The case touches on the livelihood of over 25 lakh teachers; some of the first States to file review petitions in the case include U.P. and Tamil Nadu; the review of a Supreme Court judgment is considered a rare relief
The Chief Justice of India said, “We are issuing notices. We would like to examine the issue.”
Due to the wrong decision of the State government’s education department, about 8000 OBC and other candidates have been excluded from the recruitment process despite having merit, he said
By forcefully intervening in what is essentially an educational matter, threatening criminal contempt of court and banishing respected educationists without hearing them, the Supreme Court, had encroached upon academic freedom, the letter says
The court had taken up suo motu cognisance of Class 8 social science textbook which discussed a section on “corruption in the judiciary,” and later imposed a ban on use of physical or online copies of the said textbook
Government informs the court about the constitution of an expert committee comprising former apex court judge Justice (retired) Indu Malhotra, senior advocate KK Venugopal and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University vice chancellor Prakash Singh, to finalise the NCERT curriculum on Legal Studies for Class 8 and other grades.
The Chief Minister reminded that Group-1 aspirants had waited for years in uncertainty, struggling with anxiety over their future prospects