Summary
- The Supreme Court has upheld the National Council for Teacher Education's (NCTE) authority to mandate annual Performance Appraisal Reports from Teacher Education Institutes, emphasizing that regulatory powers can be incidental to a regulator's core duties.
- This ruling reverses a Delhi High Court decision that quashed NCTE's public notice, which required TEIs to submit these reports, asserting that such measures do not always need explicit statutory backing.
- The Court clarified that accountability is essential for effective administrative action and judicial review, rejecting a technical approach to regulatory authority.
- This landmark judgment reinforces the NCTE's jurisdiction and could reshape accountability standards in India's teacher education system.
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