Judiciary cannot act as an expert in the field of education & it should be left to the institutions to determine: SC

April 17: A court cannot act as an expert in the field of education and it should be left to the institutions to determine whether a candidate possesses the necessary qualifications, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said there cannot be any deviation from the educational qualifications mentioned in an advertisement of job.

“In the field of education, the court of law cannot act as an expert normally, therefore, whether or not a student/candidate is possessing the requisite qualification should better be left to the educational institutions, more particularly, when the Expert Committee considers the matter,” the bench said.

The observation came while dismissing a batch of appeals challenging the order of the Jharkhand High Court with regard to the selection process for appointment to the post of postgraduate trained teachers in the high school of Jharkhand for different subjects under different categories.