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New Delhi: The Delhi Excessive Court docket has permitted the St Stephen’s Faculty to conduct interviews for granting admission to college students below the minority quota moreover considering their widespread college entrance take a look at scores.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma equally permitted the Jesus and Mary Faculty to carry interviews for the seats reserved for minority class college students.
The court docket’s order got here on purposes by the 2 minority schools to remain a December 8, 2022, determination of the chief council of the Delhi College (DU) insisting on 100 p.c weightage for CUET 2023 rating for admission to minority quota.
The purposes have been filed in petitions by the universities difficult the notification.
Apart from the pleas of the 2 schools, the court docket order was additionally handed on a petition by a lady, Sharon Ann George, in opposition to the interviews for minority college students on the St Stephen’s Faculty along with the CUET.
The court docket, in its order, noticed that in an earlier determination, it has already mentioned the extent to which DU can regulate the admission of minority college students and dominated that St Stephen’s has the appropriate to conduct interviews with 15 per cent weightage for minority college students, however not for non-minority college students.
“Regardless of this commentary made by this Court docket within the aforesaid judgment, the Government Committee in its assembly dated 08.12.2022 has determined that for the educational session 2023-24, admission to the Undergraduate Programmes shall solely be on the idea of CUET for minority seats additionally,” stated the bench, additionally comprising Justice Subramaniam Prasad.
“As an interim measure, this Court docket directs that the admission coverage as framed by this Court docket vide judgment dated 12.09.2022 shall be adopted for the Educational 12 months 2023-24 and the St Stephen’s Faculty will undertake the marks secured within the CUET with 85% weightage for CUET and the Faculty’s interview for shortlisted candidates with a weightage of 15% for Christian minority candidates,” the court docket directed in its order dated July 21.
The court docket stated there may be prima face a whole lack of reasoning as to why its earlier ruling has been “given a go-by by the Respondents (DU) and signifies non-application of thoughts on their half whereas making the impugned determination”.
Admitting the petitions, the court docket opined that the universities would undergo an irreparable loss if interim aid isn’t granted to them at this stage.
Senior advocate A Mariarputham and advocate Romy Chacko appeared for the petitioner schools. Senior advocate Arun Bhardwaj appeared for petitioner George.
Final 12 months, the St Stephen’s Faculty had filed one other petition difficult the DU’s letter asking it to withdraw its prospectus which gave 85 per cent weightage to CUET and 15 per cent to school interview for admission to its unreserved seats in UG programs.
Holding that the rights accorded to a minority establishment below the Structure can’t be prolonged to non-minorities, the excessive court docket had on September 12, 2022 directed the St Stephen’s Faculty to present 100 per cent weightage to the CUET 2022 rating whereas granting admission to non-minority college students in its undergraduate programs.
It had, nonetheless, stated the faculty has the authority to conduct interviews along with the widespread college entrance take a look at for admitting college students belonging to the minority neighborhood but it surely can’t power non-minority candidates to moreover endure an interview.
Earlier this 12 months, the St Stephen’s Faculty filed the current petition in opposition to DU’s notification, contending that being a minority instructional establishment, its proper to pick out college students for admission and administer instructional establishment below the Structure can’t be interfered with or taken away.
“The impugned determination of the college denying the petitioner faculty its proper to conduct interviews for admission to undergraduate programs within the minority class is opposite to the judgment of this Hon’ble Court docket dated September 12, 2022 in W.P. (C) No. 8814/2022 in St Stephen’s Faculty Vs College of Delhi which recognised the petitioner’s proper to pick out college students of minority class by conducting interviews,” the petition said.
(This report has been printed as a part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Aside from the headline, no enhancing has been finished within the copy by ABP Dwell.)
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