UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE vs GOPAL GOWDA AND ANOTHER

The Supreme Court held that under Sections 22, 23, and 43 of the Mysore University Act, 1956, the Academic Council has the authority to maintain academic standards, which includes the power to refuse degree conferral to students who fail examinations multiple times. The Court found that Regulation 3(c), which disallowed candidates from continuing after four failures, was within the Council's competence. The High Court's ruling that the regulation was beyond the Council's authority was overturned, affirming the validity of the regulation.