Delhi University (DU) Wednesday assured the Delhi High Court that it would “expeditiously” adopt and implement the biometricattendance system for teachers to ensure punctuality. Following the assurance, the court disposed of a plea seeking introduction of biometric attendance system for DU teachers. “On the assurance given by the university, the court hopes and expects that [ Read More ]
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HC notice on St. Stephens principal’s appointmentA single judge order that upheld the appointment of Valson Thampu as the principal of St. Stephens college has been challenged in the the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Delhi University and St. Stephens College on the issue of appointment of Valson Thampu. A division bench of Acting [ Read More ] Delhi University: SC/ST students challenged admission processThe Delhi University was on Tuesday directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea challenging the University’s admission process for under-graduate courses for Scheduled Caste(SC) and Scheduled Tribe(ST) students this academic year. Issuing notices to Delhi University and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Justice G S Sistani sought their responses by [ Read More ] Court curbs on Delhi University law course admissionThe Delhi High Court has restrained the Delhi University from filling one law course seat for the academic year 2011-12. The seat is among the 50 vacant Other Backward Classes (OBC) category seats allowed by court to be offered to general category students. The court direction came on a petition by L.L.B. course aspirant Salma [ Read More ] Court questions Delhi University on Ph.D. admissionThe Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi University to give details of the criteria it has set for pursuing Ph.D. if an applicant is working. The court was hearing a plea of Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa, who sought its direction to the university to consider her application for enrolment to the Ph.D. programme. The [ Read More ] Supreme court bench recuses itself from plea against OBC quotaJustice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik, constituting a Supreme Court bench, Wednesday recused themselves from hearing a petition challenging clause procedures being followed by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University for admitting students against the quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The bench recused itself from hearing the matter after senior counsel [ Read More ] Only bureaucrats, politicians gain from quotas: Apex courtThe Supreme Court Thursday said that the benefits of quotas are being grabbed by bureaucrats and politicians and don’t reach the people they are intended for. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said that people who should get the benefits of quotas were not even aware of them.”It is [ Read More ] Delhi University dons a disabled-friendly avatarFrom ramps, lifts and specially-designed washrooms to installation of specialised software, Delhi University is making an effort to equip itself with facilities for its differently-abled students. “With more specially-abled students coming to the university every year, the provision for ramps, lifts, special washrooms, wheelchair-friendly paths and special software have been made available in many colleges [ Read More ] Apex court hints at lapses in admissions quota in universitiesThe Supreme Court Monday hinted at lapses in procedure adopted by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for admitting students from the other backward classes (OBC) category. The apex court observation came during the hearing of a petition filed by a former professor of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, P.V. Indiresan, challenging a Delhi [ Read More ] Court questions Delhi University on semester systemDelhi High Court Thursday issued notice to the Delhi University vice chancellor, the University Grants Commission and the central government on the implementation of the semester system in the varsity’s arts stream for 2011-12. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said: “Issue notice to all the respondents. The matter [ Read More ] |
