(Madan B. Lokur and R.K. Agrawal, JJ.)
Committee of Management, La Martiniere College Lucknow, Thr. its Principal and Anr. _________________________________ Appellant(s)
v.
Vatsal Gupta and Ors. _____________________________ Respondent(s)
Civil Appeal No. 7030 of 2016, decided on July 26, 2016
[Arising out of SLP (C) No. 3182 of 2016]
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. Leave granted.
2. We have heard learned counsel for the parties.
3. Appellant No. 1 is an unaided minority private institution. We see no reason how a writ petition against that institution could be entertained. The High Court was clearly in error in entertaining the writ petition and passing subsequent directions.
4. Under the circumstances, the appeal is allowed and the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court is set aside.
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 3182/2016
Committee of Management, La Martiniere College Lucknow, Thr. its Principal and Anr __________________________________ Petitioner(s)
v.
Vatsal Gupta and Ors _____________________________ Respondent(s)
Date : 26/07/2016 This petition was called on for hearing today.
(Before Madan B. Lokur and R.K. Agrawal, JJ.)
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Sankarnarayanan, Adv.
Mr. Zeeshan Diwan, Adv.
Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR
Mr. Govind Manoharan, Adv.
Ms. Shruti Iyer, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Mohan, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. J.K. Das, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR
Ms. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
Order
5. Leave granted.
6. The appeal is allowed in terms of the signed order.
7. Pending application is disposed of.
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