Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | National University of Juridical Sciences (Amendment) Act Law Admission |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | National University of Juridical Sciences (Amendment) Act,2018 – Reservation for students domiciled in State of West Bengalprovided – Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) conducted –Appellant who sought admission to five-year law course of theUniversity for Academic Session 2019-2020 contended that thebenefit of reservation was not extended in the said Academic Session– Writ petition dismissed by High Court – On appeal, held: AmendingAct came into force at once on 21.05.2019 but there was no provisionin the Act that it will apply to the on-going admission process –Admission process was initiated in January 2019 – Reservationpolicy of 30% seats was not available on the date when the admissionprocess was initiated – Thus, the decision of the University to providereservation from the next Academic Year is not contradictory to theprovisions of the Amending Act – No error in the findings recordedby the High Court warranting interference – West Bengal NationalUniversity of Juridical Sciences Act, 1999. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta |
Neutral Citation | 2020 INSC 541 |
Petitioner | Shreyas Sinha |
Respondent | The West Bengal National University Of Juridical Sciences & Ors. |
SCR | [2020] 9 S.C.R. 869 |
Judgement Date | 2020-09-09 |
Case Number | 3085 |
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