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This is an archive article published on June 26, 2014
FYUP students seek relief, HC says wait till end of vacation
The plea was mentioned before the vacation bench on Wednesday, on grounds that it needed to be heard urgently.
A group of students, who taken admission in Delhi University under its four-year undergraduate programme FYUP last year, approached the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against the “grossly arbitrary and whimsical action” of the UGC and the Ministry of HRD “in arbitrarily deciding to scrap the four-year undergraduate programme.”
The plea was mentioned before the vacation bench of Justices Pratibha Rani and V Kameswar Rao on Wednesday, on grounds that it needed to be heard urgently. The bench has, however, declined to hear the plea and has directed that it be taken up by the appropriate bench on July 1, when the courts reopen after the summer break.
The court also observed that the matter required “proper lengthy hearing” and could not be heard by the vacation bench. “This matter requires proper hearing. Four days will not make much of a difference,” the court said.
Senior Advocate Meet Malhotra, who appeared on behalf of the students, argued that the decision to change the system after having admitted students under FYUP last year would “ruin the careers of thousands of students”. The students also claimed that the University Grants Commission did not have the authority to overturn the decision taken by the DU Academic Council.
The vacation bench of the High Court also declined to hear the PIL filed by Advocate R K Kapoor, who had on Tuesday sought orders for the DU to “immediately” implement the three-year system as directed by the UGC. Kapoor had also sought early hearing of the matter on Wednesday morning. Both the petitions will now be heard by the appropriate court on July 1.
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