7 years, 8 months ago

Madras HC Rejects Plea To Create Additional Seats For LLB

Madras High Court recently refused to create additional seats for open category in Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, and rejected a Petition filed by a student who had missed out on an opportunity to secure admissions due to a higher percentage of seats being reserved for different categories.The Court was hearing a Petition filed by one Ms. S. Aishwarya, who had contended that she. Madras High Court recently refused to create additional seats for open category in Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, and rejected a Petition filed by a student who had missed out on an opportunity to secure admissions due to a higher percentage of seats being reserved for different categories. In the said order, the Apex Court had, in August, 2014 directed the State to create additional seats, in view of the orders passed by the Supreme Court in the case of Indra Sawhney v. Union of India,, wherein it had been ruled that communal reservation shall not exceed 50%. “From the perusal of the said facts as extracted by the learned Single Judge in the above said order, it is evident that the Hon'ble Supreme Court has passed the order for creating additional seats only for that particular year and therefore, now the petitioner cannot approach this Court and seek for creation of additional seat for this year as well,” the Court observed while disposing of the Petition.

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