Plea over OBC quota law in institutions
A petition was on Thursday moved in the Supreme Court contending that the Delhi high court has made a wrong interpretation of the apex court judgment on the quota law in educational institutions that 10 per cent difference in cut-off marks in admission for OBC candidates and general category was bad in law.
The petition filed by P.V. Indiresan, former director of IIT, Chennai, has sought a stay of the September 7 verdict which held that universities are entitled to only fix minimum eligibility criteria for admission in the reserved category at maximum 10 per cent below the minimum eligibility.
The high court had pronounced its verdict on a petition challenging the procedure adopted for admission by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Centre for providing reservations to the OBCs.
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W. Bengal gets notice on land to Ganguly
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has admitted a petition challenging the allotment of land by West Bengal government to former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly for construction of a school in a posh locality of Kolkata.
The apex court issued a notice to the state government and Ganguly on a petition filed by an NGO which has alleged that the land at Salt Lake locality was allotted to the cricketer allegedly by flouting all procedures. A Bench comprising Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K Ganguly took an undertaking from the cricketer’s counsel that he will not go ahead with any construction activities and maintain status quo on the land till further order. The Bench noted the undertaking by senior advocate U.U. Lalit, appearing for Ganguly, that “his client will maintain the present status of the land in question”. The Bench said “in view of the statement of the learned counsel, we do not consider it necessary to pass interim order”. —PTI
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