The UGC’s announcement that final-year exams are compulsory in the midst of the pandemic drew petitions from students across the country even as some central varsities are keen to conduct them online
The Delhi University (DU) on Tuesday (July 14) informed the Delhi High Court that it will hold final year undergraduate online Open Book Examinations (OBE) from August 10-31.
The Delhi High Court today (July 9) cut to the chase and directed that the DU must be clear and candid with the students and give clear timelines. “Have some empathy for the students,” the court commented.
Aastha Khanna, a law student of Delhi University has written a scathing letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice DN Patel, urging the court to safeguard the rights of the students in view of the government’s order to conduct final year examinations of students in universities.
Delhi High Court bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh, heard a petition filed by a final year PG student, Anupam, along with other students of Delhi University.
Delhi HC has directed the Delhi University to file affidavit on a plea filed by law students seeking direction to Centre to set up adequate and effective mechanism for visually impaired and specially-abled individuals for transmission of educational instruction, teaching and material.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday has issued notice to the Delhi University on a plea seeking directions to make available educational instructions to specially-abled students in the same manner as they have been made abundantly available to other students.