Delhi High Court Requests Responses from the Central Government and UGC Regarding Exclusive CLAT-Based Admissions for Law Courses at DU; Check Details Here

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought responses from both the Central government and the University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding the decision by Delhi University (DU) to admit students to its law courses exclusively through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). 

The court passed the order on August 25 after the center's counsel mentioned that CUET was not mandatory for central universities as it relishes autonomy in matters of admission while the UGC’s lawyer took a contrary stand. Delhi University's (DU) decision to admit students exclusively through CLAT for its law programs has raised major concerns. 

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According to the Centre’s lawyer “the Common University Entrance Test is not mandatory for central universities and that they enjoy autonomy in the matter of admission… University Grants Commission (lawyer) categorically states that it is mandatory for all central universities to adhere to the CUET for admission to UG/ PG programs,” noted a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula. The bench has added, that UGC and the Union of India will get one week of time to file a detailed counter-affidavit. 

Prince Singh, a law student at campus Law Center at Delhi University and the petitioner, contended in his petition that the university while issuing the challenged notification imposed a “wholly unreasonable and arbitrary condition” that the admission for the five-year integrated law program would be on the basis of merit in the CLAT-UG result. The petitioner mentioned that this is violative of the Right to Equality under Article 14 and the Right to Education under Article 21.

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The petition argued that the requirement lacks a visible distinction and lacks a logical connection with the goal of admissions to the five-year integrated law programs at the Faculty of Law. It sought admission to five-year integrated law courses that should be done through CUET-UG 2023. 

The court has mentioned that the other universities were taking admission for the course based on CUET UG 2023 so why not Delhi University? The court also added that Delhi University was “not special”. The matter would be heard next on September 12.

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