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St Stephen is free to appoint principal: Supreme Court |
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By: Agencies |
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2008-10-14 |
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Place: Delhi |
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 Upholding the power of St Stephen's College to appoint its own principal, the Supreme Court has ruled that minority educational institutions have a constitutional right to appoint heads of their institutions and the Government cannot encroach upon their right.
"It's a valuable right guaranteed under Article 30 otherwise you are encroaching into it," a two judge bench of Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal observed, while dismissing the Delhi University's appeal challenging the High Court's order granting absolute right to College to appoint its principal.
The apex court upheld the ruling of the Delhi High Court that the right of minority educational institutions to appoint the head of institution cannot be taken away by any rule, regulation or any enactment made by state even if the institute is receiving 100 per cent aid.
The University had appealed against the high court order on the ground that Article 30 which granted minorities the right to establish and administer their own institutions was "not an absolute right."
Senior counsel P P Rao tried hard to argue before the apex court that the university had the right to frame regulations for prescribing standards of education and uniformity in the standards "in national interest."
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