JUDGMENT

HEMANT GUPTA, J.

1. The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on 23rd December, 2019 whereby an appeal against the order passed by the learned Single Judge on 22nd July, 2019 was dismissed.

2. The appellant had sought admission to the five-year law course offered by the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences¹[for short, ‘University’] on the basis of the amendment in the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Act, 1999² [for short, ‘the Act’] vide the Amending Act which came into force on 21st May, 2019. Such Amending Act inter alia provided for reservation of seats for students domiciled in the State of West Bengal to the extent of at least thirty percent of the total intake of the University. The Amending Act reads as such:

“1. (1) This Act may be called The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2018.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. In the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Act, 1999, after section 4, the following sections shall be inserted:-

4A. (1) The tuition fees in the University shall be such as may be determined by