Bihar State Universities Act, 1976

The respondent, Amita Tiwari, was appointed on an ad‑hoc basis as a lecturer in Home Science at Patna Women's College despite not possessing the post‑graduate qualification in Home Science required by the university statutes, though she held an M.A. in Sociology, an allied subject. The Chancellor later issued orders di…

The Governor‑cum‑Chancellor of Bihar appointed several Vice‑Chancellors and Pro‑Vice‑Chancellors without adhering to the statutory requirement of meaningful consultation with the State Government under the Bihar State Universities Act and the Patna University Act. Dr. Ram Tawakya Singh, a professor, challenged these ap…

Basudeo Tiwary, a lecturer appointed in 1978 at an affiliated college that later became a constituent unit of Sido Kanhu University, was re‑appointed on a temporary basis in 1986. The Vice‑Chancellor terminated his services, invoking Section 35(3) of the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976, on the ground that his appoin…

The Supreme Court examined whether the University Grants Commission (UGC) could, through regulations under the UGC Act, impose a composite scheme that revised pay scales and raised the retirement age of teachers from 62 to 65 years on State universities and colleges. The petitioners argued that the UGC's recommendation…

The Supreme Court examined whether two members of the Bihar University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission, Dr. B.P. Yadav and Prof. Suresh Prasad Singh, possessed the statutory qualification of being Professors as required by Section 6 of the Service Commission Act, given that their promotions to Professor were …

The appellant, Amarkant Rai, was appointed as a night guard on daily wages by the college principal in 1983, a position for which the principal lacked statutory authority under the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976. Although the university later decided to regularise employees who had served for more than a year, the …

The case concerned the absorption of about 4,000 teaching and non‑teaching employees from 40 colleges that were converted from affiliated to constituent status under the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976. The State of Bihar (and later Jharkhand) challenged a High Court order directing the universities to absorb these …

Maulana Azad College, Ranchi, a minority institution, had entered into a 1972 agreement that no new posts could be created without the Vice‑Chancellor’s prior permission. After the Bihar State Universities Act, 1976 came into force, the college created a post and appointed Syed Asad Raza in 1979. The issue was whether …