HC seeks response from DU on plea of law student

Updated on: Thursday, October 06, 2011

The Delhi High Court has sought response from Delhi University on a plea of a law student for direction to hold supplementary examination in each semester to give another opportunity to students to clear their papers.

A pision bench of justices A K Sikri and Siddharth Mridul issued a notice to the University and asked it to file an affidavit within three weeks on the issue.

"Why will LLB students, who are in IInd and IVth semester, not be allowed to appear in supplementary examinations?" the bench said and asked the counsel for Delhi University to make its stand clear by October 24, the next date of hearing.

The bench was hearing a PIL filed by Aditya N Prasad who was denied promotion to the third and final year of the three year LL.B course of the University. The University said Prasad, a second year student, cannot be allowed to go to the final year as he did not pass in 15 subjects out of 20 in four semesters.

The PIL alleged that the present rules for promoting students were against the Advocates Act and the norms prescribed by the Bar Council of India. "The provisions of Faculty of Law for examination and promotion of the students to IIIrd and Vth semester from II and IV semester of the LLB course are violative of the Bar Council of India Rules," the petition said.

Prasad, in his petition, said he cleared 13 out of 20 papers in his IIIrd semester examination and could not appear in examinations for other papers due to medical problems and as a result, he was not promoted to the final year.

He was ready to clear his papers to get into the final year but the University does not have a provision for supplementary examination in each semester, the petition said. The University holds supplementary examination only after the final year result is declared.

HC seeks response from DU on plea of law student

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