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PRATEEK JALAN
Sanskriti Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Jawaharlal Nehru University – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Prateek Jalan, J. - The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.
CM APPL. 46886/2021 (for exemption)
Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
This application stands disposed of.
W.P.(C) 14856/2021 & CM APPL. 46885/2021 (for stay)
1. Issue notice. Ms. Monika Arora, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents- Jawaharlal Nehru University ["JNU"].
2. The petitioner applied for admission to the Ph.D. course in Hindi in the Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies, JNU. This petition is directed against a communication dated 07.12.2021, by which she has been held to be ineligible for the said course by JNU.
3. The contention of the petitioner is that she applied for admission to Ph.D. in Hindi in the National Eligibility Test ["NET"]-Junior Research Fellowship ["JRF"] category. Mr. Kumar Piyush Pushkar, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that in the academic session 2021-22, JNU did not offer any seats for Ph.D. in Hindi other than through the NET-JRF category. The petitioners contention is that although she had not taken the NET-JRF examination, conducted by the University Gr
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