Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994

The petitioners, a public trust seeking to start a B.Ed. college, obtained recognition from the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, but the Maharashtra Government refused to issue a No‑Objection Certificate (NOC) based on a policy decision not to gra…

Teachers in colleges affiliated to Pune University were paid leave encashment under university statutes 424(3) and 424(C) framed under the Poona University Act, 1974. After the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 repealed the 1974 Act, the State of Maharashtra directed universities to discontinue the benefit and amend t…

The appellant, Ramesh Gajendra Jadhav, was appointed as a regular lecturer of Geography in a college based on an advertisement that described the vacancy as a part‑time post in the open category. Due to a clerical error, the university later approved the post as a full‑time position reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) ca…

Dr. Suman V. Jain, a permanent principal of a college run by Marwadi Sammelan Trust, submitted a prospective resignation on 25 March 2003 effective from 24 September 2003. The Trust accepted the resignation on 8 April 2003, calling it "final, binding and irrevocable," and later rejected her request to withdraw the resi…

Shivaji University refused permission to Bharti Vidyapeeth to start a new morning law college in Sangli, citing that an existing law college already served the town and that the proposed location lay outside the draft Perspective Plan under s.82 of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994. The State of Maharashtra had ea…

The appellant, Wainganga Bahuddeshiya Vikas Sanstha, terminated the services of respondent No.1, a lecturer appointed on an ad‑hoc basis under Section 59 of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, on the ground of unsatisfactory performance. The termination was challenged before the College Tribunal, the High Court Sin…

The petitioners, Khandesh College Education Society, owned a private aided college where fourteen lecturers/demonstrators (respondents) retired without receiving encashment of their unutilized earned leave. The respondents claimed entitlement to such leave and its encashment under Statutes 424(3) and 424(C) of the Univ…

The Supreme Court considered whether the Maharashtra Government could, under the Maharashtra Universities Act, extend the Sixth Pay Commission pay scales to non‑teaching staff of unaided engineering colleges affiliated to state universities. The appellants, two unaided colleges, argued that the 2009 Rules applied only …

The petitioner, a graduate of the University of Mumbai who also held an LL.M., filed a writ petition seeking inclusion of his name in the electoral roll for Senate elections, arguing that the term “Graduate of the University” under the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 should include persons who earned a postgraduate …