Mumbai varsity asks law college to return excess fees it collected from students
8 years, 3 months ago

Mumbai varsity asks law college to return excess fees it collected from students

Hindustan Times  

In a move that has no precedence in the recent past, the University of Mumbai has directed a law college in Goregaon to refund excess fees it collected from students. In their complaints, the students have alleged that despite charging exorbitant fee, the college didn’t provide basic facilities on the campus and neither it issued proper receipts for the amount collected. Two former students of the college, Nimesh Savla and Saurabh Mashelkar, filed a complaint with the university’s Student Grievance Redressal Cell alleging that the college hiked its fee beyond the limits prescribed by the varsity. The students said that despite the excessive fee, the college didn’t provide basic facilities on the campus and neither it issued proper receipts for the amount collected.

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Students protest hike in Mysore varsity exam fee
2 months, 1 week ago

Students protest hike in Mysore varsity exam fee

The Hindu  

Students, under the banner of AIDSO, on Monday staged a demonstration in front of Crawford Hall in protest against the increase in university’s examination fees. AIDSO State Treasurer Subhash Bettadakoppa, who addressed the students, said many talented students from poor and middle-class families pursue higher education in the university. However, the university’s move, marked by a 10% annual increase in …

Educational institutions refund excess fee after Fee Regulatory Commission crackdown
3 months ago

Educational institutions refund excess fee after Fee Regulatory Commission crackdown

The Hindu  

As the Fee Regulatory Committee issued stringent warnings to educational institutions collecting fees in excess of the government mandated structure, the Dr. Ambedkar Institute Of Technology refunded ₹2.12 lakh to a student from whom it had collected excess fee for a COMED-K seat. The committee then acted upon those complaints and ensured that all the students secured admissions without paying …

Telangana High Court To Examine Authority Of Osmania University's VC To Reduce Fees Of Affiliated Colleges
7 months, 1 week ago

Telangana High Court To Examine Authority Of Osmania University's VC To Reduce Fees Of Affiliated Colleges

Live Law  

A recent petition filed in the Telangana High Court has questioned the authority of Osmania University's Vice Chancellor to reduce fees for affiliated colleges. The case, brought forward by Koradala Naresh representing the Telangana Private Degree College Management Association, challenges the University's decision to lower the "Other Fee" from Rs. Justice T. Vinod Kumar issued notices to the respondents in …

Thane college fined ₹1.1 lakh for delaying marksheets by three years
1 year, 7 months ago

Thane college fined ₹1.1 lakh for delaying marksheets by three years

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The University of Mumbai has imposed a fine of ₹1.1 lakh on the Institute of Management and Computer Studies in Thane after two students had to wait for three years to get their graduation marksheets due to administrative mismanagement. HT Image Former students, Kritika Rathod and Malayel Bavachan, had appeared for their final year Bachelor of Management Studies examinations …

MNLU Mumbai: Two-Year M.A. Mediation And Conflict Resolution Course [Register By June 30]
1 year, 9 months ago

MNLU Mumbai: Two-Year M.A. Mediation And Conflict Resolution Course [Register By June 30]

Live Law  

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, established under the Maharashtra National Law University Act VI of 2014 is one of India's premier National Law Universities. The Act envisaged establishing National Law University in Maharashtra to impart advanced legal education and promote society-oriented research in legal studies for the advancement of the social life of the people in the country. If the …

"Charge Only 50% Of Hostel Rent From Students For COVID Period": P&H High Court Directs RGNUL To Refund Additional Amount
2 years, 3 months ago

"Charge Only 50% Of Hostel Rent From Students For COVID Period": P&H High Court Directs RGNUL To Refund Additional Amount

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala to charge only 50% of the hostel rent from the students for the COVID period and would refund the remaining amount to the students within a period of four weeks.The bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Vikram Aggarwal took note of …

Students' Complaint 'misdirected', Says Allahabad University VC Amid Protest Over Fee Hike
2 years, 5 months ago

Students' Complaint 'misdirected', Says Allahabad University VC Amid Protest Over Fee Hike

News 18  

Amid the ongoing protest by students against fee hike, Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Sangita Srivastava on Wednesday said their complaint was “misdirected” and promised to waive off the entire fee of those hailing from poor background and orphaned during Covid. Srivastava’s message shared on the university’s official Twitter handle said the fee per student annually for the past several decades …

Students-management face off over increased fee in Madhya Pradesh university
2 years, 7 months ago

Students-management face off over increased fee in Madhya Pradesh university

The Hindu  

A ₹7,500 fee per subject for remedial classes for short attendance has become a bone of contention between the students and the management of Dharmshastra National Law University in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. This increased fee, said the affected students, was 15 times the ₹500 per subject fee that those with short attendance had been paying to reappear in the exams …

Stop 'Fraudulent' Practice Of Recovering Late Fee Imposed On Colleges By Universities From Students: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Stop 'Fraudulent' Practice Of Recovering Late Fee Imposed On Colleges By Universities From Students: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to take appropriate steps to stop the fraudulent practice being adopted by the colleges of recovering, late fees, penalties imposed upon them by the universities, from their students.The Bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary pointed towards the fraud being played by a large number of colleges by recovering late fees and. …

SC imposes ₹5 crore fine on UP college, forms trust to help needy students
4 years ago

SC imposes ₹5 crore fine on UP college, forms trust to help needy students

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a hefty fine of ₹five crore on a medical college in Uttar Pradesh for illegally admitting MBBS students and directed the amount to be utilised for helping needy students get admission into UP’s medical colleges. On January 11, 2021, a Supreme Court bench, led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, reprimanded the executive …

Present complaint over fees if any, Mahatma Gandhi University to students
6 years, 9 months ago

Present complaint over fees if any, Mahatma Gandhi University to students

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTTAYAM: The Mahatma Gandhi University has asked the students' union leaders to present their objections on the increased fees structure implemented recently. The university had imposed additional charges for services like revaluation of examination sheets, improvement of examinations, attendance shortage and getting transcript certificate. The decision was to bring the fees structure at par with that of Kerala and Calicut …

SC Tells Maharashtra Fee Regulating Authority To Hear Students, Parents Before Raising Fee Of Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions
7 years, 2 months ago

SC Tells Maharashtra Fee Regulating Authority To Hear Students, Parents Before Raising Fee Of Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court vacation bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice UU Lalit on Friday observed that the fee regulating authority constituted under Section 11 of the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions Act of 2015 must devise a mechanism to afford an opportunity of being heard to affected students in its decisions. The Supreme Court vacation bench of …

Fees slashed at many of Mumbai’s professional colleges
7 years, 11 months ago

Fees slashed at many of Mumbai’s professional colleges

Hindustan Times  

The Sardar Patel Institute of Technology in Andheri, the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology in Wadala, the DJ Sanghvi College in Vile Parle and the Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research are some of the prominent professional colleges in the city who had their fees reduced significantly by the state’s fee regulating authority. This is the first time FRA has …

Ensure No Excess Fee Is Collected From Students: Madras HC [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Ensure No Excess Fee Is Collected From Students: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the authorities to ensure in future that no excess fee is collected from students illegally.This observation by the high court bench comprising Justice S. Nagamuthu and Justice M.V. Higher Secondary School, complaining that the school authorities were collecting excess fee from. The Madras High Court has directed the authorities to ensure in future that …

Ensure No Excess Fee Is Collected From Students: Madras HC [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Ensure No Excess Fee Is Collected From Students: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the authorities to ensure in future that no excess fee is collected from students illegally.This observation by the high court bench comprising Justice S. Nagamuthu and Justice M.V. Higher Secondary School, complaining that the school authorities were collecting excess fee from. The Madras High Court has directed the authorities to ensure in future that …

Bangalore college asked to refund admission fee
15 years, 7 months ago

Bangalore college asked to refund admission fee

The Hindu  

The City Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the management of an engineering college to return with interest the admission fee collected from an NRI student. Mr. Behraj filed a complaint before the 1st Additional Bangalore District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum seeking refund of the amount with 18 per cent interest and compensation of Rs.50,000. The Forum referred to a …

Fees and frustration
21 years, 5 months ago

Fees and frustration

The Hindu  

Maharashtra medical college admissions are stuck in a mess and all concerned wait for the Supreme Court's verdict on the revised fee structure submitted to it by the State government. Private unaided professional colleges in Maharashtra were allowed to determine their own fees after a Supreme Court ruling in October 2002, which essentially freed them from government control on critical …

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