St Stephen's College Releases Christian Students List Amid Quota Exceeding Charges By DU

Amid the ongoing turf between Delhi University and St Stephen’s College, the latter has issued admission lists of Christian candidates who got admitted to different programs in the college. The admission list is available on the official website of St Stephen’s College.

The Delhi University accused St Stephen’s College of exceeding the sanctioned quota for Christian students in the revised seat allocation list. Also, DU alleged the vacancy of BA program seats despite students being eligible for admissions under the CUET score category.

The university said to identify several ‘crucial and alarming aspects’ in the list submitted by St Stephen’s College. The two institutes have also disputed some issues in the past.

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This year, tension arose when the college denied admission to 12 single-girl child students who applied under DU’s supernumerary quota system introduced last year. St Stephen’s College argued that the university requested to admit students beyond their admission capacity for the session.

St Stephen’s College also argued in the Delhi High Court that admitting a student under the ‘single girl child’ quota infringes on the principle of equality before the law. The college counsel said that the girl child quota is against the Article 14, 15(3), 15(5) and 30 of the constitution, claiming that the allocation of seats under the quota violates these four articles.

The High Court inquired whether the college raised the objection in the past also.