New Delhi, July 8 -- A recognised Myanmar refugee has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the University of Delhi's admission policy that mandates foreign students to possess a non-Indian passport, contending that the requirement effectively excludes refugees who, by the very nature of their status, cannot obtain travel documents from the countries they fled.

The petition seeks the Court's intervention to strike down or read down the eligibility condition in the University of Delhi's Foreign Students' Registry (FSR) Admission Bulletin insofar as it requires a non-Indian passport without providing any exemption or alternative documentation mechanism for refugees recognised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...