Barred from exam over attendance, Delhi University law student moves Supreme Court

Delhi | Wednesday | 23rd May, 2018

Summary:

(File)A 27-year-old second-year LLB student of Delhi University Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to allow her to appear for her semester exam, after she was barred because of low attendance. She approached the apex court against the Delhi High Court’s interim order denying her permission to appear in the ongoing semester exam. “Direct Delhi University to promote the appellant (the woman) to the next semester,” her counsel argued. (File) The woman has said she does not have enough attendance because she was pregnant and had missed classes. The single judge had ruled that relief cannot be granted due to the Rules of Legal Education framed by the Bar Council of India (BCI), as well as earlier decisions of the High Court..