GOA, DAMAN AND DIU BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION vs KUMARI HEMA LAAD AND ORS.

The Supreme Court set aside the Bombay High Court's judgment declaring clauses (1) and (2) of Rule 37 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Act as ultra vires. The Court upheld the validity of these clauses, referencing its earlier decision in Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education v. Paritosh Bhupesh Kumarsheth, which confirmed the legality of similar provisions. Consequently, the appeals were allowed, and the writ petitions in the High Court were dismissed, with costs awarded to the appellant.