Education

Trusted Counsel in High-Stakes Educational Disputes

Keystone Partners advises and represents leading educational institutions — including universities, private schools, and authorities conducting highly competitive all-India entrance examinations — on policy compliance, academic autonomy, regulatory obligations, governance, and contentious mandates. The Firm’s education-sector experience spans constitutional and writ proceedings before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts, civil and commercial litigation involving educational institutions, examination governance and revaluation challenges, and disputes involving educational trusts and societies. The team draws on the Firm’s broader public law, corporate, and trust-law expertise to advise educational clients on the full range of issues they encounter.

Service overview

Proven Experience, Outstanding Results

We provide end-to-end education services that cover every aspect of the dispute resolution process. Our offerings include:

Examination Governance & Academic Autonomy
Acting for examination authorities, universities, and schools in writ and civil proceedings concerning examination regulation, revaluation challenges, academic autonomy, and admission disputes — before the Supreme Court of India and multiple High Courts.
Advising and representing educational trusts, societies, and their trustees in proceedings under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, governance restructuring, and disputes for control over multi-college and multi-campus educational institutions.
Acting for educational institutions and students in public law matters before the Supreme Court of India and the Karnataka and Delhi High Courts, including representing preeminent institutes of national importance, and student groups in significant constitutional and policy challenges.
Acting for promoters, founders, and investors of education businesses (including ed-tech startups) in disputes before the NCLT, NCLAT, and the courts, drawing on the Firm’s corporate disputes capability.

Representative experience

Examination Governance

Representing the Consortium of National Law Universities in writ proceedings before the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts, including in CLAT-related litigation concerning errors in question papers and the publication of revised results.

Educational Trusts & Section 92 CPC Litigation

Representing a Singapore-based education company in proceedings under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, for restructuring governance in a not-for-profit educational venture.

Educational Trusts & Section 92 CPC Litigation

Successfully represented the donor-trustee of a prominent Bengaluru-based educational trust operating nine reputed colleges, in litigation for control of the trust before the Supreme Court of India.

Educational Trusts & Section 92 CPC Litigation

Advising the Chairman of a premier education group in a suit filed under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking settlement of a scheme for the administration of a not-for-profit society set up to run a joint venture educational institution in India.

Constitutional & Public Law

Representing LGBTQ students from the IITs in their successful challenge to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code before the Supreme Court of India.

Constitutional & Public Law

Representing the Indian Institute of Management and student groups in various matters raising issues of public law before the Karnataka and Delhi High Courts.

Ed-Tech & Sector Corporate Disputes

Representing the founder promoters of a Bengaluru-based ed-tech startup in disputes with investors before the NCLT.

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