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Equivalence certificate

Equivalence certificate legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)

2016 YLR 363 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Art. 199Constitutional petitionEducational InstitutionDegree, verification ofProcedureEquivalence certificateScope

Degree which was required attestation was issued by a University duly recognized/registered with Higher Education Commission

Attestation of degree was required for getting employment and not for further education

"Equivalence of Higher Education Commission" would be required if a candidate wanted to get attestation of any Bachelor or Matric Degree obtained from abroad

Higher Education Commission had failed to produce any law, rules, regulations with regard to verification of degree/transcripts/ diplomas

Commission was directed to verify whether the degree presented by the petitioner was issued by the concerned School or not and if degree was issued by the said School then same be attested within a specified period

Constitutional petition was accepted in circumstances.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Equivalence certificate"

CLC 2021
2020-November-2

2021 C L C 546

MUHAMMAD HAMZA KHAN — Petitioner Versus PAKISTAN MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL through Registrar and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
CLC 2007
2006-September-20

2007 C L C 132

ARSLAN AZIZ — Petitioner Versus BAHAUDDIN ZAKRIYA UNIVERSITY, MULTAN through Vice-Chancellor and another — Respondents

Court: Lahore
PLD 2017
2017-April-3

P L D 2017 Lahore 584

WAJID ALI — Petitioner Versus PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
YLR 2016
Writ Petition No.32898 of 2013, decided on 6th January, 2014.

2016 Y L R 363

TAIMUR ASAD KHAN — Petitioner Versus HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
CLC 2005
2004-July-16

2005 C L C 1493

MUHAMMAD SAEED — Petitioner Versus TAHIR MALIK and others — Respondents

Court: Election Tribunal Punjab
YLRN 2017
----Ss. 10(d) & 21---Attestation of degree---Duty of Higher Education Commission---Equivalence certificate, requirement of---Applicability---Powers and function of Commission---Power to make rules---Commission refused to attest petitioner's degree of Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance awarded by an Educational Institution on the ground that petitioner had not studied compulsory subjects like Pakistan Studies in his "A Level" and his said degree, therefore, could not be attested unless Inter Board Committee of Chairman (IBCC) had issued equivalence certification---Contention raised by petitioner was that he had obtained his degree in year 2003, whereas said requirement of obtaining equivalence certificate was introduced in year 2014, which could not be made retrospectively applicable to degrees obtained prior to year 2014---Validity---According to criteria given in prospectus approved by Board of Governors of educational institution for relevant academic year, there was no such requirement of obtaining equivalence certificate from IBCC---Petitioner had been awarded bachelor degree after he had duly fulfilled said criteria and completed all academic requirements---Higher Education Commission had been established for purpose of improvement and promotion of higher education, research and development under Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002---Under S.10(d) of Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002, Commission was empowered to prescribe conditions under which institutions, including those that were not part of State education system, might be opened and operated---If requirement of equivalence certificate was necessary for admission in bachelor program, same should have been prescribed and informed by Higher Education Commission to the educational institute at relevant time---Nothing was on record to show that Commission had issued any instructions to the institute in that regard---Petitioner had applied and obtained degree from educational institution keeping in mind criteria of admission given in its prospectus---High Court observed that case of petitioner was to be decided on basis of prospectus issued by the educational institution---Petitioner had merely sought attestation of his degree by the Commission and had not required its equivalence---Word 'attest' meant to affirm to be true or genuine---Commission was just to affirm whether degree of petitioner was genuine, which fact could be ascertained from the educational institution---Only material available on record were Standard Operating Procedure and application form for attestation of degree---Standard Operating Procedure was silent as to date of its operation---According to the application form for attestation of degree for year 2014, there was requirement of producing equivalence certificate from IBCC in case of 'O Level' or 'A Level', however, as per application form for year 2013, there was no such requirement---Petitioner had passed his graduation program in year 2006, and as such said condition could not, therefore, be made applicable to him by giving said requirement with retrospective effect---For any modification or alteration in admission policy of university or degree granting institutions and procurement of equivalence certificate issued by IBCC as part of admission criteria, Commission might frame Rules as required under S.21 of Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002 and notify the same in official gazette---Without undertaking such exercise, act of Commission declining request of petitioner or anyone else in future for attestation of his or her degree was illegal, arbitrary and without any lawful authority---High Court directed the Commission to attest degree of the petitioner---Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances. [Paras. 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 of the judgment]

2017 Y L R Note 368

SHER MUHAMMAD MAZARI — Petitioner Versus HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN through Director Regional Center and another — Respondents

Court: Lahore
CLC 2007
2007-June-15

2007 C L C 1635

Ch. MUHAMMAD SABOOR KISANA — Petitioner Versus MUHAMMAD AJMAL CHEEMA and 7others — Respondents

Court: Election 'Tribunal Punjab
PLD 2005
2005-August-16

P L D 2005 Supreme Court 858

SANAULLAH KHAN and others — Petitioners Versus DISTRICT RETURNING OFFICER, MIANWALI and others — Respondents

Court: High Court
YLR 2014
Writ Petition No.6065 of 2013, decided on 11th February, 2014.

2014 Y L R 2000

UZMA RANI — Petitioner Versus REGISTRAR, BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY, MULTAN and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
SCMR 1998
Civil Appeals Nos. 771, 791 to 799 and 878 of 1998, decided on 1st July, 1998

1998 S C M R 2701

Miss MOBEEN SHEIKH and others‑‑‑Appellants Versus THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others‑‑‑Respondents

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

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