Abdullah Qamar vs National University of Modern Languages, Through Rector NUML Islamabad admission, cancellati

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Abdullah Qamar VS National University of Modern Languages, Through Rector NUML Islamabad admission, cancellation of---Cancellation of admission secured by misrepresenting the marks/percentage, challenge to---False declaration in admission form---Consequences---admission cancelled due to ineligibility---No vested right would accrue due to continued attendance and payment of fee---Illegality cannot mature into a legal entitlement---Constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court, invoking of---High Court's limited interference in academic and administrative decisions of universities---Scope---Brief facts were that the petitioner secured admission in BS International Relations (Fall 2018) at the respondent university after submitting an online admission form in which he declared securing 443/950 marks, whereas his actual result was 443/1100, making him ineligible under the university's criteria, and his admission was cancelled though he continued attending classes due to procedural lapses---after a previous writ petition was treated as a representation which was decided against him, he filed the present petition challenging that decision---Issue requiring determination before the High Court was as to "whether the petitioner, having obtained admission through misrepresentation of academic marks and having continued his studies for several semesters, was entitled to constitutional relief against cancellation of admission under article 199 of the Constitution"?---Held: Under constitutional jurisdiction, interfere in academic, disciplinary, or administrative policy matters of educational institutions, particularly where no violation of any fundamental or statutory right was established, was not warranted---The petitioner's own conduct was tainted with misrepresentation and concealment---In his admission form, he categorically declared that "The information furnished in the application form is correct and nothing has been concealed in this regard"---Moreover, all the attached documents i.e. Matric/ Intermediate/ Bachelor/Master/ MS/ MPhil/ equivalent results were complete, correct and meet the eligibility criteria as per advertisement---If the information provided or the documents attached were found deficient/incorrect/false/fake/or tampered at any stage, the university had the right to cancel the admission without any refund---Having voluntarily and consciously executed such an undertaking, the petitioner stood precluded, under the well-established doctrine of estoppel, from invoking the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court to seek protection against the very consequence that lawfully emanated from his own false declaration---The petitioner, regrettably, chose to begin his academic journey on a false foundation, and having done so, he could not later invoke equity to validate that which was void from inception---as regards the contention that the petitioner's continued attendance in classes and regular payment of fees created a vested right under the principle of locus poenitentiae, it sufficed to observe that an illegality could not ripen into legitimacy merely through the passage of time or by continued participation in an unlawful arrangement---No benefit could flow from a fraudulent or deceitful act---The petitioner, being the architect of his own wrong, could not claim equity or protection from the High Court---The equitable maxim "he who seeks equity must come with clean hands" squarely applied---a structure founded upon falsehood could not be sustained in law; therefore, any claim erected upon such a defective foundation must collapse under its own weight, and the petitioner alone must bear responsibility for the consequences of his own misconduct---Constitutional petition was devoid of merit and was dismissed, in circumstances.

Abdullah Qamar vs National University of Modern Languages, Through Rector NUML Islamabad admission, cancellation of — 2026 MLD 280 ISLAMABAD

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