The Delhi High Court (HC) questioned the University of Delhi (DU) over its decision to admit students to a five-year integrated law course based solely on the results of the common entrance examination law (CLAT- UG), 2023.
Unfair Selection Process
The court questioned why DU would use a different admissions process when other central universities adhere to the Common University Entrance Examination (CUET) UG 2023 set by the Ministry of Education (MoE).
The bench comment on this matter was: "According to the national education policy, once the Government of India, the Ministry of Education has made a decision that the admissions will be made in the middle schools. mind is only CUET-based, then you're not special I'm so sorry.
CHALLENGE DU'S DECISION
This case came to light after a lawsuit was filed against DU's decision to admit students on the basis of CLAT-UG, 2023. The Board took the time to consult DU's legal counsel. add and file a counter statement in response to this petition by the following day of the August 25 hearing. The petitioner, Prince Singh, a law student at the University of Delhi's Campus Law Center, argued that DU's decision was unacceptable, going against constitutional standards and educational rights.
He said: "The university while making its controversial announcement, has imposed a completely unreasonable and arbitrary condition that admission to a five-year general law course must be based solely on merit. in the CLAT-UG 2023 result, this is contrary to the right to equality under section 14 and the right to education under section 21 of the Constitution.
In his argument, he said that the condition set forth by DU was without any reasonable basis and had no reasonable connection with the purpose of being admitted to the 5-year general law course at the University. The law.
