Delhi University law exam delayed as students protest over withheld admit cards
Things got heated at Delhi University's Law Faculty on Tuesday morning as over 150 students were denied DU LLB exam admit cards due to low attendance. The situation quickly spiralled into a protest, with students locking the exam centre and delaying the 9:30 am paper by nearly two hours.
The protests began Monday night and peaked by morning when a group of students allegedly broke into the exam department and locked up the exam centre, shouting, 'If we can't sit for the exam, no one will.'
The university had to step in and break the lock to resume the exam. However, students without admit cards were not allowed to enter. PROVISIONAL RELIEF FOR DETAINED STUDENTS
Later that day, the Faculty of Law issued a notice saying that students who had been detained for attendance shortage were being provisionally allowed to sit for the May-June LLB exams.
This decision, they said, was made under the direction of the Competent Authority, and the students' final status would depend on an enquiry committee's outcome. ABVP ALLEGES BIAS IN ADMIT CARD DECISION
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) criticised the administration for barring nearly 300 students from sitting the exam just three days before it was set to begin.
They claimed the denial was arbitrary and alleged bias in favour of DUSU president Raunak Khatri, who reportedly received an admit card despite not fulfilling the attendance rule.
ABVP has demanded an explanation and the resignation of the Law Faculty Dean, accusing the administration of working in favour of NSUI, the Congress-affiliated student wing.
(With PTI inputs)
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