Institutes of Technology Act, 1961

The Supreme Court examined whether IIT Kanpur could limit the extension of retirement age to 62 years only to teachers and staff treated on par with teachers, as per communications from the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The first respondent, an Assistant Registrar, claimed entitlement to the extended age but …

The petitioners, who are SC/ST/OBC students admitted to IIT Delhi for B.Tech, were expelled after failing to meet the minimum credit requirements in their first two years. They argued that the institute provided no special coaching, summer courses, or a slow‑track programme, thereby violating the constitutional mandate…

The appellant, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, appointed the respondent as Senior Pilot Instructor (Glider) with a superannuation age of 60 years. The respondent claimed that his post was an academic one and therefore his retirement age should be 62 years, obtaining a writ order from the Allahabad High Court in …