Delhi High Court issues Notice to Delhi University over Language Discrimination

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The Delhi High Court has issued notices to Delhi University and the Government of India on a petition filed by the students of Delhi University pointing out the University’s arbitrary and irrational selection criteria for the undergraduate courses.

The calculation of “best of four” marks based on which admission to various courses is done is restricted only to those subjects mentioned in the common prospectus of the University. Unfortunately, the list includes only Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi and excludes all the other Indian languages mentioned in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India. If any subject other than those mentioned in the said list is included in the calculation of “Best four marks” there is a deduction of 2.5 % in the aggregate score.


This causes much discomfiture for those students who chose their regional language for the board exams as elective subjects and have scored high in the same. The illogical and arbitrary exclusion of most of the regional languages by a Central University is an infringement on the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14, Article 19, Article 21 and Article 29 (2) of the Constitution, argued the petitioners.

In spite of several requests, protests and even a letter written by Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, to the Prime Minister and the MHRD Minister, there was no response from the University. University had till now blatantly ignored this linguistic discrimination done to students travelling all the way from far south and far east of the country with the dream of studying in India’s premier colleges.
The students who failed to get admission in colleges of their choice due to this discrimination approached Pravasi Legal Cell, an NGO based in New Delhi working to empower people with the power of law, seeking help in taking up the issue up to the Court. Subsequently, the petition was filed through Advocate Jose Abraham, President of Pravasi Legal Cell. Advocates Srivignesh and Neema Noor Muhamad of Pravasi Legal Cell appeared for the petitioners. The case is listed for further hearing on 26th November, 2018.

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