New Delhi: Following is the highlight of a significant judgement given on August 14 by the Supreme Court on the mode of selection of candidates for private professional colleges and unaided minority educational institutions (UMEIs).

-Institution must have freedom to fix its fee structure

-There can be no profiteering

-Capitation fees cannot be charged

-Committee headed by retired HC judge in each state to check the validity of the fee structure

-Profit/surplus funds of an institution cannot be diverted to another institution or for another purpose

-Governments to frame appropriate legislation to cancel affiliation or derecognise institutions charging capitation fee

-Private colleges and UMEIs do not stand in the same footing as the latter enjoys protection under Article 30 of the Constitution

-Governments to fix management quota of UMEI keeping in mind the interest of the community in that state

-Common entrance test for filling management quota

-Vacant management quota seats to go to general pool

PTI