The All India Council of Technical Education which regulates engineering and technical education in India had prohibited private institutions from using the words ‘Indian’ and ‘National’ in their names in 2002. Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust which had established ‘The Indian Engineering College’ in 1984 has challenged this prohibition before a Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and J M Panchal.
The Madras High Court had earlier rejected the Trust’s plea. So far, the Supreme Court has stayed the AICTE’s notification till further orders.
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