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Dated this the 15th day of January, 2021 Petitioners 1 and 2 have approached this Court, aggrieved by the refusal of the 2nd respondent-Bank to sanction education loan to the 2nd petitioner, who is daughter of the 1st petitioner, for pursuing Pharm-D Course in Amrita School of Pharmacy headed by the 3rd respondent.

2. The 2nd petitioner is a bright student who has secured 9.8 GPA in her matriculation and 86.7% marks in 12th Standard Board Examination. Considering the meritorious record, the 3rd respondent-Principal admitted the 2nd petitioner to the Doctoral Course in Pharmacy (Regular) for the academic year 2017-'22. The 2nd petitioner secured distinction in her first year of Pharm-D Course and a First Class in the second year. The student even presented a research paper on “Detailed View on Repurposed Drugs, Tracking of Vaccines and brief view of Prophylactic Nanomedicines as an Alternative Approach and Patient Care for COVID-19”, the manuscript of which is acknowledged for publication in international journals.

3. Estimated course fee for Pharm-D is ₹16.73 lakhs and the 1st petitioner could pay course fee of her daughter for the first two years. T