The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi University to fill up vacant seats in LLB Course within two weeks.
"It is unfair if seats in a prestigious institute like Delhi University (DU) go waste despite meritorious candidates," says Delhi High Court while directing the university to fill up vacant seats across all categories in its LLB course within two weeks.
The direction was given by Justice Rekha Palli while hearing petitions by three aspirants who failed to get admission to DU despite vacant seats in the course. The court has said that the university will fill up the seats after considering all eligible candidates including the petitioners as per their merit. If needed, the university must also provide additional classes for the newly admitted students, the court added.
The court said, “There is no gainsaying that the aim of counselling in any institution is to fill up the maximum available seats by granting an opportunity to deserving and eligible candidates to gain education and knowledge. Unarguably, Delhi University is one of the premier institutes in imparting education across the country, and it is a dream for many students to get their education from a university of this repute. It would be unfair to the candidates if seats in such a prestigious institute are allowed to go to waste, despite there being candidates with merit to fill the same."
“The writ petitions deserve to be allowed, and are accordingly, allowed, by directing the respondent to fill up within two weeks all the available vacant seats in LLB course across all the categories, by considering all eligible candidates, including the petitioners, as per their merit. Needless to state, if there is any requirement for these students to attend additional classes, the respondent will ensure that the same are conducted well within time,” the court added, as reported by NDTV.
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