Dismissed
Saumya Das & Ors. v. Indira Gandhi National Open University & Ors.
Delhi HCW.P.(C)/16462/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This bench dismissed multiple writ petitions challenging IGNOU's withdrawal of re-admission facilities and credit transfer policies. The court held the re-admission was a right extending program duration to eight years due to prospectus terms but dismissed the challenge on grounds of laches and inordinate delay in approaching the court.
What did the court decide?
Dismissed the writ petition on grounds of laches and delay. No examinations of the merits of the challenge to the withdrawal of re-admission or credit transfer practices were undertaken.