New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday pulled up the Delhi University for "unilaterally" asking St Stephen's College to admit students over and above the sanctioned seats and said it would compromise the quality of education.
A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela told the counsel for DU, "If you are asking the college to do so, you are diluting the education. You are compromising the quality of education. Will that be in the interest of students?"
"Prima facie, the university cannot unilaterally ask any college to take admissions over and above the sanctioned strength. Sanctioned strength means what was sanctioned at the time of granting affiliation or recognition to a course in a college," i...