End backdoor entries to educational institutions: HC
The Hindu
“Lakhs of students all over the country work hard and toil to secure admissions to educational institutions on the basis of their merit"
The Delhi High Court has remarked that permitting "backdoor" entry of students to any educational institution would be grossly unfair to those candidates who are denied admission, despite being more meritorious, on account of the seats being taken and blocked by such backdoor entrants.
"It is high time that such backdoor entries in educational institutions, including Medical Colleges, should stop. Lakhs of students all over the country work hard and toil to secure admissions to educational institutions on the basis of their merit," a bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh said.
The high court's remarks came while dismissing an appeal filed by five students who were granted admission in 2016 by L.N. Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal, without their undergoing the centralised counselling conducted by the Department of Medical Education (DME).
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