges Exam

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on August 6 temporarily allowed candidates from Andhra Pradesh, who had not enrolled in the Telangana Bar Council, to appear for the mains of the Telangana Civil Judges Exam. The petitioners, who had cleared the preliminary exam, were unable to submit documents for the main exam because they lacked enrollment certificates from the Telangana Bar Association.It may …

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG
7 months, 3 weeks ago

New Meaning to Locals may Affect MBBS Aspirants in TG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Scores of meritorious students from Telangana are set to lose admission into the MBBS due to a last-minute change in the definition of “locals” by the health department. As per the government order, students appearing for Intermediate examinations in Telangana has been made mandatory to be considered under the local category. The Telangana government also amended the previous admission …

Karnataka HC direction on medical, engineering course fee and seat sharing
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka HC direction on medical, engineering course fee and seat sharing

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the State government to submit the specimen of its consensual agreements with associations of private colleges on seat sharing and fixing fees for medical, dental, and engineering courses in private professional colleges. Aravind passed the order while hearing a PIL petition filed in 2020 by city-based advocate Ajoy Kumar Patil. The petitioner …

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

"Illegally Denied" Sports Quota Admission In 2022-23, Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Admit Medical Student This Year
8 months ago

"Illegally Denied" Sports Quota Admission In 2022-23, Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Admit Medical Student This Year

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a student who was illegally denied admission to MBBS course in the academic year 2022-23, against sports quota. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind allowed the petition filed by Siri Srikanth and said “The respondent authorities are directed to admit the petitioner …

Telangana High Court orders quota for third gender in recruitment
8 months, 1 week ago

Telangana High Court orders quota for third gender in recruitment

New Indian Express  

HC orders quota for third gender in recruitments The Telangana High Court has directed the Telangana State Public Service Commission and the Labour, Employment and Training departments to include third gender status reservations for transgender individuals in recruitment processes, in addition to caste-based reservations. A bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice N Rajeshwar Rao was hearing a petition filed …

Extend Third Category Quota to Transgenders, Telangana HC Directs State
8 months, 1 week ago

Extend Third Category Quota to Transgenders, Telangana HC Directs State

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the Telangana State Public Service Commission and the labour, employment and training department to extend third gender status reservations to transgenders in the recruitment process conducted by them, in addition to the candidate’s caste-based reservations. A division bench, comprising Justice Sujoy Paul and Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao, was dealing with a petition filed by a …

Ambiguity over A.P.-Telangana common admissions policy worries students
9 months ago

Ambiguity over A.P.-Telangana common admissions policy worries students

The Hindu  

Uncertainty continues over the common admissions policy followed hitherto by the Telugu States as stipulated in the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Act, 2014. With Hyderabad ceasing to be the common capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh from June 2, which marks completion of 10 years of bifurcation, there is no clarity if the common admissions policy between the two States …

Odisha HC sets June 16 date for CHSE to mend lapses
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha HC sets June 16 date for CHSE to mend lapses

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The vacation bench of Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the Council for Higher Secondary Education to issue at the earliest revised marksheets of 68 students of Dayavihar Higher Secondary School at Kanas in Puri district in whose case internal marks awarded to them in each of the subjects had not been uploaded in their marksheets when their Plus …

Medical Aspirants in a Fix as Uncertainty Lingers over Competent Authority Quota
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Medical Aspirants in a Fix as Uncertainty Lingers over Competent Authority Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the NEET results having been declared, students' anticipation of securing admissions to medical colleges in the state is high. As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, students of Andhra Pradesh were eligible to apply for 15% seats in the unreserved category in medical colleges in Telangana and vice-versa for TG students. In retaliation, the Andhra Pradesh government …

A.P. students should continue to get special quota in Telangana medical colleges: Public representatives and academicians
10 months ago

A.P. students should continue to get special quota in Telangana medical colleges: Public representatives and academicians

The Hindu  

Hundreds of Andhra Pradesh students will not get 15% quota in Telangana medical colleges and other higher educational institutions from 2025-26 academic year, as the ten-year facility that was provided in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act-2014 will come to an end in 2024. Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, which takes up the admission process for all 27 government …

Calcutta High Court Dismisses Pleas Seeking Action Over Alleged Misuse Of NRI Quota For Admission To Private Medical Colleges
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Dismisses Pleas Seeking Action Over Alleged Misuse Of NRI Quota For Admission To Private Medical Colleges

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed pleas seeking the Court's intervention over the issue of NRI quota in medical admissions and compliance with the Supreme Court's guidelines on the same.In dismissing the plea, a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya noted that the pleas were from 2019, and that since then there were various changes …

Quota for Muslims in Telangana and Andhra back in focus
11 months ago

Quota for Muslims in Telangana and Andhra back in focus

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks at an election rally in Rajasthan on Tuesday stating that the Congress was trying to give reservations to Muslims by reducing the quota for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, brought to the fore the debate over provision of reservations to the Muslims in Andhra Pradesh. Muslims have been enjoying 4% reservations …

Telangana HC Refuses to Interfere in SGT Notification Plea
11 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC Refuses to Interfere in SGT Notification Plea

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court was not inclined to interfere in the minimum qualifying marks set up in the notification for 796 posts of special education teachers for children with special needs at the primary level in the category of Secondary Grade Teachers. The notification mandated that the applicants must possess Intermediate or its equivalent exam as recognised by the …

Fill Up Relinquished Posts With Those in Present Merit List: HC to Govt
1 year ago

Fill Up Relinquished Posts With Those in Present Merit List: HC to Govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the state government to consider filling up the fallout and relinquished vacancies in the Gurukul lecturer and non-teaching posts with the next meritorious candidates, instead of declaring them as vacancies. Justice Pulla Karthik was dealing with a petition seeking directions to the state government to fill up posts of lecturers in degree colleges junior …

Telangana HC Denies Plea For Attendance Exemption By Student Who Couldn't Meet 75% Attendance Criterion Due To Rheumatoid Arthritis
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana HC Denies Plea For Attendance Exemption By Student Who Couldn't Meet 75% Attendance Criterion Due To Rheumatoid Arthritis

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has dismissed the plea of a veterinary student challenging the attendance exemption denied to her despite her being unable to attend college due to rheumatoid arthritis, holding that attending classes is critical to the success of a student. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti while dismissing the appeal have …

Telangana HC Stays MLC Appointments Under Governor Quota
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana HC Stays MLC Appointments Under Governor Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed ‘status quo’ on the notification issued in the name of the Governor and the Chief Electoral Officer nominating Prof M. Kodandaram and Amer Ali Khan as members of the Legislative Council under the Governor’s quota. The order will be in force till February 8, when the High Court would probably finalise the …

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