Students studying Master of Laws (LLM) have been given the option of either appearing for their exams starting today or give the tests along with the next semester examinations.
In its ruling in a petition filed by a student, the Bombay high court has asked University of Mumbai (MU) to not consider such students as absent or failed in the current semester.
The petition sought for the exams to be rescheduled due to a short semester.
An affected student said it was “a huge relief” as most of the students had not managed to attend classes for four weeks.
Exam Unfair After Short Semester
An LLM student filed a petition last week in the court against MU after it failed to postpone their examinations.
Students have complained about the very short semester that remained after the previous semester’s results caused a delay in admissions to LLM courses leading it to end only in the last week of December and in some areas in the first week of January.
Another affected student pointed out that according to university rules, a semester must have at least 90 working days. But in this case, the student noted the MU has not completed even half of the specified period, adding that as a result “holding exams now is unfair”.
Several of the LLM students have decided to take up eight papers in the next semester examinations, four from each semester.
Sachin Pawar, president, Student Law Council expressed hope that the university would allow enough time between the “the ATKT papers and the next semester exams” so as to give the students “breathing space” between the exams.
