India Legal News: SC Grants Compensation to Duped Students

As per India legal news reports, the apex court held that students who are lured by unrecognized and non-affiliated educational institutes, through misleading advertisements, should be compensated adequately. This is a significant decision that has great relevance for today’s students. Everywhere across the country, there are new institutes claiming to be the best ones for training or grooming students into experts in the domain. However, most students may not do a thorough check at all and get cheated by unscrupulous institutes. The court said that such duped students can be compared to victims of train accidents. The court referred to them as victims of career accidents. To prevent such incidents in future, such fake institutes shall be made to pay.

India Legal News: National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) Faces Criticism

Indian legal news reports indicate that the SC ruling pertained to petitions filed by a large number of institutes that had enrolled several students, without proper sanction. Further, it was found that nearly 1, 200 such colleges were granted recognition, by the NCTE in 10 years. The court asked how it was possible that so many inspections were conducted by the authorized body.

Although the Member Secretary of the NCTE, Hasib Ahmed, tried to explain that it is taking strict actions against such bogus institutes and has adopted a strict approach towards granting recognition to colleges, the NCTE came under considerable criticism from the judges.

India Legal News: Majority of Colleges Try to Extract Money from Students

As per India legal news reports, the Bench that heard this case comprised of Justices G. S. Singhvi and A. K. Ganguly. They expressed concern about the rampant growth of uncertified and non-affiliated institutes that were offering B.Ed programs to students. Further, the Bench asked Ahmed to file an affidavit, ensuring that not a single institute that fails the required criteria and infrastructural facilities will be granted recognition, henceforth.

The Bench also said that a majority of the educational institutions in India do not have the required infrastructure. Such colleges are like tuck shops, trying to extract money from the students, by defrauding them. They are least bothered about the future of the students. Further, it said that such students find themselves in the lurch, on completion of the course. While reserving the verdict, the court stated that colleges must not compromise with the standards of education and should not play with the future of children.