Right to Education — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka

1992

This case marked a pivotal moment in the judicial interpretation of the right to education in India. The Supreme Court, in this ruling, declared that the 'right to education is…

Unnikrishnan J.P. v. State of Andhra Pradesh

1993

Building upon the Mohini Jain judgment, a larger bench of the Supreme Court further clarified the scope of the right to education. While affirming that the right to education is a…

Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan v. Union of India

2012

This landmark judgment by the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, particularly the controversial…