Atul Kumar, a Dalit student from Uttar Pradesh, cracked the difficult JEE entrance exam in his last attempt and was allotted a seat in Electronics Engineering at IIT Dhanbad. However, the 18-year-old missed the admissions after he failed to pay the fee of Rs 17,

Using its extraordinary power under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has ensured admission for a talented Dalit youth at IIT-Dhanbad

Atul Kumar was all smiles as he walked out of the Supreme Court this afternoon. A short while back, a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud used its extraordinary powers to ask IIT Dhanba

Atul missed the chance to secure his admission to the institute because of a few minutes of delay in paying the fee of Rs 17,500.

Supreme Court intervenes to grant IIT admission to deserving student from marginalized community unable to pay fees.

"All the best": Supreme Court orders IIT Dhanbad to admit Dalit student who lost seat after missing fee deadline

The Supreme Court ordered IIT Dhanbad to readmit a Dalit student who missed his admission deadline by minutes due to financial constraints. The student's father, a daily wager, struggled to quickly secure a loan for the ₹17,

The Supreme Court on Monday came to the rescue of a Dalit youth, who had lost his seat in IIT Dhanbad after missing the deadline to deposit a fee, by asking the institute to admit him to the BTech course.

The Supreme Court came to the rescue of a Dalit student from UP who cleared the exam but missed the fee deadline due to his family’s financial constraints.

Atul Kumar says his father is a daily-wage labourer and that by the time he arranged the fee amount of Rs 17,500, the server of the portal had stopped responding.