Law student allowed to appear for exams

In relief to a law student, the Bombay High court has directed the Mumbai University to allow him appear for the second semester exams, starting May 15.

A division bench of Justice KK Tated and Justice AK Menon granted interim relief to Kumar Virendra, a student of VPM College, Thane, who was barred from appearing for the second semester LLB exams on grounds that he had not scored over 45 per cent in the final year of his graduation.

Advocate Sangram Chinnappa, appearing for Kumar, argued that the University had failed to consider the aggregate of three years of graduation and based the termination notice only on the percentage obtained in the final year. This he argued was illegal as the aggregate percentage in the three years of graduation was around 51 per cent.

Kumar, who cleared the law Common Entrance Test in 2016, was allotted the VPM college. In January, he cleared the first semester. However, in March, the University held him not eligible by only taking cognizance of his third year marks. He had moved the court seeking interim relief in terms of allowing him to appear for the second semester exams.

Advocate Rui Rodrigues appearing for the University, sought time to place on record the reply of the University. The court has posted the matter for further hearing in June and granted interim relief to the student.