In Brief
The Council of Architecture challenged a High Court order that quashed minimum standards of architectural education prescriptions (2017 and 2018) on the ground that prior Central Government approval under Section 45 of The Architects Act, 1972 was required. The Supreme Court held that while regulations must have such approval, Section 21 permits the Council to prescribe minimum standards of architectural education either by formal regulations or otherwise. The requirement of approval applies only when standards are issued as formal regulations, not to communications or prescriptions. The Court also found that the respondent (a society of teaching faculty) lacked locus standi to challenge communications addressed to institutions, and that no institution had contested them. The appeal was allowed and the High Court's order was set aside."
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