Krishna D.El.Ed. College v. National Council for Teacher Education and Anr.

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The Court upheld the National Council for Teacher Education's decision to return pending applications for recognition from stand-alone Teacher Education Institutions without processing them. Relying on Section 12(c) of the NCTE Act and the doctrine of implied powers, the Bench held that the NCTE could return applications to align with the National Education Policy 2020's directive to consolidate TEIs into Multi-Discipline Institutions. The Court ruled that no vested right exists prior to the grant of recognition and that the policy shift rendered the officials' discretion to deny each application legally valid.