In Brief
A management school admitted 51 students beyond its AICTE-sanctioned seat limit and sought court intervention to protect these admissions. The Supreme Court held that even if AICTE's seat-increase denial was flawed, the institution had no right to unilaterally exceed limits; the proper recourse was judicial review, not self-help. However, the admissions were not cancelled to spare students from the institution's wrongdoing. The court upheld AICTE's penalty of Rs 23.1 crore (calculated as five times per-student fees for each excess admission), directing the institution to deposit the remaining balance within eight weeks, while granting degrees to the admitted students.
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