Supreme Court of India
Gambhirdan K Gadhvi v. The State of Gujarat & Ors
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In view of the above discussion and for the reasons stated above, the appointment of respondent No.4 as a Vice Chancellor of the SP University – respondent No.2 herein, is contrary to the UGC provisions, namely, UGC Regulations, 2018.
Judgment, page 31
From the headnote
Universities: Appointment of Vice Chancellor – Writ of quo warranto – Writ petition alleging that eligibility criteria was diluted and UGC Regulations, 2018 were violated – Held: Being a subordinate legislation, UGC Regulations becomes part of the Act and in case of any conflict between State legislation and Central legislation, Central legislation shall prevail by applying the rule/ principle of repugnancy as enunciated in Art.254 of the Constitution as the subject ‘education’ is in the concurrent list – By adopting the scheme and having accepted 80% of the maintenance expenditure from the…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Mandeep Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab and Ors.
- 2026 S Mohan v. Secretary to the Chancellor, Puducherry Technological University
- 2022 Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari v. Ravindra Jugran and Others
- 2022 Professor (dr.) Sreejith P.S. v. Dr. Rajasree M.S. & Ors.
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