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Compensate student for fraud

UGC's website revealed that certain universities run centres on franchise basis, which is not permissible. Private universities are not entitled to grant affiliation to colleges

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Jehangir B Gai
Kanti Kumar Bhattacharya came across an advertisement for B. Tech and Diploma Course in Engineering conducted by the School of Engineering and Technology at Salt Lake City, Kolkata. The advertisement also mentioned that the institute was approved by Rajasthan's Singhania University.

Believing in the representations made, Kanti wanted to enrol his son Abhighyan for the B. Tech (Civil engineering) course for the academic year 2011-12. He sought the assistance of D.K. Ghosh, an agent of A to Z Consultants, who charged him Rs 75,000 for securing a seat under the management quota. The institute charged Rs 50,000 as university
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