Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC reserves verdict on PIL for free books & uniform to EWS kids December 12, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a PIL seeking grant of free books and uniform to children belong to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category admitted to private unaided schools. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul reserved its judgement after hearing arguments of the Directorate of Education […] Read more » advocate Khagesh Jha Delhi High Court Economically Weaker Sections EWS Justice Siddharth Mridul Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed NGO Social Jurist Right to Education Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009
Top Law News Karnataka gets NHRC notice over vacant school seats August 31, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of seats reserved for poor students lying vacant in Karnataka schools, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the state government. Accusing Karnataka of poorly implementing the Right to Education Act, the NHRC has sought a reply from the state’s chief secretary within four weeks. “We have taken suo motu […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission national news news NHRC Right to Education todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Children can’t assert rights, so fight for them: NCPCR chairperson August 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Children cannot fight for their own rights, so having laws protecting such rights is not enough, people need to be aware of them and fight for them, Kushal Singh, chairperson, NCPCR, said Friday. Speaking at the 24th edition of the Tara Ali Baig Memorial Lecture organised by SOS Children’s Village here, Singh, who heads the […] Read more » Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act Children can't assert rights CLPRA Kushal Singh chairperson NCPCR national news NCPCR news Right to Education RTE so fight for them: NCPCR chairperson Tara Ali Baig todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News RTE: HC notice to DPS for not imparting quality education to poor students July 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government and chairman of Delhi Public School (DPS) Society on a plea alleging that one of its schools had deprived poor students of quality education by ignoring the right to education (RTE) law. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and […] Read more » Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed Justice Vibhu Bakhru National Commission for Protection of Child Rights national news NCPCR news Right to Education RTE RTE: HC notice to DPS for not imparting quality education to poor students todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News No failure till Class VII under RTE, a myth August 1, 2012 / August 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a function of Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education’s auditorium here on Tuesday, State education minister Brij Kishore Sharma said, “It is a misconception that under right to education, no student will be allowed to fail up to Class VII. The fact is that teachers are instructed to evaluate the student’s everyday activities – from […] Read more » myth about RTE No failure till Class VII under RTE Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education Right to Education RTE
Top Law News RTE: 95% schools don’t comply with RTE guidelines July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Right to free education is a dream of every welfare state, India took initiative in this regard by introducing RTE but it appears that it is still a dream. Two years have been passed since the Right to Education came into existence but its goal is still unfulfilled more than 95 per cent of schools […] Read more » data relating to RTE guidelines under the RTE act Haryana implementation of RTE act information of RTE Right to Education Right to free education RTE RTE forum
Top Law News All educational institutions under RTE: Supreme Court April 13, 2012 / April 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today held that the fundamental Right to Education covers all educational institutions including government controlled, private unaided schools and minority institutions. A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar also ruled that the private unaided schools will have to provide 25 per cent seats […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Right to Education Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court upholds seats for poor under Right to Education April 12, 2012 / April 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the right to education (RTE) act that mandates unaided private schools to keep 25 percent seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society. However, the court made it clear that this quota would not be applicable to unaided minority institutions. The apex court […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Right to Education Supreme Court
Top Law News Corporal punishment must be abolished: Child rights panel October 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Corporal punishment must be abolished: Child rights panel India’s child rights panel on Monday stressed the need to eliminate all forms of corporal punishment practiced in the name of disciplining a child. “We need to understand that children, like adults, too have a mind of their own and they do not enjoy having an unequal relationship. Therefore, any kind of domination of children […] Read more » Child rights panel Corporal punishment Corporal punishment must be abolished NCPCR Right to Education RTE
Top Law News Supreme Court reserves verdict on right to education August 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions by private schools challenging the right to education law that mandates them to earmark 25 percent seats for poor students. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar reserved the verdict after the conclusion […] Read more » 25 percent seats for poor students Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar PPP public-private partnership Right to Education Supreme Court
Top Law News Right to education law, spectrum scam top apex court’s agenda March 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A suit challenging the right to education law, the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam and the black money stashed away by Indians abroad will figure prominently in the Supreme Court this week. A request to transfer the investigation into Gujarat’s Tulsiram Prajapati shootout killing case from the police to the Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » agenda apex court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Foreign Exchange Management Act Hasan Ali Khan Income Tax Act Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice K.S. Panickar Radhakrishnan Justice P. Sathasivam Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Law Right to Education Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium spectrum scam
Top Law News Compulsory education gives poor right to dignity: Court February 17, 2011 / February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said Thursday provision of free and compulsory education to the disadvantaged sections of society was to afford them a right to live with dignity. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar made the observation in the course of the hearing of a […] Read more » Right to Education Supreme Court
