https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466109 A certificate issued by a professional body cannot be treated as equivalent to a Mechanical Engineering degree unless statutory authority expressly permits such equivalence; executive recognition cannot override the governing scheme under the UGC and technical education framework. The Court therefore reaffirmed that the institution's Certificate of Membership had no general degree equivalence. A limited transitional benefit was, however, preserved for students enrolled on or before 31.05.2013, in line with later notifications and public notices recognising their position under the earlier regime. Beyond that cut-off date, the certificates remained outside degree equivalence. en-us Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:20:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466109 A certificate issued by a professional body cannot be treated as equivalent to a Mechanical Engineering degree unless statutory authority expressly permits such equivalence; executive recognition cannot override the governing scheme under the UGC and technical education framework. The Court therefore reaffirmed that the institution's Certificate of Membership had no general degree equivalence. A limited transitional benefit was, however, preserved for students enrolled on or before 31.05.2013, in line with later notifications and public notices recognising their position under the earlier regime. Beyond that cut-off date, the certificates remained outside degree equivalence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466109