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The Court held that a 21-year-old woman, being an adult, is legally competent to decide her residence, marriage, and education, and directed that she shall not be compelled to return to her parental home or treated as a missing person, as these matters of personal choice are protected under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a review petition filed by a law student barred from appearing in semester examinations due to less than 75 per cent attendance, holding that the application merely sought to reargue issues already decided and failed to satisfy the requirements for review under Order XLVII CPC.
UGC has issued Uniform Mental Health and Well-Being Guidelines, a step towards creating safer, supportive, and resilient higher-education campuses, and strengthening the mental-health policy framework for HEIs.
Kerala Government has announced the reservation of two seats for transgender applicants in Law courses; with the application submission scheduled for 29-11-2025.
UGC has announced that starting July 2025, healthcare programmes will be restricted to offline mode only, with no admissions allowed through online or distance education formats under the NCAHP Act.
“In the history of the University for well over a century no women has ever been appointed as Vice-chancellor. Appointment of woman as Vice-Chancellor of a premier institution of higher learning sends a message that the constitutional objective of advancement of cause of women is being promoted.”
A Division Bench of Allahabad High Court in March 2024, had declared the Madarsa Act to be unconstitutional for being violative of the principle of Secularism, Articles 14, 21 and 21-A of the Constitution and violative of Section 22 of UGC Act, 1956.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved major and transformatory changes in the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging
Union Cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020, making way for large scale, transformational reforms in both school and higher education sectors.
The Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Act, 2018 which seeks to repeal UGC Act and provides
Bombay High Court: Hearing a writ petition, a bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and S.P. Joshi, JJ granted ad interim relief to