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Definition :

Educational institutions, the words, 'educational institutions' are of very wide import and would include a university also, S. Azeez Basha v. Union of India, AIR 1968 SC 662 (670): (1968) 1 SCR 833. [Constitution of India, Art. 30(1)]

A school, seminary, college, university or other educational facility though not necessarily a chartered institution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 532

Means institutions that impart education, P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2005 SC 3226.

Imparting higher education, i.e. graduate level and above and in particular specialized education such as technical or professional, constitutes a separate class, P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2005 SC 3226.