The Supreme Court of India expressed concern over a Delhi High Court ruling allowing law students with attendance shortages to appear in examinations, observing that such interpretation could weaken classroom-based legal education and turn law college hostels into “just boarding and lodging facilities”.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government not to take any action for now against private schools that failed to form fee monitoring committees. The interim protection will continue till February 20, when the court will hear the schools’ challenge to the February 1 notification.
The Supreme Court issued notice on a plea by a father challenging his 14-year-old son’s expulsion from an Indore school over offensive Instagram memes, including communal content. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan is examining matter.
The Bombay High Court upheld termination of a probationary assistant teacher over inappropriate messages with a student. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan held such conduct unbecoming, allowing school management to end probation under MEPS Act Section 5(3) without full departmental enquiry.
