This three volumes Digest is designed to be the most comprehensive and analytical Digest of all rulings of the Supreme Court on Education and Universities from 1950 till (2019) 1 Supreme Court Cases.

With the publication of Volume 3 of this comprehensive Digest on Education and Universities, the complete set of three volumes now provides the most authoritative and exhaustive coverage of the Supreme Court case law on the subject from 1950 to 2019* (Volume 3 covers the period from 2014 to 2019*).

The rulings of the Supreme Court related to Professional Colleges and specific kind of professional education such as Medical Education or Teachers Training etc. are more numerous, which on careful study suggest that they can easily be extended and applied across the entire cross section of educational institutions and not only to specific kind of educational institutions. Hence, the arrangement of the case law on Education and Universities has been developed especially keeping this fact in mind. Under the dual structure in arrangement, all the rulings which can be applied to any and every kind of educational institution are placed under general headings and where the rulings have been classified based on the specific kind of educational institution like rulings relating to 'Medical and Dental Colleges', etc. are placed under specific headings.

Some of the important issues covered in the digest include:- General Principles of Education Law, Establishment, Incorporation, Running, Closure and Nationalisation of Educational Institutions / Universities, Admission procedure, Fees, Distance learning, Aid, Grants, Subsidies, Aided Institutions and Scholarships, Non-minority and Minority Unaided Institutions, Reservation, etc.

A complete alphabetical list of each and every statute, rule, regulation and norm that concerns Education and Universities is given in the beginning of each volume to facilitate the search of rulings on any particular statute/ rule, etc.

Some of the general headings include:

I.             Establishment, Incorporation, Running, Closure and Nationalisation of Educational Institutions/Universities;

II.            Admission — Admission Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms;

III.           Fee and Fee Structure.

And the specific headings include: I.  Engineering Colleges,  II. Medical/Dental Colleges,   III.  Teacher Training Colleges.

Several other user friendly features make this undoubtedly the best Digest available today.

PRINCIPLES RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ISSUES

In Volume 1

1. General Principles of Education Law

2. Establishment, Incorporation, Running, Closure and Nationalisation of

Educational Institutions/Universities

3. Admission

4. Affiliation/Recognition

5. Aid, Grants, Subsidies, Aided Institutions and Scholarships

6. Age/Date of Birth

7. Attendance

8. Curriculum/Syllabi/Prescription of Books

9. Degree/Qualification/Stream/Discipline

10. Examination

11. Expulsion/Rustication/Removal of Student from Rolls of Institution/Discipline

12. Fees

13. Flexible Modes of Learning/Courses

14. Foreign Universities and Educational Institutions

15. Minority Institutions

16. Non-Minority Institutions

17. Officers/Staff, Faculty, Etc. of an Educational Institution

Bird’s eye view (contd.)

18. Professional Colleges/Education

18.1 Generally

18.2 Academic Calendars

18.3 Governing body/Governing Laws/Norms

18.4 Agricultural Colleges

18.5 Computer Education

18.6 Engineering or Technical Colleges

18.7 Law Schools/Colleges

18.8 Teacher Training

Topic and Statute Guide

In Volume 2

18.9 Medical and Dental Colleges

18.10 Private colleges

18.11 Reservation in Professional Colleges/Education

18.12 Other Professional Courses

18.13 Professional Education Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms, etc.

19. Private Colleges

20. Ragging

21. Reservation of Seats/Quota/Exemption/Priority/Affirmative Action/Reverse

Discrimination

22. Right to establish and run educational institutions

23. Students’ Unions and Elections

24. Taxation

25. Traditional Institutions

26. University Framed Statutes’, Ordinances, Rules, Regulations and Norms

27. Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms, Etc. framed by Legislature or Executive

In Volume 3

1. General Principles of Education Law 

2. Establishment, Incorporation, Running, Closure and Nationalisation of Educational Institutions/Universities

3. Admission

4. Degree/Qualifi cation/Stream/Discipline 

5. Examination 

6. Fees 

7. Flexible Modes of Learning/Courses/Open Universities 

8. Offi cers/Staff, Faculty, Etc. of an Educational Institution 

9. Professional Colleges/Education 

10. Private Colleges/Schools

11. Ragging 

12. Reservation of Seats/Quota/Exemption/Priority/Affi rmative Action/Reverse Discrimination . 

13. Taxation

14. Particular Statutes, Ordinances, Rules, Regulations, Norms, Etc

15. Employment and Service Matters Re Educational Institutions . 

16. Particular Employment and Service Statutes, Ordinances, Rules, Regulations Norms, Etc

PRINCIPLES RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE MATTERS

28. Employment and Service Matters re Educational Institutions

29. University Framed Employment and Service Statutes, Ordinances, Rules,

Regulations Norms, Etc.

30. Institutional/School Employment and Service Rules, Regulations, Norms, Etc.

31. Central Employment and Service Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms, Etc.

32. State and UT Employment and Service Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms, Etc