Architects Act, 1972

The Council of Architecture challenged NOIDA's Promotion Policy 2005, which allowed promotion to the post of Associate Architect without requiring a degree recognised by the Council. The issue was whether Section 37 of the Architects Act, 1972 bars unregistered persons from practising architectural activities and wheth…

The Council of Architecture (COA) issued two communications in 2018 relating to the Minimum Standards of Architectural Education, which the Academic Society of Architects (TASA) challenged on the ground that they were regulations requiring prior Central Government approval under section 45(1) of the Architects Act, 197…

The Supreme Court examined a series of appeals concerning the conflict between the Architects Act, 1972 and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act, 1987 over who has the final authority to approve and monitor architectural education institutions. The Court held that the 1972 Act, which specifically d…