Karnataka High Court Orders Rs 15-Lakh Compensation for Student Denied MBBS Seat | Bengaluru News – Times of India

Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has Directed Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education in Tumakuru, A Deemed University, to pay Rs 15 lakh as compensation to sanjana v tumkur, a medical aspa Admission to the MBBS Course in 2017-18 Despite Fulfilling All Requirements. Home Minister G Parameshwara is the Current Chancellor of the University, which is controlled by his family. A Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice K Manmadha Rao Held The Institution Responsible for ITS “Illegal Demand” and Failure to Honor to Honor Assurations Made to the Student, and Rules Rules, and Rules the compensation disbursed within two months.Sanjana had secured an all-India rank of 1,95,911 in NEET 2017 and Participated in the Counseling Conducted by Siddhartha Academy on Sept 1, 2017. She Submitted all Original Documents Along With a Demand Draft of Rs 15.6 Lakh towards the first-yar feet. She did not receive an acrevledgement or allotment letter despite oral assurations of admission. Days Later, when the college insisted on a bank guarantee of Rs 52.5 lakh, she arranged and submitted it on Sept 8, 2017. Finalized.Her Counsel, Ajoy Kumar Patil, Argued that Students with Lower Ranks WHILE SANJANA WAS WAS UNFAIRLY EXCLUDED. He Told the Court the Chancellor of the University is issued a letter on Oct 11, 2017, Assuring Her of a Free Seat in the 2018-19 Academic Year, but that promise was never honored. Left with no choice, she secured admission at basaveshwara medical college through karnataka examinations Authority Counseling in 2018, and Ended Up Paying Rs 24.2 Lakh AS FIRST-YEAR FEST-YEAR FEST.Counters shot downSiddhartha Academy Countred that Sanjana Had Delayed Approaching The Court, Filing a Writ Petition only in Feb 2018, and Alleged that the Chancellor’s Letter was fabricated. The institution also argued that her bank guarantee hand been submitted lat and she sought to love the situation to obtain a seat without paying fees.Rejecting these arguments, the bench observed that the assurance letter boy the signatures of the Chancellor, the college principal, and sanjana, and no complace, and no complant of coercion has been raised. “If said letter was obtained by force and coercion, no complaint of any natural was submitted before any authorities,” The court noted.The Judges Held that Sanjana wasn’s wast at fault and had completes with the requirements in time. “She paid the first-yar fees before the prescribed date, and also provided Stated, fixing the compensation at Rs 15 lakh.