Supreme Court of India

Jigya Yadav (minor) (through Guardian/father Hari Singh) v. C.B.S.E. (central Board of Secondary Education) & Ors

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Reported as [2021] 4 S.C.R. 1100
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar, B. R. Gavai and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 3 June 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that, failure to exercise jurisdiction may put the petitioners to se rious hardship.

Judgment, page 89

From the headnote

Education/Educational Institutions: Central Board o f Secondary Education (CBSE) – Examination Byelaws of the Board, if having the force of law – Held: The CBSE Examination yelaws are couched in the form of a code – They provide for all e ssential aspects relating to formal education of a student i ncluding admission, examination, migration, transfer, curric ulum, fee for various services, issuance of verified certificates, modifications in certificates etc. – The Byelaws, therefore, bind the par ties and are duly enforceable in a court of law, even by way of writ remedies – The Byelaws of

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