The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on a plea seeking implementation of reservation for the SC, ST and OBC candidates in its PhD programme.
An alumni association of the IIM, Global IIM Alumni Network, has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) stating that although IIM-A was governed and funded by the Union education ministry, it was violating the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 while carrying out the admission process for the PhD programme.
The division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Hemant M Prachchhak issued notices to respondents IIM-A, the Central and state governments, University Grants Commission (UGC) and others.
The institute should be directed to follow and implement Article 15 (5) of the Constitution by providing reservation to the SC, ST and OBC candidates as well as persons with disabilities The PIL also sought a stay on the ongoing admission procedure in IIM-A’s PhD programme.
