Published on : 17 Nov 2025, 10:59 am

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has upheld the validity of the Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation and Management) Act, 2006, rejecting arguments that the legislation conferred excessive and arbitrary powers on the state government.

A division bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund delivered the judgment while hearing two petitions filed in 2008 and 2016. The petitions, moved by the All Assam English Medium Schools’ Association and the Byaktigata Vidyalaya Samannayrakshee Samitee, Guwahati, were later clubbed for a common ruling.

The petitioners contended that several provisions of the Act lacked clear guidelines, potentially enabling unchecked control over private educational institu

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