Summary:
more-inThe Delhi High Court has refused to grant any relaxation in attendance to a second-year law student of the Delhi University (DU) who could not attend classes regularly owing to her advanced pregnancy. The student, Ankita Meena, had sought a direction to DU to let her appear in the fourth semester of the LLB examination which commenced on May 16. “For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition along with the pending application, is dismissed,” the court said. She said she could not meet the requisite 70% attendance criteria due to her pregnancy. The court agreed with the contention of the varsity’s counsel that LLB was a special professional course where no relaxation can be granted contrary to the BCI Rules, which specifically governs the field..