HC quashes DU’s new admission norms

NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside Delhi University’s new admission norms for undergraduate courses.

The court was hearing petitions challenging the varsity’s new eligibility criteria for admissions in undergraduate courses.

A Division Bench of Justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh quashed the amendment in admission eligibility criteria and directed DU to follow admission eligibility criteria of last year.

The court also directed DU to issue notice six months prior to admission when varsity plans to amend admission eligibility criteria in future.

The detail order will be released later.

Defending its decision to amend the admission eligibility criteria for undergraduate courses, Delhi University (DU) told the court that the new admission norms were formed after holding discussions with the stakeholders and experts in the fields.

DU’s reply came on petitions challenging the varsity’s new eligibility criteria for admissions in undergraduate courses.

“The laying of additional eligibility criteria in the undergraduate courses, more particularly in B. Commerce and BA economics (honours), have been done after much deliberation and discussions with the stakeholders and experts in respective fields,” DU told the division bench.

The university told the court that it was done as part of a process of laying better standards for education. —