Supreme Court of India

State of M.P. & Anr. Etc. v. Ram Raghubir Prasad Agarwal & Ors.

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 41
Bench V. R. Krishna Iyer and R. S. Pathak JJ.
Decided 7 February 1979

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the State Government shall take a fresh decision Jtder ss. 4 and 5 read together.

Judgment, page 16

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Madhya Pradesh Prathmik Middle School Tatha Madhyamik Shikshal (Pathya Pusthakon Sambandhi Vyavrutha) Adhinlyam, 1973. (MP. Act No. 13 of 1973). Ss. 2(d), 3, 4 and 5-Whether '1ate has power to compile and distribute its own text books. Mention of topics in bare outline whether constitutes 'syllabi'' in S. 2(d) . Mere communtcation to concerned officialJ or Departments lvhether sufficient for 'publication' in s. (3). The M. P. Prathmik Middle School Tatha Madhyamik Shiksha (Pla!hya Pus!hakon Sambandhi Vyavas!ha) Adhiniyam 1973 empowered the State Government to prescribe text books aceording to

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