The Delhi High court has rejected the plea that challenged the appointment of Nidhi Chibber as Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The plea filed by Independent School Federation of India was dismissed by the bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh after noting that Chibber fulfils the criteria for the post.
“The order stated that that in the currebt case, the cannot issue a writ of Quo Warranto, as no prima facie case is made out by learned counsel .
The Court mentioned that Chibber(petitioner) has the qualification to be appointed as the Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education.
The court said that in view of the foregoing discussion, it is of the view that the instant writ petition filed by the petitioner is nothing but a gross misuse of process of law.
The petitioner approached the High Court arguing that Chibber was appointed to the post as part of a bureaucratic re-shuffle, and was not eligible to occupy the post. It was contended that she did not have the minimum experience of three years in the field of education.
The Counsel for Chibber, contended that argued that she has experience and qualifications as per the vacancy circular issued.
The Court considered the case and held that no case is made out to remove the Chairperson from her post.
Independent School Federation of India was represented by Advocate Ravi Prakash Gupta, whereas Central government was represented by Central Government Standing Counsel Manisha Agrawal Narain with Advocate Shivangi Gumber .
CBSE was represented through its Standing Counsel MA Niyazi as well as Advocates Anamika Ghai Niyazi, Kirti Bhardwaj, Nehmat Sethi and Arquam Ali.
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