Court summons Delhi University Registrar,CBSE Secretary in marks case

The court’s direction came after the University counsel Maninder Acharya informed the court that the CBSE Secretary failed to turn up for a meeting recently.

Earlier,the Bench had directed the Central Board of Secondary Eduucation(CBSE) to verify the marks in a time-bound manner so that meritorious students would get admission in the colleges under the Delhi University.

The court had also directed the University to convene a meeting with the Secretary to sort out the problem.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Jalnidh Kaur through her counsel Prabhsahay Kaur who had alleged the prestigious St Stephens college had adopted an arbitrary admission policy that debarred her from taking admission in the Economics stream in the college.

The petitioner had obtained 94 per cent marks in Class XII examinations and placed among the best five students in the humanities in terms of marks obtained.

She,however,failed to qualify for admission by 0.2 per cent. Thereafter,she sent her answersheets for re-checking which resulted in an increase of her marks by 2 per cent making her eligible for admission.

The college,however,refused to admit her when she approached it afresh saying it had closed admissions.