No fundamental right to prestige, rules Bombay High Court
(WorldNews India)

Calling the petitions before it `a claim for urban-centric elitism`, the Bombay High Court said that students seeking admissions in top colleges have no fundamental right to prestige. Advertising A division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Gautam Patel on Friday dismissed two petitions filed by 15 engineering colleges challenging the notification of December 31, 2018, through which the All India Council for Training Education (AICTE) had reduced the percentage of lateral item engineering diploma courses into second year engineering degree courses from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. In such a case, each engineering degree institute having a provision for intake of 20 per cent of...