#Statutory autonomy

Bombay HC Aurangabad Bench ruled that under Section 15 of the Maharashtra Nurses Act, 1966, only the Maharashtra Nursing Council-not the State-holds authority to appoint its Registrar and Deputy Registrar. The court quashed the State’s appointments, reinforcing statutory autonomy of professional councils in public office appointments.

The Manipur High Court has struck down the Syndicate’s cancellation of eight approved Assistant Professor appointments in Physics and Botany, holding that it exceeded its statutory authority under the DMU Act, 2017. This ruling reinforces that once appointments are duly recommended and approved under statutory procedures, administrative bodies cannot retroactively nullify them without explicit legal mandate - protecting candidates’ legitimate expectations and institutional autonomy.