NEW DELHI: Invoking its extraordinary energy below Article 142 of the Structure to do full justice, Supreme Court on Monday got here to the rescue of a Dalit youth who couldn’t get admission in IIT-Dhanbad as a result of he couldn’t pay the admission charge of Rs 17,500 on time to safe his seat. Observing that “it can not permit such a gifted boy to go away” and miss the chance after cracking the robust entrance examination, a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra directed that the petitioner be admitted to {the electrical} engineering course.It directed IIT-Dhanbad to create an extra seat to accommodate him with out disturbing different college students who’ve been admitted.
“We’re affirmatively of the view {that a} gifted pupil just like the petitioner shouldn’t be left within the lurch. The ability of the court docket below Article 142 is to handle such conditions,” the SC stated in its order and directed that the petitioner be admitted in the identical batch by which he would have been taken in and be given all advantages similar to hostel admission. Eighteen yr outdated Atul Kumar had moved the SC because the final resort after he missed the deadline to pay the requisite charge. He had earlier approached Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Castes, Jharkhand Authorized Providers Authority and Madras excessive court docket to avoid wasting his hard-earned seat however did not get aid. The SC’s intervention ensured that he’ll be capable to pursue his engineering dream in IIT-Dhanbad. The counsel showing for the IIT Seat Allocation Authority opposed Kumar’s plea saying his login particulars indicated that he was getting all data concerning the date and time for making funds and he was effectively conscious of the requirement and the deadline. He stated that every one the scholars have been knowledgeable about the necessity to make the fee on the date of mock interview, a lot previous to the final date. The Authority stated that the scholar was despatched repeated reminders via SMS and WhatsApp and he shouldn’t take a stand that he was not conscious in regards to the due date.
The bench stated if the boy was receiving and responding to the messages then it confirmed that he was diligent and anxious in regards to the admission. It stated the true drawback was that he couldn’t handle to pay earlier than the 5 PM deadline. “Why are you opposing a lot? You need to see if one thing could possibly be completed and discover a manner out,” the bench advised the Seat Allocation Authority. CJI Chandrachud congratulated the youth, who was personally current in court docket and requested him to do effectively in research.
