Time gap cannot be bar for admission: Delhi HC to Jamia

The Delhi High Court has asked the Jamia Milia Islamia University to consider the plea of two students who were denied admission in Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) course on the ground that they had passed intermediate examination a decade ago and are now seeking admission in degree a course. The Court also slapped a cost of Rs 15,000 on the University for denying admission to them in BDS course 2009-2010. Allowing two separate petitions filed by Abhay Singh Kushwaha and Mohmed Yaseen seeking direction to the University for their admission in BDS course, Justice Anil Kumar, in a recent judgement, set aside the July 24 order passed by the University denying admission to them. Filing the petitions, the students contended the University's decision was "arbitrary and illogical" as they had cleared all other tests for the course and attended the counselling conducted by the University on July 23. They claimed that they had also appeared before the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry and till then the authority had no objection to their time gap but when they were called for admission in August, they were not allowed to complete the formalities. The court rejected the University's argument that Abhay had passed the intermediate in 1998 and Yaseen in 1999 and there is a long gap between the intermediate and BDS course.

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