more-inA student’s plea against an institute for allegedly wrongly cancelling his admission was dismissed by a district consumer redressal forum here on the grounds that “education is not a commodity”. The complainant had alleged that XLRI, Jamshedpur, had cancelled his admission for a correspondence course despite him having paid the entire admission fee. Judgment citedArguing against the complaint, the institute also cited an apex court judgment which states that education cannot be considered a service. “Education is not a commodity and such matters cannot be entertained by forums. Therefore, in matters of admission, fee, etc., there cannot be a question of deficiency of service,” the order reads.

Source: The Hindu August 11, 2017 19:41 UTC