Supreme Court of India

Dr. Ashok Sinha v. The State of Tripura & Ors.

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 19 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that it would not be appropriate for this Court to embark upon determining the correctness of a policy decision which has been taken by the State government.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Administrative Law: Policy decision – Judicial review – Medical college – Pursuant to the direction by the High Court, reconstitution of Society for the Tripura Medical College by the State Government – Society having its own recruitment rules and a pay structure – Writ petition by the appellant challenging the admission procedure and fees charged from the students contending that these to be at par with other government medical colleges – Dismissed by the High Court – On appeal, held: Whether the State government should run the College as a department of the government depends upon numerous…

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