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Delhi High Court Delhi High CourtUnderlining the exceptional circumstances and predicament of a boy who lost his father in the 2011 Delhi High Court blast, the court asked the executive director of Delhi University’s School of Open Learning (SOL) to sympathetically consider application for his admission. The bench had earlier directed Delhi Legal Services Authority to trace those injured, and ascertain their condition. The university, however, denied him admission as he was unable to fill the form in the prescribed format. On Monday, standing counsel for DU said admission to regular college was not possible as admissions closed on August 31. “We make it clear that it is an exceptional circumstance and should not be treated as routine,” the bench said..