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A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has referred to a larger bench the question whether Tamil can be made a compulsory subject in Board Examination. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose noted, “Under the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006 and/or Rules and/or Regulations framed and/or orders issued thereunder, exemption from appearance at the Tamil compulsory paper in the Board examination is permitted in certain contingencies. Considering the uncertainty caused by reason of conflicting decisions of two different Division Benches of this Court, it is imperative that the entire issue of whether Tamil can be made compulsory subject in Part 1, which will count towards total marks, percentage and ranking of the concerned candidates, is referred to a Larger Bench.” The Court was hearing Petitions filed by the Linguistic Minorities Forum of Tamil Nadu, as well as several other institutions demanding that students studying in … [Read more...] about Can Tamil Be A Compulsory Subject In Board Exam? Madras HC Refers Question To Larger Bench [Read Order]

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok KM April 5, 2018 9:00 am Change Font Size Time has now come for the Executive and the Legislature to act and cause framing of appropriate Rules/ Procedure/Mechanism to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Boards open and transparent, the bench said. The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, has highlighted the necessity to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Devaswom Board open and transparent. The division bench of Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Devan Ramachandran also asked the government to frame rules so as to allow the citizens to offer themselves as candidates or to suggest eminent persons of their choice, who may be supported by a fixed number of nominations, to be considered for being nominated or elected to the board. These observations were made by the high court on a writ plea filed by TG Mohan Das wherein he challenged the vires of … [Read more...] about Make Process Of Nomination And Election Of Devaswom Board Members Open And Transparent, Kerala HC Tells Govt

It is the morning after a historic vote that saw Wilson elected as the first African-American to serve on the Clayton School Board. “This victory is huge,” he says. We're sipping coffee in the shop he owns — Northwest Coffee Roasting Co. — in the heart of the St. Louis County seat. Calls of congratulations are pouring in. Customers offer a thumbs up for his win.“You don't know what's going to happen when you're a candidate,” Wilson says, “how the voters are going to receive you. I felt like I was getting a lot of yesses as I knocked on doors, but I wasn't 100 percent sure.”Wilson knocked on a lot of doors, hundreds of them, enough to easily defeat one of the two incumbents running for re-election. But about that canvassing:Not once, but twice, Wilson was stopped by police officers in Clayton neighborhoods allegedly answering complaints of a black man going door-to-door selling things.“Free at last, free at last,” … [Read more...] about Messenger: Stopped for Canvassing While Black, school board candidate in Clayton gets last laugh

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok K.M April 6, 2018 7:00 pm Change Font Size It is desirable that at examination centres as well as interview centres CCTV cameras are installed to the extent viable, the bench opined. The Supreme Court has mooted a suggestion to videograph selection process conducted by the selection bodies, especially the State Public Service Commissions and the State Selection Boards, as far as possible. A bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman made this observation while dismissing a challenge against Meghalaya High Court order wherein it had found there were serious irregularities in the selection process of appointment of assistant teachers in government lower primary schools in the State of Meghalaya. Such incidents are being reported in several cases, the bench said referring to an order it passed recently in another case from Karnataka. In Avinash C. and Ors. v. The State of Karnataka & … [Read more...] about #Breaking: Selection Process Conducted By State Selection Boards And PSCs Be Videographed: SC

For four hours Friday, the Metropolitan Utilities District board questioned four finalists for the utility's top job as president.Only one of the candidates asked the board a question that, in the end, clarified whom they should hire.MUD Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Mark Doyle asked the board whether members endorsed the direction that retiring president Scott Keep had steered the Omaha area’s water and natural gas utility. If they did, Doyle said, there was no one better prepared to do the job.Doyle had worked on Keep's management team since Keep was elevated in 2014, knew the district, knew its employees and knew its needs. Doyle also served 18 years on the MUD board before moving to management."We're losing a key part of this company," he said. "I'm hoping we want to keep going."The board, by a 6-1 margin, voted to stay the course. They elevated Doyle immediately, which let Keep start his vacation and retire sooner. They also sided with the utility's … [Read more...] about MUD board picks internal candidate Mark Doyle to lead, help utility stay the course