The Delhi University has sought legal opinion in the matter regarding St Stephen's College's decision to give weightage to interviews in admissions for general candidates. St Stephen's College has insisted that it will give 85:15 weightage to the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores and interviews for candidates across categories. The university has said interviews should only be conducted for reserved category students.
According to Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, the proposal for the legal opinion was sent on Monday.
"We have sought legal opinion on the issue to understand the extent till which the provisions are applicable.
“The matter was sent to legal experts on Monday. St Stephen's College has said they have a right to holding interview for all seats but we are saying the right is limited to seats reserved for minorities. And they (the college) is planning to implement the right on general seats as well," he said.
In an admission notice posted on its website on last Tuesday, St Stephen's College said it will give 85 per cent weightage to the CUET scores and 15 per cent to interviews for all categories of students.
The college also said that it reserves the right to proceed with admissions as per its own admission policy guaranteed to it as a minority institution.