Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 134 · Decided 18 February 2011
Visveswaraya Technological University and ANR. v. Krishnendu Halder and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 134 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 1007
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1947/2011
- Decided
- 18 February 2011
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
A B Education/Educational Institutions: Rules and Regulations of State and University prescribing minimum C higher educational qualification for admission to Engineering courses are valid and binding - University and State are always entitled to prescribe higher standards than what central body (AICTE) so as to maintain the excellence in higher education - The fact that there are D unfilled seats in a particular year, would not mean that in that year; the eligibility criteria fixed by the State/University would cease to apply or that the minimum eligibility criteria
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