Delhi High Court has sought the response of Delhi University, on a appeal by a lawyer who has alleged that the admission process for M. Phil and Ph.d courses in the University, is inconsistent.
Delhi High Court has sought the response of Delhi University, on a appeal by a lawyer who has alleged that the admission process for M. Phil and Ph.d courses in the University, is inconsistent.
The plea filed by advocate Jamshed Ansari, who has alleged that DU violated University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines to ‘arbitrarily’ precede the inclusion of students into its Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.d) courses.
Justice Manmohan issued the notice to DU and has asked it to send an appropriate reply by March 16th, 2015, which is also the next date of hearing in the case.
The petition quoted, “As per the UGC regulation, 2009, DU is bound to admit M. Phil/ Ph. D students through an entrance test followed by an interview. After admission these students are required to undertake course work for a minimum period of one semester.” Apart from that, the petition also talks about the disregarded regulations by the varsity, to admit students based on interviews only and not undertaking the minimum one semester coursework.
The advocate has also claimed that DU helped those candidates take admission in the courses, who were known to the staff.
Ansari says in his plea that he has applied for the Ph.D programme under DU’s Faculty of Law against the notification for the same issued on January 8th. He claimed that though he had appeared for the interview on February 18th, he did not qualify for the program due to the alleged arbitrary admission procedure.
Of late, DU has been involved in a number of controversies, latest being the order of de-recognition of its Law faculty from Delhi High Court.
