Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Delhi HC Order On St Stephen’s To Conduct UG Admissions Through CUET

Supreme Court today, October 19 refused to stay the Delhi High Court order that directed St Stephen’s College to conduct admissions on the basis of CUET scores without conducting interview. The Delhi University has welcomed the Supreme Court decision refused to stay a Delhi High Court order that asked St. Stephen’s College to follow the university’s admission policy. DU registrar Vikas Gupta told PTI, “the court has decided in the right spirit. As a matter to respect to the court we delayed the list. We are there for the students. They will face no issue during admission. Students need not to worry. The admission will be conducted as scheduled and the session will start on November 2.” DU Admission 2022 Live

The Delhi High Court had on September 12 asked St Stephen’s to conduct UG admissions following Delhi University admission policy, according to which 100 per cent weightage has to be given to the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-2022 score while granting admission to non-minority students in its undergraduate courses.

The High Court had said the college cannot conduct interviews for non-minority category students and that the admission should be as per the CUET score alone. The High Court had also said the rights accorded to a minority institution under the Constitution cannot be extended to non-minorities. It had said the college has the authority to conduct interviews, in addition to the CUET score, for the admission of Christian students but it cannot force the non-minority candidates to additionally undergo an interview.

Meanwhile, St Stephen’s wants to give 85 per cent weightage to CUET and 15 per cent to interviews for admitting students across categories.

– With PTI Inputs