Supreme Court's Relief To Dalit IIT Aspirant Who Couldn't Pay Fee On Time

The 17-year-old student, from Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, initially fell short of money to pay the acceptance fee - the initial amount to be paid online in order to secure the seat.

A 17-year-old Dalit student who was about to lose his seat at the country's premier engineering institute IIT over delay in fee submission got relief from the Supreme Court today.  

The student, from Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, got selected for civil engineering branch at the IIT's Bombay campus on October 27.

However, he initially fell short of money to pay the 'acceptance fee' - the initial amount to be paid online in order to secure the seat.

He later arranged money with some help from his sister.