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SUMAN SHYAM
Purnendu Sekhar Debnath S/o Late Benod Behari Debnath – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Suman Shyam, J.
Heard Mr. N. Dhar, learned counsel assisted by Mr. T. U. Laskar, learned counsel appearing for the appellant. Also heard Mr. N. J. Khataniar, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education Department, Assam appearing for the respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3, Mr. I. Alam, learned Standing Counsel, NCTE appearing for the respondent No.4, Mr. S. C. Keyal, learned Standing Counsel, Assam University, Silchar appearing for the respondent No.5 and Mr. B. Purkayastha, learned counsel representing the respondent No.7/writ petitioner.
2. In this intra-court appeal, the judgment and order dated 27.02.2020 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No.4443/2017 has been put to challenge. By filing WP(C) No.4443/2017 the respondent No.7, as writ petitioner, had called into question the validity of the B.Ed. degree obtained by the writ appellant on the ground that due to want of recognition of the concerned Institute by the National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) at the relevant point of time, the B. Ed. degree was invalid in the eyes of law and hence, the writ appellant cannot be granted any service benefit on the basis of such invalid B. Ed. Degree. By the impugned judg
The central legal point established in the judgment is the interpretation of Section 14 of the NCTE Act and the validity of B.Ed. degrees obtained from an institute prior to its recognition by the NC....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that a B.Ed. degree obtained from an institution, even if unrecognized, would be valid if the course was undertaken in the given year when the reco....
The institution offering the course is entitled to award the degree until the end of the academic session, and the recognition granted by the NCTE would relate back to the date of the institution's a....
The validity of a B.Ed degree is determined by the institute's compliance with the recognition requirements under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.
Point of Law : the B.Ed degrees obtained by the petitioners are otherwise valid degrees except for the procedural requirement of the Central Government to issue the notification.
The court ruled that a valid B.Ed. Degree cannot be invalidated due to procedural violations by government employees, reaffirming the authority of educational institutions over degree validity.
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