Sudha.M v. All India Council for Technical Education
Case brief
What is this about?
Pharm D course; institutions with Pharmacy Council of India approval and Kerala University of Health Sciences affiliation held not required to obtain AICTE approval; para 2.11.2 of AICTE Approval Process Handbook 2018-19 inapplicable to existing Pharm D institutions; Pharmacy Act 1948 prevails in pharmacy education per Supreme Court judgment The Pharmacy Council Of India v. Dr.S.K.Toshniwal Educational Trusts Vidarbha Institute of Pharmacy & Others (2021) 10 SCC 657, followed; writ petitions allowed as prayed for; High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam; Mohammed Nias C.P., J.; 26.03.2025; W.P.(C) Nos. 3117, 3174 & 3390 of 2018.
What did the court decide?
Declarations granted as prayed for: (i) institutions already running the Pharm D course with the approval of the Pharmacy Council of India and affiliated to the 2nd respondent University (Kerala University of Health Sciences) do not have to obtain AICTE approval; and (ii) para 2.11.2 of the AICTE Approval Process Handbook for the year 2018-19 has no application to such institutions.