Universities cannot be forced to accept JEST scores in place of UGC-NET for PhD admissions: Allahabad High Court

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a PhD aspirant who wanted a university to accept his 2009 Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) score for admission to its 2025–26 doctoral programme. The Court found no legal basis to compel the university to recognise JEST in place of UGC-NET, which it had prescribed for admission. Justice Jaspreet Singh delivered the judgment on October 1, 2026, at the Lucknow Bench. The case arose after Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabili

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