Supreme Court of India

All India Council for Technical Education v. Surinder Kumar Dhawan & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 3 S.C.R. 859

Bench R.V. Raveendran and G.S. Singhvi JJ.

Decided 18 February 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we allow these appeals, set aside the orders of the High Court and dismiss the writ petitions.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987: Section 10- Bridge course - Diploma holders with 10+2 c .. permitted by High Court to upgrade their qualification - By another order eligible qualification reduced to 10+1 instead of 10+2 - The orders were meant to be one time measure but extended for several years - Held: The cumulative effect of the High Court's orders lead to an unintended dilution of educational standards adversely affecting the standards and quality of Engineering Degree Courses - Courts should guard against such forays in the field of education - Education -

Authorities it was built on

1995 State of Tamil Nadu and Anr. v. Adhiyaman Educational and Research Institute and Ors. cited by 26
2007 Directorate of Film Festivals and Ors. v. Gaurav Ashwin Jain and Ors. cited by 14
1980 Dr. J. P. Kulshreshtha and Ors. v. Chancellor, Allahabad University, Raj Bhawan and Ors. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2025 The Secretary, All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (aissms) and Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors. relied on
2022 Noel Harper & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2022 Shikhar & Anr. v. National Board of Examination & Ors. relied on
2011 Sanchit Bansal &. Anr. v. The Joint Admission Board (jab) & Ors. relied on
2024 Manoj Kumar v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2022 Dental Council of India v. Biyani Shikshan Samiti & Anr. referred to
2012 Parshavanath Charitable Trust & Ors. v. All India Council for Tech. Edu & Ors. referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to

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