Academic Matters Should Be Best Left To Academics, Courts Have No Expertise In Matters When Conscious Decision Is Taken By Experts; Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently upheld Delhi High Court's observation that courts have no expertise in the matters when a conscious decision is taken by the experts and academic matters should be best left to academics.

The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna was considering SLP assailing Delhi High Court's order dated March 5, 2021.

The petitioner had approached the High Court aggrieved with deduction of certain marks which ought to not have been deducted.

In the impugned judgment, the High Court while dismissing a writ petition related to the evaluation of answer scripts had observed that the courts have no expertise in the matters with regards to the conscious decision taken by the experts. The High Court had further held that academic matters should be best left to the academics.

The Top Court while dismissing the SLP in its order said,

"The High Court has rightly refused to entertain the writ petition by observing that when the conscious decision has been taken by the experts and the courts have no expertise in the matter and academic matters are best left to the academics, we see no reason to interfere with the same. Hence, the Special Leave Petition stands dismissed."

Case Title: Mahesh Kumar v Staff Selection Commission| Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 1951/2022

Counsel for Petitioner: Advocate(s) Gaurav Bhardwaj, Deepak Goel, Chaman Rana and Baby Devi Bonia

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