Supreme Court of India

Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Government of India

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Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 30 January 2026

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What the Court ordered

Held as under : (Osmania University Teachers' Assn. case [(1987) 4 SCC 671 : AIR 1987 SC 2034], SCC p. 685, para 30) “30. … Democracy depends for its very life on a high standard of general, vocational and professional education.

Judgment, page 96

Where later benches applied it

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