IGNOU Degree Doesn’t Need Equivalence Certificate From State University: Kerala High Court

Justice D.K. Singh of the Kerala High Court has ruled that the insistence on obtaining an equivalency certificate for degrees awarded by UGC-recognized Central Universities such as Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is ultra vires of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. The judgment came in response to a writ petition filed by a primary school teacher, Harisankar S., who was denied the State Eligibility Test (SET) certificate despite…