New Delhi, May 19: Students wishing to take admission in Jamia Millia Islamia for this academic session face an uncertain future with the Delhi High Court Wednesday refusing to grant a stay on an amendment conferring it minority status.
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) headed by Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui had recently granted “minority” status to the university which will enable it to reserve up to 50 percent seats for Muslim students.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday also made it clear that those students who get admission under the new reservation policy will have to wait for the final outcome of the court order.
The court will further hear the matter on July 14.
The bench was hearing the batch of public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the grant of minority status to Jamia Millia Islamia university.
–Agencies