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REKHA PALLI
Saarthak Kalra – Appellant
Versus
University Of Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Rekha Palli, J. - The petitioner, who had registered with the School of Open Learning, Delhi University for admission to the B. Com course but has not been granted admission on the ground of not completing the necessary formalities including payment of fees, has approached this Court seeking a direction to the respondent to grant him admission by condoning the delay, if any, in complying with the procedural requirements. It is the petitioner's case that on account of the demise of a close family member as also a technical glitch in the respondent's website, he was not able to pay the fees.
2. The writ petition is opposed by the respondent by contending that while the petitioner had registered with the respondent for seeking admission to B.Com Course, he failed to click on the verification icon at the time of submitting his application, and resultantly, his registration was unsuccessful and he was, therefore, rightly not permitted to pay the fees. Mr. Rupal, learned counsel for the respondent submits that the petitioner, having now missed the bus cannot claim that he should be granted admission on account of any purported technical glitch either at his end or at the end of th
The main legal point established is that in certain circumstances, courts may intervene to grant admission to students who face genuine difficulties in completing formalities, especially when it does....
Courts can exercise discretion to grant admission in education under compassionate grounds even when formalities are not strictly fulfilled, especially when the applicant has faced genuine personal d....
Denial of admission on technical grounds, such as non-payment of fees due to circumstances beyond the student's control, may result in great injustice and is deemed improper.
The court affirmed that timely application for admission and compliance with attendance regulations are critical, and failure to meet these does not violate constitutional rights.
A minor delay in the payment of admission fees should not result in the loss of an academic year, especially when the institution has not returned the fees and the delay is not deemed deliberate.
Strict adherence to the timeline and irreversible seat cancellation for non-payment of the fee as per the Business Rules. The court emphasized the uniform application of the Business Rules and cited ....
Grant of admission - In exceptional cases, admission may be granted to a meritorious candidate even one month after the cut-off date for medical admissions.
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