https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172205 A writ of quo warranto can issue only where a public office is held without legal authority, and in challenges to academic appointments the Court gives due weight to the assessment of a board of experts. It should not substitute its own view on equivalence or merit unless there is a clear breach of a statutory or binding rule. On the record, the appointment to Reader in English was made on the recommendation of the Board of Appointments, which could treat the appointee's Durham University degree as equivalent to the prescribed qualification. The High Court was found to have applied scrutiny more akin to certiorari than quo warranto, and the appointment challenge failed. en-us Mon, 26 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:43:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172205 A writ of quo warranto can issue only where a public office is held without legal authority, and in challenges to academic appointments the Court gives due weight to the assessment of a board of experts. It should not substitute its own view on equivalence or merit unless there is a clear breach of a statutory or binding rule. On the record, the appointment to Reader in English was made on the recommendation of the Board of Appointments, which could treat the appointee's Durham University degree as equivalent to the prescribed qualification. The High Court was found to have applied scrutiny more akin to certiorari than quo warranto, and the appointment challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172205