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Payal Tadvi suicide| SC says accused doctors, as “presumably innocent persons”, entitled to study; allows all 3 to resume studies in the same college

Even a convict is allowed to have academic pursuits while undergoing sentence and develop his potential as a human being to the fullest.

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Ker HC | “People of Elambra have been fighting against the might of State Govt. for 35 years to establish a lower primary school”; Kerala Govt. strictly directed to establish a Government LP School at Elambra village with all promptness

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COVID-19 | Ker HC | Additional fees to facilitate virtual classrooms, not to be levied; Right to education is sacrosanct in Constitution of India

Kerala High Court: C.S. Dias, J., while referring the present petition to a Division Bench of the Court stated that, Right to education

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Article 370| SC refuses to restore 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir; Constitutes a 3-member committee to take a call

Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, R. Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai, JJ has constituted a three-member committee to look

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Article 370| SC reserves order on restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir

Supreme Court: The Court has reserved its order on a batch of petitions seeking restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and

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NHRC | Chilla Khadar village in Delhi does not have a school which forces the children to ride a boat to attend school — Violation of RTE

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of a media report that Chilla Khadar village in Delhi does

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Can’t interpret “by another year” under Rule 105 of Delhi School Education Rules 1973 as “by one year at a time”: SC

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr DY Chandrachud and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that the words “by another year” in Rule

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All HC | State to re-examine matter in light of inclusion of Right to Education in the Constitution

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before a Bench of Ajay Bhanot, J., where the application for listing on grant-in-aid list

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State policy appointing government school teachers on the basis of merit upheld; Students have a right to be taught by meritorious teachers under RTE Act

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of CJ Hemant Gupta and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. while hearing a batch of

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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 19]: Counsels appearing for petitioners conclude their submissions

The counsels appearing for various petitioners in the final hearing on the Aadhaar matter that has been going on since 17.01.2018, finally

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Not making adequate provisions to facilitate proper education to persons with disabilities amounts to discrimination

Supreme Court: Stating that educational institutions are bound to reserve seats from persons suffering from disability, the bench of Dr. AK Sikri

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Matter where Patna HC called for removal of NCTE Chairman transferred to Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ ordered the transfer of the

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UP Shiksha Mitras cannot be regularised; Relaxations may be granted in next 2 TETs

Supreme Court: Upholding the Allahabad High Court decision quashing the Uttar Pradesh Government’s order regularizing the Shiksha Mitras, the bench of A.K.

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Annual income of parents for admission of their wards under RTE fixed at Rs 2.5 lakh for OBC, SBC

Rajasthan High Court: While disposing off a public interest litigation filed by Abhyutthanam Society for ensuring effective implementation of the Right of