Dismissing a petition filed against the interview process, the Delhi High Court held,“That the institute which is a minority institution seeks to maintain its Christian tenets and its Christian outlook and philosophy cannot be sought to be assailed by the petitioners..”
The Delhi High Court, July 13, dismissed a petition challenging the interview process for Christian candidates seeking admission at St Stephen’s College.
The Supreme Council and the Governing Body & Society of St Stephen’s College had taken a decision that Christian candidates would be interviewed by a board having at least one Christian member nominated by them. The Supreme Council is constituted by the members of the Church of North India. The Governing Body of the college reportedly consists of 18 persons, with the Bishop of the Diocese of Delhi as its Chairman.
Dismissing the petition filed against the admission process, the Delhi High Court held, “That the institute which is a minority institution seeks to maintain its Christian tenets and its Christian outlook and philosophy cannot be sought to be assailed by the petitioners on the anvil of Article 14 of the Constitution which in no manner is infringed in the instant case.”
A Single Judge Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra gave the judgment in a petition filed by three professors of St Stephen’s College. The petitioners had also sought a direction that ‘apart from the Principal, no member of the Supreme Council of St Stephen’s College should be allowed to be a member of the interview panel for admissions for the academic year 2019-20.’
