{"id":60042,"date":"2020-07-28T16:10:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=60042"},"modified":"2020-07-28T16:10:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:40:22","slug":"hc-declines-to-entertain-plea-for-dance-courses-in-delhi-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-declines-to-entertain-plea-for-dance-courses-in-delhi-university","title":{"rendered":"HC declines to entertain plea for dance courses in Delhi University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-declines-to-entertain-plea-for-dance-courses-in-delhi-university\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-delhi-university\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?fit=318%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"318,159\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plea for dance courses in Delhi University\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?fit=318%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60047\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?resize=318%2C159&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/plea-for-dance-courses-in-Delhi-University.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Centre and DU to introduce in the varsity courses and further studies in the subject of dance.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said it cannot issue any such direction as it cannot tell a university which courses it should teach.<\/p>\n<p>The court also said starting of any new course would involve drafting of a syllabus, engagement of faculty and various other steps which a varsity is best qualified to decide and not courts.<\/p>\n<p>The bench further said that there must be institutions in the country which teach dance courses and the petitioner should go there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why do you want to have everything in Delhi. You do not want to move left or right,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>It told the petitioner to withdraw the matter or it would be dismissed with costs and subsequently, the plea was withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner had contended that since the Delhi University (DU) offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in vocal music and instrumental music, dance should also be taught at the varsity.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner contended that not teaching dance at the varsity amounts to discrimination against students who majored in dance in school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Centre and DU to introduce in the varsity courses and further studies in the subject of dance. 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