Fernando v. University Grants Commission And Others – sllr 2006 volume 2 page 373

In the case between Fernando (Plaintiff) and the University Grants Commission and Others (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether a petitioner’s application for admission to a Medicine course should be valid when the petitioner had previously registered for a Bio Science course and had not de-registered from it within a 30-day period. The court held that the refusal of the petitioner’s application was unreasonable, as the Bio Science course had not yet commenced or been scheduled to commence at the relevant time. The principle reaffirmed is that procedural requirements must serve a reasonable and justifiable purpose, particularly regarding access to higher education. The decision relied on established case law, including precedents emphasizing procedural fairness and the subs