One of the concerns with setting up of Tribunals for specific areas is that they will lead to increased litigation. This is because there is a natural expectation that dedicated bodies will deliver faster justice and hence litigants may be encouraged to approach the tribunals more often. In the report prepared by the Rajya Sabha... Continue Reading →
Rajasthan: RTE Schools Data
The Rajasthan Elementary Education Department has a good website where quite some data is available with regard to RTE. It maintains a separate Private School Portal where this data is made available. Information regarding the following are available Total number of registered (private) schools Total number of schools admitting RTE students Total number of RTE... Continue Reading →
A Tale of Two Dosa Joints
Year 2020: In the quite little town of Hindupura, there were two famous restaurants that were frequented by most of the residents in order to satiate their palate. The first restaurant, known as 'Dosa Darshini', was well known for serving the best masala dosas in the region. The second restaurant, known as 'Cafe-de-dosa', served a... Continue Reading →
Evolution of the NCMEI
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) is a statutory body established by the Government of India in the year 2004 via an ordinance. Subsequently, the ordinance was converted into an Act by Parliament in 2005. In the years 2006 and 2010, two amendment Acts were passed by Parliament, and the current NCMEI Act... Continue Reading →
Government Support for Madrassas & Veda Pathashalas
Edit: 26th April: Please see comment from Prathisthan member. The institution gets Rs 30 crores annually. I am retaining the article to highlight the difference in the amounts granted. But the conclusion below about funding being stopped is wrong. --------- Today the Minister of Minority Affairs announced 1 lakh madrassas in the country will be... Continue Reading →
HRD at Parliament in the 3 years of NDA-2
In the next 3 weeks, the 16th Lok Sabha and the NDA-2 Government under Narendra Modi will be completing 3 years. In these 3 years, it has had fairly reasonable success in pushing through several legislation in both the houses of Parliament. In fact, up to April 2014, the Government has been successful in pushing... Continue Reading →
Pramati: The Judgement that is changing India – Part II
In Part I of the post, we had looked at the arguments, opinions and decision of the Supreme Court on the 93rd amendment. In this part, let us look at the same judgement with respect to Article 21A of the Constitution. (Note: It would help if one goes through Part I so the background and... Continue Reading →
Pramati: The Judgement that is changing India – Part I
From a #Core point of view, there can be no dispute that the "Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust and Others Vs Union of India and Others" judgement on the issues of validity of the 93rd amendment to the Indian Constitution and the validity of Article 21A/RTE Act is the single most important judgement in India's... Continue Reading →
NGT: Principles of ‘Unnatural’ Justice?
In India, there are many tribunals established over the past few decades with the aim of delivering speedy and efficient justice over disputes, that can otherwise take years to get addressed. The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), the Armed Forces Tribunal and the National... Continue Reading →
Ban against Cow-slaughter: Need for a Constitutional Mandate
There has been a lot of anger and outrage at the recent killing of a cattle rearer in Alwar. Such private violence is totally unacceptable and without a shadow of doubt, the culprits must be given the harshest possible punishment for such a ghastly murder. In this post, I am not going to delve into... Continue Reading →
Pranasutra 