CMAT is now an option to seek admission in MBA

With the new order passed by Delhi High court, B-Schools and management colleges need not have to compulsorily adopt Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) for MBA admission.

Presently, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) mandates CMAT entrance exam for students to get eligible for management course. The court also has cleared that MBA education is not considered as a technical education, which is why, the AICTE neither can take charge in MBA admissions nor monitor the process. 

Plaintiff, Romy Chacko, had disputed the Single Bench decision of making the CMAT entrance exam optional, saying the Supreme Court in a judgment had firmly stated of MBA education not falling under technical education, therefore, AICTE cannot hold its charge in MBA admissions and process.

Mr. Chacko supported his side by drawing attention to the requirement of putting a regulation for conducting entrance examination for admissions to the course before the Parliament, which in the case of CMAT was not done thereby CMAT have no legal value.