SC asks Centre to explore ways for providing a seat to the Dalit student in IIT Bombay

Supreme Court has asked the Centre's counsel for finding a way to provide admission to a Dalit boy to IIT, Bombay after he failed to deposit his fees due to the non-functioning of his credit card.

The top court of India has come to the aid of a Dalit boy, Prince Singh from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh who missed out on admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay due to the non-functioning of his credit card.
The Supreme Court has directed the counsel appearing for the Centre to find out the details of admissions in IIT, Bombay and look for the possibility to admit him. The court has asked advocate Sonal Jain who appeared for Joint Seat Allocation Authority and IIT, Bombay to explore the possibility of accommodating the boy by November 22.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and  DY Chandrachud said “He is a Dalit boy who missed out a seat for no fault of his. He has cracked an IIT exam and was about to take admissions in IIT, Bombay. How many such children are able to do this? The court must sometimes rise above the law. Who knows 10-years down the line he may be the leader of our nation”.
“Look, we can also raise five different points of law and show him the door like the High Court has done. But this is a humanitarian thing and sometimes we must rise above the law”, the court added.
The student has got 864 rank in the reserved category in the entrance examination and is willing to take admission in any IITs if not IIT, Bombay. The bench is expected to pass the order on November 22.

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