New Delhi: The Delhi University on Friday agreed before the Delhi High Court to declare within three days the results of law students who were allowed to sit for their semester exams on court orders despite shortage of attendance.
The undertaking is applicable only for those students who had approached the court, the varsity made it clear.
The varsity also consented that students who have failed in the exams would be given one more opportunity to appear in the forthcoming supplementary exams and their results would be declared thereafter.
A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said it was of the considered view that the undertaking given by the university, regarding those students who approached the high court, meets the ends of justice.
The court was hearing the appeals of the varsity against a single judge order asking the law faculty members to conduct at least 139 hours of extra classes or tutorials for those students who are desirous to attend the lectures to make up for attendance shortage.
Regarding the interpretation of Rule 10 (on 30 hours of classes each week) of Bar Council of India Rules and other legal principles canvassed in the appeals, the bench said it would consider and decide the appeals after hearing the parties.
It, however, made it clear that this order shall not be treated as a precedent and it has been passed in the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case and based on the undertaking and concession given by the varsity.
The bench said no further petitions or any other grievance on this issue would be entertained either by the university or the court. The court listed the matter for further hearing on November 15.
In pursuance to court's earlier suggestion, senior advocate Arvind Nigam, appearing for the varsity and law faculty, today said they were willing to resolve the issue keeping in view the interest of the students.
The students, represented by senior advocate Kirti Uppal and advocates Himanshu Dhuper and Samarendra Kumar, had earlier argued that the law faculty was in contempt of the high court's direction to conduct the classes.