DU’s single girl child quota violates right to equality: St. Stephen’s

St. Stephen’s College on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that admitting a student under the single girl child quota fixed by Delhi University (DU) is a violation of the right to equality before law.

Senior advocate Romy Chako, the counsel for the college, submitted that it was also ultra vires vis-a-vis Article 30 of the Constitution, which deals with the rights of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.

The case is being heard by the High Court as six students had approached it after the college put on hold the admission of 22 students terming them “extra allocations”.