Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 163 · Decided 26 July 1971
State of Mahakashtra & ANR. v. Lok Shikshan Sansatha & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 163 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 879
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 160/1968
- Decided
- 26 July 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, I.D. DUA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 226, 19; Registration Act
Headnote
Education-Grant-in-aid System, r. 3(1) and (2)-lf vague or ambigu­ .ous-Executive instructions. Constitution of India, 1950, Arts. 14, 226 and .. 358-Jurisdiction of High Court in relation to policy of giving grants to educational institutions. Grant-in-aid Code if violative of Art. 14. Period protects Executive instructions from attack under Art. 19. The grant-in-aid system was introduced in 1859 and its main object was to permit voluntary effort and reliance on local resources in the field of· education apart from such contributions as may be available from the funds of the
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