Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that University of Delhi cannot expect students to have at least 70% class attendance to sit for exams. When the classes are not conducted for the entire period.
A first semester law student have challenged Delhi University decision for not allowing him to sit for exams because of Attendance issue.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said to University that “You cannot say students have to have 70 per cent minimum attendance while you teach only 40 per cent of the prescribed study period,”.
The high court also issued notice to the Centre, Bar Council of India and the university seeking their stand on the student’s appeal against a single judge order of November last year dismissing his plea seeking a waiver of a shortage of attendance and allowing him to sit for his first semester exams.
The single judge had dismissed his plea on the ground that there was a division bench order of the Delhi High Court which held that in professional courses, the requirement of attaining minimum attendance was non-negotiable.
His lawyer said that due to illness students were not able to attend classes. Due to which he is not regular in the college for most of the time. College rules of getting at least 70% Attendance in the semester hit him.
He also informed the court that the University has not replied to him for a long time. After a few months, the university said that his name is out from the date list.
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