Delhi HC Refuses To Interfere With Delhi University’s Decision Denying Admission To Foreign National Student In LLB Course
The Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the decision of the Delhi University denying admission to a foreign national student in the five-year LL.B. Course.
The student had filed a writ petition seeking directions to make provisions for admission for foreign nationals/students in the integrated B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) or B.B.A LL.B. (Hons.) courses, in accordance with Foreign Students’ Registry (FSR) guidelines for the current Academic Session 2023-2024.
A Single Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said, “Since respondent no.1-University has taken a policy decision to not to provide admission in the concerned Academic Year i.e. 2023-2024 for which almost the entire admission process is over, except for BBA LLB (Hons) five-year integrated programme (spot round-1) is going on, this court finds no reason to interfere into the aforesaid decision and to direct the respondent no.1 University to grant admission the petitioner against this category.”
Advocate Rajiv Jaipal appeared on behalf of the petitioner while Advocate Mohinder J.S. Rupal appeared on behalf of the respondents.
The petitioner was registered with the respondents under the foreign student category. The University got approval from the Bar Council of India (BCI) to introduce integrated five-year BA LLB (Hons.) and BBA LLB (Hons.) course in the Academic Session 2023-2024. Thereafter, the it sought to admit the students on the basis of the merit in Common Law Admission Test, 2023 (CLAT) result. However, the said notification was challenged before the High Court by one of the students in W.P.(C)10737/2023 titled as Prince Singh v. Faculty of Law.
The Division Bench in the aforesaid petition, permitted the University to go ahead with the admission based on the CLAT result. The University, thereafter, published the prospectus for integrated five-year BA LLB (Hons.) and BBA LLB (Hons.) courses where no provision for admission to foreign national students was made. The petitioner tried to contact the University to seek necessary clarification with respect to the aforesaid aspect, however, no satisfactory answer was given, therefore, the petitioner approached the court in the writ petition.
The High Court after hearing the contentions of the counsel observed, “That apart, it is to be noted that respondent no.1-University in its counter-affidavit and also in its reply to the application filed by the petitioner has indicated various reasons, as to why, the admission in the present Academic Year cannot be granted to foreign national students.”
The Court said that the University must endeavour to include the concerned quota from the upcoming academic session as per the extant regulations.
Accordingly, the High Court dismissed the petition.
Cause Title- Maahi Neil Jaipal (Minor) v. University of Delhi & Ors. (Neutral Citation: 2023:DHC:8586)
