THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY, PATIALA (DEE vs ABHINAV TANEJA AND ORS.

The Supreme Court held that the High Court's direction to admit additional students to the B.E. Course was unjustified as it ignored the merit list established by the Combined Entrance Test and the limited capacity of the appellant-Institute. The Court emphasized that admissions must be based on merit and that the respondents could not claim admission over more meritorious candidates simply by filing writ petitions. The appeals were dismissed, affirming that the appellant-Institute acted within its rights regarding admissions.