Around 160 students of Delhi University’s Law Faculty, were detained for not having the necessary attendance. Those students will not be promoted to the next term, said a notice.
Dean of the faculty, Kumari said this is due to the attendance norm set by the Bar Council of India (BCI.) Many students are claiming that they will go to the court against this decision.
On May 19, many first year Law Faculty students who went to the Campus Law Centre (CLC) for their Crime II exam were not allowed to write the exam. They were not given permission saying that BCI Guidelines requires 70% attendance for the students to appear for the examination.
This led to a protest at the venue that day where students allegedly shut down classrooms and got into arguments with the dean.
Kumari said that some of the students threatened to commit suicide if they were not permitted to sit for the exam. Witnessing the extent of the violence at the venue, the police were called in. The exam was postponed but a disciplinary inquiry was called over the whole incident. Around 70 students were served a show cause notice for participating in the protest.
In the Law Faculty’s notice, it was mentioned that for all students missing out on the attendance criterion, “their status as detained students has been restored irrespective of whether they participated in the violent agitation or not. And none of the students whose names appear on the detainee list will be admitted in the next term.”
Further, Kumari added, “Students can go to the court if they think they have been treated unfairly.”
