Supreme Court of India

Allahabad University Etc. v. Geetanjali Tiwari (pandey) & Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1795
Bench Dipankar Datta and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 18 December 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Division Bench completely erred in appreciating the contentious issues in the proper perspective vis-à- vis the law applicable thereto and returned findings which are not only unwarranted but are wholly unacceptable.

Judgment, page 42

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Issue for Consideration Whether the Division Bench of the High Court was justified in reading down Reg.10(f)(iii) of the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018. Headnotes† University Grants Commission Act, 1956 – University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher

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