Delhi High Court orders St. Stephen’s College to admit seven students
he Delhi High Court On Friday, it ordered St. Stephen’s College to grant admission to seven students based on seat allocation by University of DelhiThe Supreme Court ruled on two separate petitions filed by seven students.
“Since the calculation of seats of the university has not been set aside,” the respondent university is directed to grant admission to the applicant students as per the allotment policy followed by the university in the last academic year so that they can attend its classes after complying with the other formalities required by the relevant rules,” Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said.
The seven students requested the university to provide them seats in the courses for which they had obtained the qualification. The petitioners alleged that despite the university having allotted them seats in the BA Economics (Hons) and BA Programme courses, they did not complete their admission within the stipulated time frame.
While the university supported the requests, the faculty opposed them.
St. Stephens College opposed DU’s stance that it was obliged to admit all candidates who were allotted seats through the university’s common seat allocation system. The university said it can admit students only within the sanctioned limit.
The single-judge bench had earlier granted relief of provisional admission to the six students, though it noted that there was no fault of these students who had successfully cleared the CUET examination and completed other formalities, and despite being meritorious, they were kept in suspense regarding the fate of their admission.
However, the university challenged the order in the trial court, which barred the six students from attending classes until the main petition was resolved. The seventh student had later moved the court.
The candidates have applied for admission under the ‘single girl quota’ fixed by DU. According to the university’s admission information bulletin, one seat is reserved in each programme in each faculty under the ‘supernumerary quota for a single girl’.
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