Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Educational Institutions Grant of autonomous status Admission to Post Graduate courses of Management Institute |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Disposed Off |
Headnote | Education/Educational Institutions: - Admission to Post Graduate courses of Management Institute - Grant of autonomous status - On facts, grant of autonomous status to Management Institute-JBIMS for period of five years, 2014-15 to 2018-19 - As a result, 85% seats filled up from all Universities in the State of Maharashtra on basis of merit while 15% filled up from the all India quota merit list - JBIMS sought extension of autonomous status - Meanwhile, conduct of CET for current academic year - Admissions done on the basis of JBIMS being a non-autonomous Institute, 70% from Home Universities and 15% from other Universities - Writ petition by respondents-students from other Universities in the State of Maharashtra challenging admissions made to JBIMS - Allowed by the High Court directing that the admission process be re-conducted by treating JBIMS as an autonomous Institute - Appeal before this Court by students seeking admission on the basis of JBIMS being a non-autonomous Institute - Held: Autonomous status granted to JBIMS has not been revoked, or surrendered - Application for extension is stated to be under active consideration - Since JBIMS had continued to fulfill the eligibility criteria for extension/renewal of the autonomous status, it is only a ministerial act which is required to be carried out by the University to issue the Notification for grant of extension/ renewal of the autonomous status - Furthermore, decision of JBIMS to apply for extension of its autonomous status was taken by its Board of Management well before the admissions process for the MMS Course commenced for the academic year 2019-2020 - However, there was some delay on the part of JBIMS and the University, to process the Application for extension which led to uncertainty regarding its continued autonomous Status - Thus, it is directed that for the current academic year 2019-2020, admissions would be made as per the judgment of the High Court - Issuance of direction to Directorate of Technical Education and CET-Cell to conduct the admissions process in accordance with the ranking of the students as per the Merit List, by treating JBIMS as an Autonomous Department of the University - Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 - s. 122. |
Judge | Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra |
Neutral Citation | 2019 INSC 985 |
Petitioner | Rohan Virani & Ors. |
Respondent | State Of Maharashtra & Ors. |
SCR | [2019] 11 S.C.R. 1030 |
Judgement Date | 2019-09-02 |
Case Number | 6753 |
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