Diwakar Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of appeals and writ petitions over termination of untrained Bihar schoolteachers for failing to acquire the mandatory teaching qualification within statutory periods. The Full Court re-interpreted the four-year window under the second proviso to Section 23 of the RTE Act as commencing from the Amendment Act's commencement (09.08.2017, ending 08.08.2021), not the retrospective enforcement dat
What did the court decide?
Appeals partly allowed with directions on continuation/termination of unqualified teachers based on qualification dates; writ petitions dismissing challenge to Section 23.