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Calcutta University orders law colleges to refund semester fees
Calcutta University has directed its affiliated law colleges to refund any semester fees collected during admission for the five-year BA LLB programme, as a fee notification is yet to be published. The notice, issued after a 12 October meeting chaired by vice-chancellor Asutosh Ghosh, advises students and parents not to pay the first-semester fee until the notification is released.
Law convener Amit Roy said complaints had been received about colleges improperly clubbing the first-semester fee with admission fees, violating a 2025 reform that separated the two to reduce financial burden. The university has asked colleges to follow its norms. A centralised online admission procedure was launched last year across 14 colleges for 17 courses, offering around 3,000 seats. Roy said students have the right to challenge any college that violates the rules.
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The notice exposes a gap between university reform and college compliance. Despite a 2025 separation of admission and semester fees, colleges continued to charge extra, forcing the university to intervene after complaints. The step protects students who paid fees without a published notification, but leaves unanswered how many students are affected and whether refunds will be enforced. The university's own next step is to publish the fee notification, after which students can pay the first-semester fee lawfully.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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