HC directs JNU to admit disabled students into M.Phil, Ph.D
New Delhi, July 27 : The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to admit disabled students, who have cleared the entrance examinations, into the M.Phil and Ph.D courses.
The order by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar came while hearing a petition filed by the National Federation of the Blind against JNU's admission policy 2018-19, alleging that it has failed to grant any relaxation to disabled persons in the entrance examination despite statutory prescription.
The federation's counsel, senior advocate S.K. Rungta told the bench that the university has not uploaded result of the successful students under the Persons With Disability (PWD) category on its website.
Expressing its disappointment, the bench said that it is upset to hear that the university has failed to discharge its duties and said why it is waiting for court's order for uploading the result in the website. The court also pointed out that various litigants related to JNU are pending before the courts as the university has no business to do in the courtrooms.
The bench directed the university to display the entire result on the website and grant admission to successful candidates.
The court, however, clarified that its earlier order, which had barred the JNU from allowing admission to the five per cent unfilled seats for disabled students for M.Phil and Ph.D courses, shall not intervene in the way of JNU in granting admission to the successful disabled students.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
