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Mangaluru: The Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Nagpur advertised 35 seats for its PhD programme this year. As per Maharashtra’s reservation policy, 23 of these seats were earmarked for candidates from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Special Backward Classes, Socially and Economically Backward Classes, Denotified Tribes, and Nomadic Tribes.

The university, however, admitted 22 candidates from the unreserved (more commonly known as general) category, which is ten more than the permissible limit. Only three OBC candidates (against seven reserved seats) and one candidate from the Nomadic community (against three seats) secured admission.

The blatant violation of both the constitutionally guaranteed rights and state rules have now been raised before the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC).

In a complaint filed by PhD candidate Dipak Kharat, the NCSC has issued a notice to the university.

The Wire reached out to the registrar of MNLU, Nagpur, Deepak Bhagwat, with a detailed questionnaire but is yet to receive any response. The story will be updated as and when he........

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