Dilution Of Admission Criteria Adversely Impacts Academic Standards: Delhi High Court Upholds IP University’s LLB Admissions Through CLAT
Case: Reyaz Ahmad Dar V/s U.T. of J&K and another
Coram: Justice Sanjeev Narula
Case No.: W.P.(C) 5666/2022
Court Observation: “…. present situation of vacancies for admission to the LL.B. courses is not on account of decline in number of applications from eligible candidates against the sanctioned strength. It is perhaps because the students are not showing interest in Petitioner- institutions. Accordingly, in the opinion of the Court, no case for seeking an additional or alternative mechanism for filling vacant seats is made out,”
“In the opinion of the Court, the uniformity in the admission process must be endeavoured and any dilution of admission criteria could impact adversely the academic standards. Since the relevant statute specifies the admission policy on the basis of an entrance test, the Court finds no merit in the argument of the Petitioner to interfere in such admission criteria,”
“In absence of any manifest arbitrariness, there is no compelling reason for the Court to interfere. Commercial loss on account of vacant seats is being linked to admission policy in the present matter, without any convincing basis. The Court cannot compel a University to modify the admission criteria and admit students accordingly, merely because certain seats will be left vacant,”
“Filling up of vacancies cannot be at the cost of compromising academic excellence, particularly when no manifest connection is made out between the adoption of CLAT as the mode of admission and vacancy of seats.”
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