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Education Desk, Amar Ujala
Published by: Devesh Sharma
Updated Tue, 11 Jan 2022 05:40 PM IST
Summary
Supreme Court on OCI Students over plea on fee parity: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while hearing the petition against the higher fees charged by OCI card holder candidates in higher education institutions, has advised the petitioner.
Supreme Court Slams OCI Students
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a setback to the petitioner while hearing a petition against the high fees charged by OCI card holder candidates in higher education institutions. During the hearing in the case, the top court asked the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) student why don’t you opt for Indian citizenship and serve this country? In fact, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court demanding equality with Indian citizens on the fees charged by IITs.
You want to study here and then fly there: Court
A bench of Justices SA Nazeer and Krishna Murari issued notice on the petition filed by the student and sought response of the Center on the issue. Also, during the hearing in the case, the top court told the OCI student that the problem is that you want both ways. You want to study here and then fly there. Why don’t you opt for Indian citizenship and serve this country, the bench asked.
OCI candidates to be treated as local: Petitioner
The petitioner’s counsel submitted that IIT Madras was asking the student to pay the fees at par with the fees charged from foreign nationals and referred to the order passed by the apex court, in which the OCI candidates in the same general category as the residents of NEET were given. was allowed to participate in the counselling. It has been said in the petition that it is arbitrary to treat OCI as NRIs and foreign nationals.
Solicitor General said – this is a broad issue
At the same time, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that this is a broader issue and Indian students should not be treated unfairly. The OCI card offers visa-free travel and stay in India for a long period and provides card holders with a number of privileges that are generally not offered to a foreign national. Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) is highly popular among the overseas Indians.
Scope
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a setback to the petitioner while hearing a petition against the high fees charged by OCI card holder candidates in higher education institutions. During the hearing in the case, the top court asked the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) student why don’t you opt for Indian citizenship and serve this country? In fact, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court demanding equality with Indian citizens on the fees charged by IITs.
You want to study here and then fly there: Court
A bench of Justices SA Nazeer and Krishna Murari issued notice on the petition filed by the student and sought response of the Center on the issue. Also, during the hearing in the case, the top court told the OCI student that the problem is that you want both ways. You want to study here and then fly there. Why don’t you opt for Indian citizenship and serve this country, the bench asked.
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