BU went against court order, let 100 students complete B.Ed.

High Court imposes Rs. 2 lakh fine on college; tells it not to admit students without affiliation

In a surprising decision, Bangalore University had allowed 100 students — who were admitted to the B.Ed. course by a private college not affiliated to the university as per the law — to complete the entire course, though the High Court of Karnataka in June 2014 had directed the university to allow them to appear only for the first semester examination.

The High Court recently found that there was no direction to the university to announce the results of these 100 students, who were admitted for the academic year 2013–14, and also there was no direction for allowing them to appear for the second semester exam.

Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri, who was hearing the petitions filed by St. Stephen’s Teachers College, Jalahalli here, and the students, also found that the university had neither sought vacation of the interim order passed by the court on June 3, 2014, allowing them to appear only for the first semester exams nor filed its objection to the petitions.

“The university has acted on its own in announcing the results of the petitioners, issuing the statement of marks, and in permitting them to appear for the second semester examinations. The students graduated from the college one year ago,” the court said.

However, the court, in its November 9, 2015 order, decided to end the issue by observing that “now it is not feasible, if not impossible, to put the clock back” and disposed of the petitions.

Meanwhile, the court, dealing with petitions filed by the college and another 100 students, who were admitted to the B.Ed. course for 2014–15 sans affiliation from the university, directed the university to transfer these students to other colleges and allow only those petitioner-students who have necessary requirements for admission to B.Ed. and have requisite attendance to appear for the first semester exams.

Noticing the conduct of the college, the court imposed a fine of Rs. 2 lakh on the college, besides directing it not to admit any student to the succeeding academic year without affiliation to the university.

High Court imposes

Rs. 2 lakh fine on college; tells it not to admit students without affiliation