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Submit synopsis of college admission ruling, says Supreme Court

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Common entrance test for admissions suggested

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam to submit a synopsis on the implications of its judgment in Inamdar's case to enable it to dispose of individual petitions on merits.

A Bench, comprising Justices K.G. Balakrishnan and R.V. Raveendran, gave the direction after Mr. Subramaniam and counsel for the parties suggested that the Centre spell out its stand on various issues dealt with in the August 12, 2005 judgment.

(In that judgment, the Supreme Court held that admissions to unaided minority and non-minority professional educational institutions should be made only on the basis of a common entrance test.)

A seven-Judge Bench, while dealing with several aspects, had directed that about 100 petitions filed by the Centre and States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, All-India Medical and Engineering Colleges' Association and other individual colleges, should be disposed of separately. Petitions questioning the validity of the legislation enacted by the States of Karnataka and Kerala were also pending.

Court recommendations

The court, while abolishing quotas and reservation held that unaided institutions, minority or non-minority had unfettered fundamental right to choose students and the procedure subject to it being fair, transparent and non-exploitative.

The court recommended that admissions be regulated by a centralised common entrance test either at the State or national level and single window procedure. It put a complete ban on the collection of capitation fee.In today's hearing, the Bench asked Mr. Subramaniam to spell out the implications of the judgment on the Common Entrance Test, admission norms, fee structure, both in government and private aided and unaided colleges. The Bench also asked counsel for petitioners to submit a synopsis of the relief sought for by them keeping in view the Inamdar's judgment.

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