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India Today
29-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
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)
NDTV
28-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Protests Over Denial Of Admit Cards Over Low Attendance Delays Delhi University Law Exam
New Delhi: Tensions flared at Delhi University's Law Faculty on Tuesday after over 150 students were denied admit cards for upcoming exams due to low attendance, triggering protests by the students who disrupted an exam. However, the Faculty of Law issued an official notice later in the day stating that all the students who have been "detained due to shortage of attendance are being provisionally allowed" to sit in the LLB term examination in May-June, subject to the outcome of the Enquiry Committee. The notice added that this decision was issued "under the directions of the Competent Authority". The situation escalated late Monday night when a group of students allegedly broke into the examination department. By morning, they locked the examination centre, declaring, "If we can't sit for the exam, no one will." As a result, the 9:30 am exam was delayed by two hours. The university administration eventually intervened, broke the lock, and conducted the exam. Students without admit cards were not permitted to enter, sources said. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) condemned the denial of admit cards, claiming that as many as 300 students were arbitrarily barred from appearing in the exams just three days before they were scheduled to begin. In a statement, the student wing of RSS, ABVP, alleged bias by the Law Faculty administration, specifically pointing to the issuance of an admit card to Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president and NSUI leader Raunak Khatri though he reportedly did not meet the mandatory attendance requirement. "This is indicative of the non-academic and biased attitude of the Dean of the Law Faculty," ABVP stated, demanding an immediate explanation and calling for the Dean's resignation. "Hundreds of students are upset due to this biased act," the statement added. ABVP workers have been staging a sit-in protest since Monday night, accusing the administration of collusion with NSUI, the Congress' student wing, and ignoring students' academic interests. ABVP Delhi state secretary Sarthak Sharma said, "It is very unfortunate that institutions meant to protect students' futures are instead destroying their dreams. "Why was the DUSU President given special privilege while hundreds were denied the same?" Sharma said the ABVP would continue their protests till the issue was resolved. "ABVP will fight against this injustice till the last breath," he said.
