Uniformity needed for admissions: Bombay HC

Mumbai: The Bombay high court has said that the state government needs to adopt a uniform mechanism for the admission of students to all its universities.

A division bench of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice M.S. Karnik was hearing a petition filed by two students stating that two colleges had refused them admission to the Master’s course in law because they unintentionally mentioned the marks secured by them in their final year of graduation instead of the average marks secured in their three-year law degree course.

The students’ counsel argued, “Both of them were unaware of the procedure and inadvertently filled up the final year marks instead of the average marks of the last three years. They are capable enough for the course and should not be deprived of future studies due to an unintentional mistake.”

While directing the colleges to give admission to these students, the court observed that there was disparity in the admission process in many educational institutions.

“In some universities, the marks obtained only in the last year are considered as those obtained in graduation while some universities consider the average of the marks obt-ained in all years’ examinations as final marks,” the court observed.