Admission of 169 students to Viqarunnisa remains cancelled

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has dismissed appeals against the High Court (HC) judgement that upheld the cancellation of 169 students' admission to Class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School & College in the 2024 academic year.

An appellate bench led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order on Sunday rejecting the leave-to-appeal on behalf of the affected students.

Earlier, the school authorities earlier cancelled these admissions to Class I in the 2024 academic year for breaching the age limit policy.

The parents of the students had filed two separate leave-to-appeal applications against the High Court's decision to cancel the admissions of 169 students.

After reviewing both applications, the Appellate Division dismissed those.

Therefore, the school's decision to cancel the admissions of 169 students will remain in effect.

Now, those on the waiting list will have the opportunity to get admitted to these 169 seats.

On 21 May, the High Court upheld the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College's decision to cancel the admission of the 169 students. A full copy of the 29-page decision was recently published.

Following this, two leave-to-appeal applications were filed on behalf of the students whose admissions were cancelled.

Lawyer Mohammad Rafiul Islam stood for the principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College at the hearing this morning, and Lawyer Shamim Sardar represented the two parents who filed the writ petitions.