Supreme Court of India

Viit Pharmacy College and Another v. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University and Another

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Reported as [2021] 4 S.C.R. 274
Bench R.F. Nariman, B.R. Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 15 April 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, it is held that in the field of Pharmacy Education and more particularly so far as the recognition of degrees and diplomas of Pharmacy Education is concerned, the Pharmacy Act, 1948 shall prevail.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Education/Educational Institutions: Pharmacy colleg e – Respondent no.1-University invited applications for grant of affiliation for the year 2020-2021 –Petitioners wer e granted approval by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) for conducting first year .Pharma course for the academic year 2020-2021 – In the meantime, State Government came up with policy dated 15.05.2020 for restricting the number of colleges to on ly two per district – The said policy was challenged in bunch of petitions – High Court had set aside the policy only insofar as petitione rs who had approached High Court – Since

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