Constitution of India – Art. 142 – Exercise of power under – Indian Institute of Technology IIT-Admission – Schedule caste category student allotted seat in Electrical Engineering course at IIT – Took all steps to comply with all formalities pursuant to the allotment to him of a seat for the course, however, lost his admission to IIT since he was late in paying the online admission fee of Rs 17,500/- by a few minutes – Challenge to:
Held: Petitioner logged in as many as on six occasions and uploaded the documents, which evidently indicates that he was making earnest efforts to log into the portal – No conceivable reason why the petitioner would not have done so if he had the wherewithal to pay the fees of Rs 17,500 – Talented student like the petitioner who belongs to a marginalized group of citizens and has done everything to secure admission should not be left in the lurch – Power of this Court u/Art.142 to do substantial justice is meant precisely to cover such a situation – Petitioner to be granted admission to IIT Dhanbad against the seat which was allotted to him in the branch of Electrical Engineering – Supernumerary seat to be created for the petitioner, if so required. [Paras 6, 7]
As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Headnotes prepared by: Nidhi Jain. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.
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