Students future at Stake As They Have To Appear In Two Tests. NALSAR Prof. Faizan Mustafa, has filed a reply affidavit before the Supreme Court, in the plea against NLAT, supporting cancellation of separate admission test to NLSIU.
In the affidavit filed in the capacity as the Secretary-in-Charge of the Consortium of NLUs, Prof.
Mustafa has submitted that there is no provision either in the MoU signed by the NLUs or in the Consortium Bye- laws which permits a member of Consortium to conduct its own admission test.
Committee clarified that the decision to postpone CLAT was taken in the interest of students’ health however the exam will not be postponed any further as latest Unlock Guidelines do not permit any state to announce their own Lockdown.
The submission has come in the plea challenging NLAT 2020, filed by former Vice Chancellor of NLSIU, Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao and an aggrieved parent of a CLAT aspirant.
Responding on behalf of the Consortium, in discharge of his duties of Secretary-in-charge, Prof.
Mustafa informed the Top Court that during Consortium deliberations on CLAT schedule, the Executive Committee did discuss the difficulties which NLSIU may face due to its trimester system but the NLSIU VC did not express any dissent.
Mustafa pointed out that various Consortium meetings were held during the month of August however, NLSIU VC did not inform them about their internal meetings dated August 6, August 12 and August 18 whereby the had resolved to conduct a separate exam.
“It is submitted that being a member of the Consortium, more so its Secretary and Treasurer, it was expected that the Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, would disclose/inform to the Executive Committee of the Consortium, of which he was a part, in its meeting dated 27.08.2020that about the decision of the Executive Council and Faculty of NLSIU to conduct a separate examination for admission.
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It may be noted that the faculty arrived at a decision to conduct a separate examination on 06.08.2020, the Executive Council had approved of this decision in its meetings on 12.08.2020 and 18.08.2020. Yet, the Consortium was kept in the dark about these happenings in its meetings,” the affidavit states.
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