b.ed. graduates ineligible
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court said that B.Ed. is not a qualification for teachers at Primary level of schooling. The pedagogical skills and training required from a teacher at Primary level is not expected from a B.Ed. trained teacher.

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sanction under pc act declined
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Sanction contemplated under Section 197 of the CrPC concerns a public servant who ‘is accused of any offence alleged to have been committed by him while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty’ whereas, the offences contemplated in the PC Act, 1988 are those which cannot be treated as acts either directly or even purportedly done in the discharge of his official duties.”

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employer-employee agreements
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court regarded the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 as a special Act expressly and exclusively dealing with the schedule-enumerated conditions of service of workmen in industrial establishments, giving recognition and form to workmen’s hard-won and precious rights.

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greyhounds land dispute
Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the case at hand, the Subject land was assigned to landless Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe persons for the purpose of cultivation in 1960s who then transferred the land to a third party for consideration, violating the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977.

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