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Quantified disability per se will not disentitle a candidate with benchmark disability from admission to educational institutions: Supreme Court

“It should be borne in mind that the RPwD Act which was enacted to give effect to the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities – was with the objective of granting persons with disabilities full and effective participation and inclusion in society, grant them equal opportunity and to show respect for their inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make their own choices.”

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‘Chief Justice cannot individually reconsider recommendation’; SC directs HP High Court Collegium to collectively reconsider elevation of two District Judges

“This appears to be a case where there was no collective consultation amongst the three Constitutional functionaries of the High Court i.e. the Chief Justice and the two senior-most companion judges. The absence of plurality, in reconsideration as directed by the Supreme Court Collegium, is discernible.”

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Explained| Supreme Court’s verdict on relevant date for determining candidate’s eligibility under Haryana Civil Service (Executive Branch) Rules

Supreme Court said that the officers of the Haryana Civil Service must be free from both ongoing and contemplated disciplinary proceedings to be eligible under Rule 9(1)(a)(iii).

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Telangana High Court directs Bar Council of India to examine the eligibility of final year law students for AIBE

“Bar Council of India is directed to examine the representation of the petitioner after taking note of the Supreme Court’s observations in the case of Bar Council of India v. Bonnie Foi Law College.”

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Whether a person fighting against militancy can be considered a ‘freedom fighter’ under Swantantrata Sainik Samman Yojna? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

The Court answering the question in negative stated that eligibility under the scheme requires for the person to have participated in the National Freedom Struggle.

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Madras High Court dismisses lawyers’ pleas praying to participate as eligible candidates in direct recruitment to the post of Civil Judge

“If the plea of the petitioners is accepted, it would amount to opening a Pandora box and several other similarly candidates would start knocking at the doors of this Court with the similar demand and in that case, recruitment will turn out to be a never-ending process as the examination is scheduled on 19-08-2023.”

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“Right to education not only includes free and compulsory, but also quality education”; Supreme Court rules B.Ed. Graduates ineligible for primary school teaching

Supreme Court said that B.Ed. is not a qualification for teachers at Primary level of schooling. The pedagogical skills and training required from a teacher at Primary level is not expected from a B.Ed. trained teacher.

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[Civil Defence Volunteer Enrolment] Eligibility condition ‘place of residence’ being Delhi not violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21: Delhi High Court

A person who is residing in South India does not know the geography of Delhi and if recruited as civil defence volunteer, and in case of emergency he will get lost in Delhi instead of reaching to the place where emergency has occurred

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Courts cannot prescribe qualification or declare equivalency of a course, unless the rule itself prescribes equivalency; Supreme Court reiterates

Supreme Court said that the denial of promotion was on the ground that candidates do not possess the prescribed requisite qualification namely “Diploma in Civil Engineering”, and not because they possess a two-year diploma not three-year diploma.

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Selection process, Qualification; Remuneration, Job Description, and more: Your cheat sheet to Revised scheme for engaging Supreme Court Law Clerk

Law Clerk will be paid a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 80,000/- per and Rs. 90,000/- per month if given an extension after twelve months of the initial assignment.

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Delhi High Court set aside rejection of candidature for appointment to Delhi Higher Judicial Services, 2022

Delhi High Court observed that the petitioner was enrolled as an advocate in 2010 and he fulfils the requirement of “continuously practicing as an advocate for not less than 7 years on the last date of receipt of applications”.

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Explained| Justice LC Victoria Gowri appointment case vis-à-vis scope of judicial review in matters relating to appointment of High Court judges

Supreme Court said that the conduct of the judge and her/his decisions must reflect and show independence, adherence to the democratic and constitutional values. This is necessary as the judiciary holds the centre stage in protecting and strengthening democracy and upholding human rights and the Rule of law.

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High Court cannot be an expert body for the purpose of forming an opinion on equivalence of degrees; Madras High Court upheld the Government Order

Madras High Court: S. M Subramaniam, J. upheld the government order that stated, the Degree of B.Sc (Biochemistry) awarded by

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Appointment of Teachers| Can obtaining a degree in one branch of a subject be considered equivalent to obtaining degree in the subject as a whole? SC answers

Supreme Court: In the case where the Court was posed with the question as to whether the degrees obtained by the respective

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Prescribing eligibility criteria can’t be left to the Search Committee’s sweet will; Criteria fixed by UGC must be followed by all Universities: SC

Supreme Court: In a case relating to the appointment of the Vice-chancellor of the Sardar Patel University where the search committee had

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Tri HC | No grievance for non-selection; Court finds criteria fixed by ONGC clear and categorical

Tripura High Court: Indrajit Mahanty, CJ. dismissed a petition which was filed by the petitioner who was appointed as Junior Security Supervisor

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IBC Amendment, 2018; Supreme Court elaborates conditions for disqualification of Resolution Professional under S. 29A(h) of IBC

Supreme Court: In a case were the Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh*, JJ., was sought to provide judicial

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J&K and Ladakh HC | “Neither irrational, unreasonable nor arbitrary”; HC holds higher qualification than the maximum qualification prescribed is not suitable qualification

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, Sanjay Dhar, JJ., held that in case of

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All is not lost for Shiksha Mitras as SC dismisses their plea challenging 2019 Assistant Teachers’ recruitment process but asks UP Govt to give them a third chance

Uttar Pradesh Government can now fill up 69, 000 posts in terms of the result declared on 12.05.2020.

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Candidate suppresses his over-qualification during recruitment process. Can he later contend that over-qualification can’t be a disqualification? Here’s what SC says

Employers prescribe qualifications to any post, not Courts.