#Fee Fixation

Supreme Court rules that fees for professional courses must be notified before admission and can be changed only for unforeseen expenditure increases, ordering refund of excess fees collected. This ensures student certainty and lets institutions cover genuine cost rises.

Madurai HC clarifies that the Rs.33,000 tuition fee for B.O.T courses under the Tamil Nadu Professional Colleges Act includes all recurring academic charges, permitting only Rs.5,000 development fee and Rs.7,000 transport fee. Hostel and lab fees are expressly prohibited, reinforcing statutory limits on fee fixation committees and protecting students from arbitrary levies.