University Grants Commission Act

The DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences and another institute filed writ petitions under Article 32 challenging the Medical Council of India's (MCI) refusal to recommend renewal of permission for MBBS admissions for the 2015‑16 session and the Union Government's consequent denial of that permission. The petitioner…

The Supreme Court was asked to clarify several questions that arose from the T.M.A. Pai Foundation judgment concerning private unaided professional colleges. The petitioners, mainly minority and non‑minority unaided institutions, contended that they could fix their own fee structures, admit students by their own method…

The Supreme Court, hearing numerous interlocutory applications in the T.M.A. Pai Foundation matter, clarified that the fee structures it had fixed for the academic years 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 are confined to those years only and are not refundable. It ordered that the fee order of 11 August 1995, applicable to 1…

The Brahmo Samaj Education Society, claiming minority status, runs several state‑aided colleges and challenged the West Bengal College Service Commission's authority to appoint teachers in its institutions. The Society argued that Articles 19(1)(g) and 26(a) of the Constitution guarantee its right to establish and admi…