Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) after a student submitted a plea challenging the cancellation of his admission to its two-year post-graduate programme on technical grounds.

His admission was cancelled despite completing 3/4th part of the course at IIMA.

Justice Aniruddha Mayee issued the notice to IIMA, scheduling the next hearing on October 21.

R Shri Vignesh’s plea mentioned that he had been admitted to the five-year integrated B Tech and M Tech course at IIM Madras in 2016. 

Petitioner’s project advisor, who was assisting him with a final-year project, passed away during the Covid-19 pandemic. This led to a delay in the evaluation and grading of their project.

After completing his studies in June 2021, he cracked the Common Admission Test (CAT) securing 98.66 percentile. As his score was eligible for IIMA, he was admitted to the business school in May 2022.

When the petitioner failed to submit degree certificates on the last date – December 31, 2022, he had already completed his two trimesters.

The high court also questioned the petitioner that if the admission was cancelled in July 2023, why did he not file the petition at that time.

The HC also emphasised that the petitioner had not joined any classes since then.

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