On Friday, the Delhi High Court directed Delhi University and UGC to allow the students to apply for the undergraduate courses under the eligibility criteria defined by the university for the academic year 2018-19 and also, extended the deadline from June 14 to June 22 for the students to give them time to apply for the undergraduate courses at DU.
With these two directions, the Delhi High Court quashes the recent amendments made by the Delhi University in its admission criteria for the academic year 2019-20. The amendment in the admission criteria has affected the UG courses including B.Com (Hons) and BA (Hons) Economics.
The court, in its 17-page order, said “these directions will not preclude DU from making changes to the eligibility criteria in the forthcoming year to its UG courses as required.”
But the bench also made it clear that the amendments need to be made according to the law which requires a minimum of six months of public notice at large.
The admissions for the DU had commenced on May 30 and according to the official schedule they were to end on June 14.
The petitioners have said that the recent amendments by the DU have caught the students unaware.
Earlier, the court had said that the amendments could have been announced much earlier. "There is no dispute that you have to be in tune with the times. Nothing prevents you from improving education standards. No one is saying your decision (amendment) is not right, but your timing may not be right," it said.
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