NEW DELHI: The Delhi top court docket has slammed Delhi University for committing a "serious lapse" in preparation of the listing to award gold medal in Sociology and directed it to offer the gold medal to a former scholar who had secured the best possible marks.
Justice Rekha Palli directed the Delhi University to straight away award the "Kunda Datar Gold Medal" to its 2012-2014 batch scholar Pratichi Majumdar, who had scored 999 out of one,600 marks.
The top court docket stated the college has didn't discharge its duties by means of depriving a meritorious scholar just like the petitioner of the gold medal which she deserved.
It also rejected the submission that Majumdar was no longer entitled to any relief as she has taken an "inordinate" time of 8 months in approaching them to point out the mistake committed by means of the college.
"In my thought to be opinion, the stated objection is wholly advantage less in view of the info of the present case, which finds that the time of 8 months taken by means of the petitioner to manner the Respondents for the vital correction can't be treated as laches on her part.
"Even in a different way, the respondents, having didn't discharge their duties in the means anticipated of them, a meritorious scholar just like the petitioner can't be disadvantaged of the Gold Medal which she merits. For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition is authorized and respondents (DU and others) are directed to straight away award the Kunda Datar Gold Medal to the petitioner," the judge stated.
Majumdar was a scholar of Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, who had passed the MA (Sociology) path from the Department of Sociology in August 2014.
In her plea, she contended that the result of the 2014 MA (Sociology) was to start with declared on June 2, 2014, in which one Sophia Zehra Abbas was declared to have secured 977 out of one,600 marks.
The result of Majumdar and many different scholars have been shown as 'Result Later'.
Subsequently, on August 6, 2014, the remainder listing of students of the similar batch was launched, in which Majumdar was declared to have secured 999 out of one,600 marks.
As per the results, Majumdar scored the best possible marks. But on February 23, 2015, the college circulated a Provisional Merit List which failed to come with Majumdar's title. When the once a year convocation of DU was hung on May 30, 2015, the gold medal for MA (Sociology) was awarded to Abbas, who was in fact the 4th rank holder.
Aggrieved by means of this, Majumdar made more than a few representations no longer best to the Deputy Controller of Examination, but in addition to the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University, but to no avail.
The petition also contended that later, a letter was won by means of the petitioner's father from the Dean (Examination), Delhi University informing him that the names of the awardees were printed at the legit website online of the college on May 20, 2015 and, since no objection or representation of any sort were won from the dep. or from some other scholar, the University was absolutely justified in awarding the Gold Medal to Abbas.
Justice Rekha Palli directed the Delhi University to straight away award the "Kunda Datar Gold Medal" to its 2012-2014 batch scholar Pratichi Majumdar, who had scored 999 out of one,600 marks.
The top court docket stated the college has didn't discharge its duties by means of depriving a meritorious scholar just like the petitioner of the gold medal which she deserved.
It also rejected the submission that Majumdar was no longer entitled to any relief as she has taken an "inordinate" time of 8 months in approaching them to point out the mistake committed by means of the college.
"In my thought to be opinion, the stated objection is wholly advantage less in view of the info of the present case, which finds that the time of 8 months taken by means of the petitioner to manner the Respondents for the vital correction can't be treated as laches on her part.
"Even in a different way, the respondents, having didn't discharge their duties in the means anticipated of them, a meritorious scholar just like the petitioner can't be disadvantaged of the Gold Medal which she merits. For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition is authorized and respondents (DU and others) are directed to straight away award the Kunda Datar Gold Medal to the petitioner," the judge stated.
Majumdar was a scholar of Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, who had passed the MA (Sociology) path from the Department of Sociology in August 2014.
In her plea, she contended that the result of the 2014 MA (Sociology) was to start with declared on June 2, 2014, in which one Sophia Zehra Abbas was declared to have secured 977 out of one,600 marks.
The result of Majumdar and many different scholars have been shown as 'Result Later'.
Subsequently, on August 6, 2014, the remainder listing of students of the similar batch was launched, in which Majumdar was declared to have secured 999 out of one,600 marks.
As per the results, Majumdar scored the best possible marks. But on February 23, 2015, the college circulated a Provisional Merit List which failed to come with Majumdar's title. When the once a year convocation of DU was hung on May 30, 2015, the gold medal for MA (Sociology) was awarded to Abbas, who was in fact the 4th rank holder.
Aggrieved by means of this, Majumdar made more than a few representations no longer best to the Deputy Controller of Examination, but in addition to the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University, but to no avail.
The petition also contended that later, a letter was won by means of the petitioner's father from the Dean (Examination), Delhi University informing him that the names of the awardees were printed at the legit website online of the college on May 20, 2015 and, since no objection or representation of any sort were won from the dep. or from some other scholar, the University was absolutely justified in awarding the Gold Medal to Abbas.
Gold medal: HC slams DU over 'serious lapse'
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