Allahabad HC Directs Law College To Pay ₹5L Compensation To 35-Year-Old Student Whose Admission Was Annulled By It
The Allahabad High Court directed a law college to pay ₹5L compensation to a 35 year old law student whose admission was annulled by it.
The Court was hearing an Appeal against the judgment and order where the Writ Petition preferred by the Appellant-Writ Petitioner challenging the orders of the Registrar, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and Executive Examination Controller of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University was dismissed.
The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Vikas Budhwar observed, “…we modify the order of the learned Single Judge dated 28.08.2024 passed in Writ- C No. 33767 of 2022 while enhancing the monetary compensation from Rs. 30,000/- to Rs. 5,00,000/- which shall be paid by the Law College to the appellant-writ petitioner.”
Advocate Anjana appeared for the Appellant and Advocate Grijesh Tiwari appeared for the Respondent.
Brief Facts-
The Appellant, a student at Prabha Devi Bhagwati Prasad Vidhi Mahavidyalaya challenged the cancellation of his LLB admission after the University found him ineligible due to his earlier graduation, contrary to the requirement of the University. Despite submitting his documents on time, they were forwarded late, and while he was initially allowed to take the first-semester exams, his admission was later annulled following an inquiry. After filing several Petitions, including for re-evaluation of his answer sheets, the Appellant's plea was ultimately dismissed after the Court ruled that his admission was illegal. However, the college was ordered to refund Rs. 30,000 for the time and fees lost due to its oversight. Hence, the present Appeal.
The Court said that the Law College has acted not only in a careless and reckless manner but also exhibited conduct other than bona fide just in order to enrol and admit students in order to charge fees playing with their future.
The Court further said that once it is admitted to the Law College that the appellant-Writ Petitioner had not practised fraud and he submitted all the relevant documents and was accorded admission due to the fault of the Law College then in order to compensate the appellant-Writ Petitioner for jeopardising his academic career the amount of Rs. 5L to be awarded as monetary compensation is reasonable and not excessive.
Accordingly, the Court disposed of the Appeal.
Cause Title: Ajay Kumar Pandey v. State Of U.P. (Neutral Citation: 2024:AHC:163311-DB)
Appearance:
Appellant: Advocates Anjana and Sarveshwari Prasad
Respondent: Advocates Grijesh Tiwari and Nitin Chandra Mishra
