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SC begins hearing on state regulation on private colleges
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today began hearing on a bunch of petitions for determination of the ambit power of the state governments to regulate fee structure and process of selection of candidates for private unaided minority educational institutions.
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today began
hearing on a bunch of petitions for determination of the ambit
power of the state governments to regulate fee structure and
process of selection of candidates for private unaided
minority educational institutions.
Thousands of candidates are awaiting the outcome of the
hearing of the petitions as most of the states and numerous
private reputed colleges have virtually frozen the admission
process for professional courses - medicine, dental and
engineering - for this academic year.
The court also mentioned about the controversy over seats
in professional colleges being sold for a fee and said would
examine the issues pertaining to capitation fee.
A five-judge constitution bench comprising chief justice
V N Khare, Justice S N Variava, Justice K G Balakrishnan.
Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice S B Sinha made it clear
right at the beginning that they would hear the petitions
strictly within the parameters laid down by the 11-judge
constitution bench in its judgement pertaining to minority
educational institutions.
The chief justice said that they would only attempt to clarify the law laid down by the 11-judge bench and "it will not review the judgement pronounced last year."
The bench was given assurances by various state governments, Medical Council of India (MCI) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) that the law declared by the Supreme Court would override the rules and regulations framed by them for educational institutions.
Bureau Report
The chief justice said that they would only attempt to clarify the law laid down by the 11-judge bench and "it will not review the judgement pronounced last year."
The bench was given assurances by various state governments, Medical Council of India (MCI) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) that the law declared by the Supreme Court would override the rules and regulations framed by them for educational institutions.
Bureau Report