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Time of India
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
HC: Cannot reject appointment of 19 asst professors
Chennai: A collegiate education department's order, rejecting the Loyola College's proposal for the approval of 19 assistant professors, including a librarian, was set aside by Madras high court on Monday. The court also directed the authority to approve the appointments within three months. Justice C Kumarappan passed the order while allowing a plea moved by Loyola College, challenging the order passed by the regional joint director of collegiate education, Chennai, dated Jan 27. According to the petitioner, it submitted proposals in 2019 and 2020, and the appointments were made within the sanctioned strength of 149 teaching and 59 non-teaching posts. It contended that it received sanction for 32 posts under various govt orders dated Jan 8, 2021, and, being a minority institution, it was not required to seek prior govt approval to fill sanctioned posts. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai Opposing the plea, the department submitted that the proposals lacked compliance with requirements under the Tamil Nadu Private Colleges Regulation Act, 1976. Recording the submissions, the court noted that previous judicial decisions established that minority institutions are not required to obtain prior permission for filling up sanctioned posts. The court concluded that the reasons provided for rejecting the proposal were not legally sustainable in this case and quashed the order passed by the department.
India Today
07-06-2025
- General
- India Today
Madras High Court rejects NEET UG 2025 re-exam plea, upholds result announcement
The Madras High Court has cleared the way for the NEET UG 2025 result to be declared, after dismissing a set of petitions demanding a re-exam. Sixteen students had asked for a fresh test, citing power failures at four centres in Chennai during the May the court didn't find the issue serious enough to cancel the exam for everyone. Justice C Kumarappan said around 22 lakh students took NEET UG 2025 and allowing a re-test due to such 'localised and minor' disruptions would be unfair to the on May 17, the court had asked the NTA to pause the result announcement. This interim hold came after complaints that the blackout caused poor lighting and distractions, affecting judge accepted that the power failure was caused by an unexpected storm but said the exam took place between 2 pm and 5 pm, which meant students still had natural court also backed the NTA's use of 'scientific methods' and on-ground checks to assess the issue. Since no bad intent was proven, the court said the NTA's decision not to hold a re-test should be PG 2025 TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 3In a related update, the Supreme Court has approved the National Board of Examinations' request to hold the NEET PG 2025 exam on August date was shifted after the court ordered the test to be conducted in a single shift instead of two. This gave NBE more time to adjust its plans. advertisement
New Indian Express
04-06-2025
- Climate
- New Indian Express
Madras HC reserves order on NEET-UG retest plea over power outage, refuses to extend stay on releasing results
CHENNAI: The Madras HC on Tuesday reserved orders on the petitions filed by the candidates appearing for the NEET-UG examination at three centres in the city and its suburbs seeking retest as they were allegedly affected by the power outage caused by sudden storm and heavy rains. Justice C Kumarappan, before whom the petitions came up for hearing, refused to extend the interim stay, granted already by the court, on the release of the results. As a result, there is no legal bar on publishing the results which was scheduled for June 14. The petitions were filed by some of the candidates who appeared for the examination at the Kendriya Vidyalaya at Avadi, Government Higher Secondary School in Kundrathur and Padma Seshadri School in KK Nagar. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) ARL Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, filed a report on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA), saying inquiries revealed that a brief power outage was caused by sudden natural storm and rain in the respective places, but the power supply was restored quickly. During this period, there was sufficient natural daylight in the classrooms; no contemporaneous complaint or representation was raised by any of the candidates including the petitioners regarding lighting or adverse conditions. Neither the centre superintendent nor any observers or invigilators recommended for compensatory time or reported any procedural irregularity; the examination was conducted strictly as per the NTA protocols, the ASG stated. He also informed the court that an independent committee of statisticians was constituted to carry out an analysis of the performance of the centre and the students. The committee found no abnormal variation or decline in the number of attempted questions that would suggest disruption or disadvantage.
New Indian Express
04-06-2025
- Climate
- New Indian Express
Madras HC reserves order on NEET-UG retest plea over power outage, allows result release
CHENNAI: The Madras HC on Tuesday reserved orders on the petitions filed by the candidates appearing for the NEET-UG examination at three centres in the city and its suburbs seeking retest as they were allegedly affected by the power outage caused by sudden storm and heavy rains. Justice C Kumarappan, before whom the petitions came up for hearing, refused to extend the interim stay, granted already by the court, on the release of the results. As a result, there is no legal bar on publishing the results which was scheduled for June 14. The petitions were filed by some of the candidates who appeared for the examination at the Kendriya Vidyalaya at Avadi, Government Higher Secondary School in Kundrathur and Padma Seshadri School in KK Nagar. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) ARL Sundaresan, appearing for the Centre, filed a report on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA), saying inquiries revealed that a brief power outage was caused by sudden natural storm and rain in the respective places, but the power supply was restored quickly. During this period, there was sufficient natural daylight in the classrooms; no contemporaneous complaint or representation was raised by any of the candidates including the petitioners regarding lighting or adverse conditions. Neither the centre superintendent nor any observers or invigilators recommended for compensatory time or reported any procedural irregularity; the examination was conducted strictly as per the NTA protocols, the ASG stated. He also informed the court that an independent committee of statisticians was constituted to carry out an analysis of the performance of the centre and the students. The committee found no abnormal variation or decline in the number of attempted questions that would suggest disruption or disadvantage.
