'Names Declared A Day Before Exam': DU Bars LLM Students From Semester Exams

44 LLM students were detained from appearing in exams that started on 4 July due to lack of attendance.

On 3 July, the Faculty of Law at Delhi University released a list of 44 LLM students who were detained from appearing in exams starting 4 July due to lack of attendance.

Of around 130 students in the course, 32 were detained from the three-year programme and 12 from the two-year programme.

It is very unfair, as students, because the university released the list of detainees just a day before the examination was about to start, and we could do nothing about it. Despite several requests, we were not allowed to sit in the examination.

While we are being detained for lack of attendance, the university needs to answer two important questions: Why were students not informed about the attendance shortage in the middle of the semester starting in March 2024? How can the university claim attendance shortage when teachers didn't take enough classes in several subjects?

If we talk about LLM first-year students enrolled in the three-year programme, the batch strength is around 60, and more than half of the students are facing detention, which means over half of the students will not be promoted to the next semester

It's important to note that while LLB students and the faculty of Law were facing a similar issue of attendance shortage, their exams were deferred and remedial classes were arranged. Unfortunately, the same support was not extended to us. 

We requested the same from the administration, but they refused to listen. How fair is it that LLB students receive remedial classes while LLM students in the same Faculty of Law are detained for the same reason for attendance shortage?

This is going to dent our academic careers. Many of us juggle between internships, job, exam preparations, and classes. The university needs to take everything into account.

Not only we but our parents are worried, as this step taken by the university will ruin our careers. We request that the administration kindly reconsider their decision and resolve the issue.

(The Quint reached out to Prof Anju Vali Tikku, Dean, Faculty of Law at Delhi University, on the issues raised by the students but she refused to comment.)

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