Failed Engineering students to pass after Bombay HC directive
High Court accepted the plea and later observed that indeed the questions in applied Mathematics paper were out of syllabus.
After approaching Bombay High Court, over two dozen students of Mechanical Engineering and other branches (Semester 4, old syllabus students) who had failed in one paper conducted on July 19, 2011 due to allegedly out of syllabus questions, have got justice in their favour. High Court accepted the plea and later observed that indeed the questions in applied Mathematics paper were out of syllabus.After High Court's directive in this regard, Board of examination of University has directed all the colleges on Monday to rectify the mistake and pass all the students by awarding them minimum passing marks. According to Dean, Faculty of Technology, Dr SK Ukrande, "All 24 students, who have landed in soup, will be passed by the colleges." Colleges have also been directed to forward forms of those students to University for final exams, if they are eligible.