{"id":13210,"date":"2011-09-15T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=13210"},"modified":"2011-09-15T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T02:34:00","slug":"court-questions-delhi-university-on-ph-d-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-questions-delhi-university-on-ph-d-admission","title":{"rendered":"Court questions Delhi University on Ph.D. admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Delhi-court3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-questions-delhi-university-on-ph-d-admission\/delhi-court-25\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/Delhi-court3.jpg?fit=101%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"101,121\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi-court3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/Delhi-court3.jpg?fit=101%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13211\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Delhi-court3.jpg?resize=101%2C121&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi University to give details of the criteria it has set for pursuing Ph.D. if an applicant is working.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a plea of Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa, who sought its direction to the university to consider her application for enrolment to the Ph.D. programme.<\/p>\n<p>The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: &#8220;The university should file an affidavit regarding criteria of the university required for pursuing Ph.D., in the condition applicant is working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a teacher of the Delhi University can be allowed to pursue a Ph.D. course to enhance academic acumen, why should a judge be compelled to take study leave to go for a research programme?&#8221; said the petition.<\/p>\n<p>During the arguments, the bench said Ph.D. was a fulltime course and needed concentration as it was related to research work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If one is doing two works at a time, the person&#8217;s mind may get distracted,&#8221; said Justice Khanna, adding that while pursuing LL.M., students needed 75 percent attendance and they could even attend classes in two shifts, which was not possible with the Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>The case would be heard next Sep 27.<\/p>\n<p>During the last hearing, the university claimed that it was merely following a regulation of the University Grants Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The UGC defended its rule, arguing it was meant to maintain academic standards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ph.D. is a full-time programme for which the student needs to devote himself or herself for obtaining such degree. The UGC is of the view that in order to<\/p>\n<p>maintain standards of research degrees, a degree in the nature of Ph.D. cannot be termed part-time,&#8221; the university told the court.<\/p>\n<p>Wadhwa approached the court last year after the university refused to allow her to pursue a Ph.D. course as she was employed as a judicial officer. The university asked her to take study leave for two years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The impugned rule under the 2008 regulation was arbitrary and vitiated from unequal treatment because while everyone else was required to apply for a two-year<\/p>\n<p>study leave, those employed as teachers in Delhi University colleges and schools could pursue the course and work at the same time,&#8221; said Wadhwa in her petition.<\/p>\n<p>The petition requested the court to quash the university\u2019s ordinance necessitating such condition, and direct the university to consider her application for enrolment to the Ph.D. programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi University to give details of the criteria it has set for pursuing Ph.D. if an applicant is working. The court was hearing a plea of Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa, who sought its direction to the university to consider her application for enrolment to the Ph.D. programme. 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