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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
Bechu Kurian Thomas, J
Karthik K H – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent
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| 1. challenge to corpus fund as part of tuition (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. hearing of arguments presented (Para 3) |
| 3. precedent establishes corpus fund inclusion in fees (Para 4 , 5) |
JUDGMENT
The writ petition seeks to quash Ext.P8 notice and also for a direction commanding the 3rd respondent not to collect any amount towards the Corpus Fund, allegedly due from the petitioners.
2. Petitioners are MBBS students of the 3rd respondent college. The petitioners had obtained admission under the NRI quota. While fixing the fee for NRI quota, petitioners allege that the Admission Supervisory Committee fixed the fee as Rs.20 lakhs of which Rs.5 lakhs was to be paid as Corpus Fund. Petitioners contended that the amount payable towards the Corpus Fund cannot be regarded as fee payable by them, and on the basis of the judgment of the Supreme Court, produced as Ext.P4 and Ext.P7, they are not liable to pay any amount to such a Corpus Fund.
3. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents.
4. In Govind Krishnan v. State of Kerala [2026 KHC Online 194] a learned Single Judge of this Court had considered an identical issue and came to the conclusion
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