Kerala Education Act

The Manager of VKNM Vocational Higher Secondary School (appellant) challenged a Kerala High Court order that directed it to appoint a teacher (the 5th respondent) under Rule 51‑A, claiming a preferential right based on her earlier short‑term service in the school in 1997‑98. The school argued that the amendment to Rule…

The appellants, minority aided educational institutions, appointed a teacher of their choice as Headmaster, bypassing senior teachers from the same community. The Kerala High Court interfered, holding that the management could not ignore senior qualified teachers and that the National Commission's certificate of minori…

The State of Kerala challenged a Kerala High Court order that directed the Secretary of the General Education Department to verify the actual strength of students in all aided schools through police assistance, after a school was found to have obtained staff fixation orders through bogus admissions. The High Court had …

The Supreme Court examined several petitions for compassionate appointments of dependents of government employees who died in service, filed under the Kerala Education Rules and a 1999 Government Order. It held that applications must be made within two years of death, or within three years after a minor attains majorit…