Delhi HC Requests Responses From The UGC And The Centre Regarding DU Law Admissions Only Through The CLAT

In response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Centre notified the Delhi High Court that Central universities do not need to take the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), and they have admissions autonomy.

Prince Singh, a law student at the DU Law Faculty, filed a complaint against the university's recently introduced five-year integrated law courses, which are solely based on the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023, and demanded the use of CUET scores for admission. The case was being heard by a division bench made up of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula.

On August 17, the court informed the DU that it is not "special" to give admissions solely based on the results of CLAT 2023 when CUET scores are taken into account by other Central Universities. However, the University Grants Commission (UGC) took a contrary stance during the hearing and claimed that all Central Universities must conform to the CUET score for admission to UG or PG programmes.

The petition was then posted for further review on September 12 after the court gave the UGC and the Centre a week to submit a thorough counter affidavit.