UGC opposes plea in HC against admission to 5-yr law course in DU through CLAT not CUET
CUET. UGC, in a counter affidavit filed in the matter, sought dismissal of the petition and said the DU, with the approval of its Academic Council and Executive Council, has resolved to admit students to its integrated law course through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), a centralised national-level entrance test primarily adopted by the premier National Law Universities.
Similarly, the central government, which has earlier also stated that Common University Entrance Test (CUET) was not mandatory for central universities, said admission standards for professional courses like engineering, medicine, law etc are shaped by their specialised nature and specific skill and so are needed to be guided by the distinct prerequisites of each course.
«While there are overarching policy guidelines, universities retain the flexibility through their Competent Bodies i.e.
