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Unaided Professional Institutions Can Decide Fee But It Should Not Result In Profiteering: Supreme Court

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Thursday February 25, 2021

Unaided professional institutions have the autonomy to decide on the fee to be charged, subject to the condition that it should not result in profiteering, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.

Centre Asked To Reply To Letter Linking Chardham Project To Glacier Burst

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 17, 2021

The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to respond to the "allegations" of the Chairman of committee on Chardham project linking broadening of the road to the recent flash floods on Dhauliganga river, which damaged the Tapovan hydro project in Uttarakhand.

Supreme Court Directs AIIMS Gorakhpur To Conduct Exams For Students Denied Permission Due To Low Attendance

Education | Reported by ANI | Tuesday February 16, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the AIIMS Gorakhpur to conduct the examinations for 11 first-year students whose attendance was low due to COVID-19. However, the Justice also said that this decision should not be taken as an example.

Rules Scrapping One-Year LLM Programme From 2022-2023: Bar Council Of India To Supreme Court

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Thursday February 11, 2021

The Bar Council of India (BCI) Thursday told the Supreme Court that its 2020 Rules which scraps one-year LLM programme are proposed to be brought into force from the academic session 2022-2023.

Supreme Court Stays Delhi High Court Verdict Asking Schools To Provide Gadgets, Internet To Poor Students

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 10, 2021

The Supreme Court has stayed the Delhi High Court verdict which directed private unaided as well as government schools to provide gadgets and internet packages to students from economically weaker section (EWS) or disadvantaged group for online classes during the lockdown.

Supreme Court Lowers NEET Cut-Off By 10 Percentile For BDS Programme 2020-21

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 9, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside its order not to lower the minimum marks for admission to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course for 2020-2021 saying “it suffers from the vices of illegality and irrationality”.

India Mulls Law To Ban Cryptocurrencies, Create Official Digital Currency

India News | Reuters | Saturday January 30, 2021

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government.

Legal Education In Country Needs Urgent Reforms: Supreme Court Judges

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Saturday January 23, 2021

There is an urgent need for reforming legal education in the country as its quality is being affected due to the "mushrooming" of law colleges, two Supreme Court judges said on Saturday.

"120% Fail" Says Farmer Leader After 9th Round Of Talks With Centre

India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Friday January 15, 2021

The ninth round of discussion between farmers demanding repeal of the three agriculture laws and the centre have started in the capital's Vigyan Bhavan in the backdrop of the Supreme Court (SC) staying the laws' enactment "until further orders" and forming a four-member panel to end the deadlock.

NMC Urges Supreme Court To Extend Admission Dates Of MBBS, Super Speciality Courses

Education | Edited by Mridusmita Deka | Saturday December 26, 2020

NMC, in its application to the Supreme Court of India, has asked it to extend the deadline of MBBS and Super Speciality admission dates till January 15, 2021 for the academic session 2020-21.

Supreme Court Asks States To Give Rs 2,000 Per Month For Education Of Children From Institutions

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 15, 2020

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states to provide Rs 2,000 a month for the education of each child who was in a child care institution (CCI) and now been restored to his or her family during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Universities Can Fix Enhanced Norms, Standards For Affiliation: Supreme Court

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Thursday December 10, 2020

A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian set aside an order of Kerala High Court and upheld a decision of state-run APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University fixing enhanced norms for affiliation of courses offered by colleges.

Consider Furnishing Original NEET OMR Sheets: Supreme Court To NTA

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Saturday December 5, 2020

In response to a plea complaining about an error in the NEET 2020 OMR sheets, the Supreme Court of India on December 3 directed NTA to consider releasing original OMR sheets.

Student Loses IIT Bombay Seat Due To 'Wrong' Click, Moves Supreme Court

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Monday November 30, 2020

An 18-year-old student has lost his seat for a four-year electrical engineering course in the prestigious IIT Bombay after he "inadvertently" clicked on a "wrong" link which was meant to withdraw from the process.

Comedian Kunal Kamra Faces Contempt Charges Over Supreme Court Tweets

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday November 12, 2020

Stand-up comic Kunal Kamra faces contempt charges over a series of tweets criticizing the Supreme Court for granting TV anchor Arnab Goswami interim bail on Wednesday.