Aurangabad: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Bar Council of India (BCI), Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Bamu), among others, regarding a petition filed by law students enrolled for academic year 2017-18 for conducting re-examination and provisionally admitting failed students in next year.Alleging that the criteria of minimum required working days are not fulfilled, the students have demanded fresh examination in order to avoid academic loss. The respondent parties have been asked to submit their say before August 31.It should be noted that law students had already staged an agitation demanding carry-on for failed students, but the university administration put the ball in the court of chancellor — prompting affected students to knock the doors of judiciary.“The admission process itself lingered and due to prolongations it was impossible to complete the mandate of 180-day period in classroom. Due to lapse on the part of state agencies and university authorities, the students are deprived of their educational prospects and there is undue denial of right to education,” Navnath Devkate, one of the petitioners, said.The students were admitted for three-year law courses commenced from the academic year 2017-18 through Centralised Admission Process after having successfully cleared Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test. Colleges have not been made party in the case by petitioners.The affected students reiterated that the criteria of minimum required working days are not fulfilled even if the date of conclusion of first round of admission is taken into consideration.“Even from October 2, 2017, the working days after deducting the intervening holidays and Sundays would be 50-55 which do not meet the criteria of minimum working days,” Devkate said.The petitioners pleaded that despite there being no availability of requisite working days the university authorities have conducted examinations only to suit their convenience in utter disregard the minimum requirement as prescribed by the UGC and the BCI.“The Sant Gadgebaba University (Amravati), considering similar situation, has taken decision to hold the special examination and therefore we demand the similar measure at the level of BAMU along with carry-on,” the students said.They also argued that the BCI also provides minimum days of instructions for a year and as such it is mandatory for the university to comply with the same, failing which the degree courses itself is liable to get de-recognised.When contacted, Bamu authorities said the matter was pending before the court and the university would submit their say before it in writing.

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