Free to choose medium of instruction
The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in the case of State of Karnataka & Anr v.
Case notes
Entry level for RTE admissions
The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Uran Education Society v.
Dual recognition
The Hon’ble Madras High Court in the case of Lakshmi School v. State of Tamil Nadu, W.P. No. 15373 of 2012 etc., dated September 21, 2012, held that the ICSE and the CBSE schools are private schools within the meaning of Tamil Nadu Schools (Regulation of Collection of Fee) Act, 2009.
Prisoners' Right to Procreation
In ‘Jasvir Singh Vs. State of Punjab, CWP No. 5429 of 2010, the learned Single Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the petition praying for enforcement of their right to have conjugal life and procreate within the jail premises.
Hurting Religious Sentiments
The Delhi High Court, in Ajay Gautam vs Union of India, W.P (C) No. 112/2014, rejected the prayer of the Petitioner to restrain screening of the Hindi Film, PK, on the ground that it hurts religious sentiments, especially of Hindus.
Post Maternity Leave for Surrogate Mother?
The Kerela High Court, in the case of P.Geetha vs Kerela Livestock Development Board [2015 SCC Online Ker 71, WP(C).No. 20680 of 2014 (H)], held that a mother who has obtained the baby through surrogacy is entitled to all the benefits that an employee could have on post-delivery, i.e. the child specific statutory benefits.
Is CLAT not a person?
In iJustice vs CLAT Committee – CCI Case no. 41 of 2014 dated 19.08.2014, the Competition Commission of India (‘Commission’) held that CLAT Committee is not a ‘person’ under section 2(l) and therefore not an enterprise as per section 2 (h) of the Competition Act, 2002 (‘Act’).
Hate Speech
In Jafar Imam Naqvi v. Election Commission of India, W.P. (C) No. 429 of 2014, a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Dipak Misra and N. V. Ramana, JJ dismissed the writ petition seeking relief against hate speech during election campaigns filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution.
Is Freedom of Speech a Matter of Convenience?
In Lyca Production Pvt. Ltd vs The Government of Tamil Nadu Writ Petition No.29325 of 2014, the Madras High Court allowed the petition seeking a writ of mandamus from the High Court of Madras to direct the Respondents to grant protection to enable them to have their name exhibited as the Producer of the film in the prints as well as the publicity material.