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The Supreme Court held that the Visitor, as appointing authority for the First Registrar, could approve termination under the transitional provisions and the General Clauses Act, but left the High Court’s operative directions undisturbed.
The Supreme Court held that a waitlisted candidate already recommended under the old Uttar Pradesh Act could not seek a fresh posting under Section 13(4) after the new Act commenced.
The Supreme Court apportioned fee liability for medical students transferred mid-course to private colleges, placing the main burden on the defaulting trust.
The Supreme Court allowed a challenge over mother-tongue education, directing Rajasthan to frame policy for Rajasthani as an educational language and school subject.
Where appellants had obtained B.Lib degrees from a university established under the Chhattisgarh Niji Kshetra Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2002 (later declared ultra vires), and there is no finding that the university was bogus or that no study was imparted, termination of their services solely on that ground is illegal; they are to be reinstated with continuity but are not entitled to back wages.
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Rule 6.2(24)(iii) of Chapter XXXII must be read with the SET prospectus and relevant government clarification; because SET is conducted subject-wise (Paper II tests PG subject specialization), the statutory requirement for SET for appointment as HSST must correspond to the subject of appointment; possession of SET in an unrelated subject does not satisfy the eligibility; appellant lacked SET in Economics and also did not have the ten years' approved high-school service required for exemption under Rule 10(4), hence he was not eligible and the High Court rightly directed consideration of respo…
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The Court directed the appointment of Dr. T.C.A. Anant as Technical Consultant to the National Task Force for comprehensive and scientific analysis of the survey data and directed the Ministry of Education to pass an order of appointment at the earliest and to extend necessary administrative support, infrastructure and data access and to provide appropriate remuneration/honorarium in accordance with prevalent norms.
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Part time contractual instructors/teachers who had been continuously engaged since 2013 ceased to remain merely contractual or part-time and are to be treated as employed permanently against deemed substantive posts; honorarium fixed under initial contract is revisable periodically and cannot remain stagnant or be unilaterally reduced once enhanced; PAB had determined honorarium at Rs.17,000 per month for 2017-18 and, therefore, instructors/teachers are entitled to Rs.17,000 per month with effect from 2017-18 until further revision by PAB; the State must pay the honorarium and may recover the…
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Section 12(1)(c) imposes on neighbourhood unaided schools an obligation to admit at least 25% children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups and this statutory mandate requires enforceable subordinate legislation and procedural measures; appropriate authorities are directed to prepare rules and regulations under Section 38 in consultation with NCPCR and SCPCRs to ensure transparent, accessible admission processes, and NCPCR is impleaded for monitoring and compliance with timelines ordered by the Court.
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The modification of the admission criterion (enlarging the zone of consideration for sports achievements to include Classes IX and X and permitting submission of achievements of any class/year) effected midstream for session-2024 was arbitrary and vitiated by lack of transparency and by undisclosed personal influence; the midstream change is quashed for session-2024 and appellants adversely affected (Divjot Sekhon and Shubhkarman Singh) are to be accommodated in the government medical college seats allotted to the beneficiaries (respondent Nos.4 and 5), with those beneficiaries placed in the…
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