While institutions and regulators debate policy, it is the students who ultimately pay the price.

While institutions and regulators debate policy, it is the students who ultimately pay the price. India’s education system serves one of the largest student populations in the world. Litigation is not the failure of the judiciary; it is the signal of a governance gap. Courts are forced to step in when reforms intersect with constitutional guarantees such as equality, minority rights, federal balance, says Ravi Agrawal, a professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the author of the book, India's Education: A Global Education, published by Oxford University Press.