Provision of 10% reservation for students from EWS will not be applicable: JMI informs Delhi HC

The university's oral arguments were presented in response to a petition asking that it be instructed to guarantee a 10 per cent reservation for applicants who fall under the EWS category beginning with the academic year 2023–24. The institution was given two weeks to submit its response to the petition by a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma, and the case was set for further hearing on May 22.

Provision of 10% reservation for students from EWS will not be applicable: JMI informs Delhi HC

The Jamia Millia Islamia has informed the Delhi High Court that it was declared a minority educational institution in 2011 and the provision of 10 per cent reservation for students from the economically weaker section (EWS) will not be applicable. The university's oral arguments were presented in response to a petition asking that it be instructed to guarantee a 10 per cent reservation for applicants who fall under the EWS category beginning with the academic year 2023–24.

The institution was given two weeks to submit its response to the petition by a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma, and the case was set for further hearing on May 22.

Akanksha Goswami, a law student, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act of 2019's 10 per cent reservation for EWS category students in higher education and government jobs require the university to hold seats aside for them at the time of admission beginning with the academic year 2023–2024.

Senior attorney Arun Bhardwaj made the argument on behalf of the petitioner that Jamia may either be a central university or a minority institution, but not both. He said, "the admission process has begun in April and will go on till September."

In 2011, the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions issued an order designating Jamia as a minority educational institution, according to the university's standing attorney, Pritish Sabharwal.

He said, "The government issued a notification in 2019 that the office memorandum enabling the provision of 10 per cent reservation for EWS students in admission to educational institutions will not be applicable to minority institutions and Jamia is covered by it."

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