Month: February 2020

Source:- thehindu.com Court says department-level tests mandatory for promotion A section of qualified primary school teachers has accused the State government of trying to bypass a recent High Court (HC) order that made department-level tests mandatory for promotion as head teachers. K.N. Anand, president of the Kerala Test Qualified Primary Teachers’ Union, told The Hindu

Source:- financialexpress.com Budget 2020 India: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a slew of measures for the agriculture sector in her Budget speech on Saturday, but was silent on reforming the public distribution system, something that the Economic Survey had made strong case for. However, Budget FY21 numbers show the government could be moving on this.

Source:- daijiworld.com (IANS): Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar on Saturday said the Ministry is in talks with the Law Ministry for the legislative changes needed on account of LIC listing. “We have started talks with the Law Ministry on the legislative changes for LIC IPO,” he said at the post-Budget media interaction. “We are working on

Source:- newindianexpress.com Justice J Nisha Banu passed the order on the petition filed by the nurse T Blessie by observing that the inquiry was not conducted in a proper manner and was ‘discriminative’ in nature. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court ordered the State government to reinstate a temporary staff nurse who

Source:- www.thehindu.com State can regulate appointments in minority-run institutions, the court had ruled . The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea for a re-examination of its January 6, 2020 judgment declaring that the State is well within its rights to regulate the appointment of Teachers to minority-run institutions in “national interest.” Appearing

Source:- hindustantimes.com Deputy commissioner (D.C) Mukesh Kumar Ahuja on Friday directed all schools in the district to have separate gates for the entry and exit of students, along with an emergency gate. The DC, who was chairing a meeting of the representatives of government and private schools at Mini Secretariat in Sector 1, said, “All

Source:- barandbench.com The Supreme Court this week allowed mining firms to transport iron ore mined from Goa prior to March 15, 2018, provided that it has paid royalty to the government authorities for the same. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice BR Gavai and Justice Surya Kant overruled a decision

Source:- barandbench.com The Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant on Thursday made pertinent observations regarding the right to file cross-objections in motor vehicle insurance cases. The Bench was dealing with an appeal filed against a 2016 verdict of the Patna High Court, which had dismissed the

Source:- dailypioneer.com With the Union Budget of India being presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 for the financial year 2020-2021, Ranchiites have high hopes for the coming year. Income tax concessions, reduced prices of basic commodities, improvement in the education sector are what the people of Ranchi are looking for. Kunal