Delhi HC Quashes St Stephen's Plea, Directs It To Follow DU's Admission Process

St Stephen's had challenged DU's letter asking it to provide 100 percent weightage to CUET marks for admissions.

The Delhi High Court on Monday, 12 September, directed St Stephen's College to conform to the admission policy set by Delhi University (DU) and accord 100 percent weightage to the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 marks while providing admission to non-minority students for undergraduate programmes.

"The petitioner is directed to follow the admission policy 2022-2023 as formulated by respondent 1 to this extent. The petitioner college must withdraw its admission prospectus and issue of public notice," the court said, as per news agency PTI.

However, the bench, headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, said that the DU "cannot insist upon a single merit list for admission of candidates belonging to Christian community regardless of denomination etc."