After more than 150 students’ admit cards were refused due to low attendance, protests broke out at Delhi University’s Law Faculty. Before police stepped in, the protest caused a two-hour delay in the legal exam.
Tuesday morning, tensions erupted at Delhi University’s Law Faculty when more than 150 students were refused admit cards for the DU LLB exam because of poor attendance. With students sealing the exam center and postponing the 9:30 am examination by over two hours, the situation swiftly descended into a protest.
When a group of students allegedly broke into the exam department and locked up the testing center, yelling, “If we can’t sit for the exam, no one will,” the protests, which started Monday night, reached their zenith early the following morning.
In order to resume the exam, the university had to intervene and break the lock. Students without admit cards, however, were not permitted entry.
The Faculty of Law announced later that day that students who had been held due to a lack of attendance would be given temporary permission to take the May–June LLB exams.
They stated that the Competent Authority directed this decision and that the final status of the pupils would be determined by the findings of an inquiry committee.
ABVP Alleges Bias in the Determination of Admit Cards
The government came under fire from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for preventing almost 300 pupils from taking the test three days before its start time.
They asserted that the refusal was capricious and that it was biased in favor of Raunak Khatri, the president of DUSU, who allegedly obtained an admit card in spite of breaking the attendance requirement.
The ABVP has accused the administration of favoring NSUI, the student wing linked with the Congress, and has called for an explanation and the resignation of the Dean of the Law Faculty.