- The Hon’ble SC, in Suraj and ors. vs. Karnataka State University and ors. has refused to interfere with the order of the Karnataka HC wherein it had allowed the Karnataka State Law University to conduct the exams for a three-year LL.B. course.
- The Karnataka HC had earlier set aside an order of a single judge quashing the notification issued by the Karnataka State Law University, by which offline exams were to be conducted for the students of the second and the fourth semester.
- The Single judge Bench had earlier directed that the students be promoted to the next semester. The HC had asked the University to determine the mode of the examination as suggested by the BCI (Bar Council of India) and other relevant documents. The University was also directed to take immediate steps to complete the procedure of examination of the second and the fourth semester.
- When the matter was heard in the Apex Court, Adv. Padhmanabhan appearing for the applicant students submitted before the Court that the Karnataka Law University was insisting on conducting the offline examination. It was argued that there were six modes of exams which were submitted by the Bar Council, and it was only for the sixth and final term that offline exams were mandatory. Karnataka Law University’s insistence that written exams should be conducted for the second and the fourth semester as well was unfair and in violation of the guidelines.
- Expressing his anger, Justice Khanwilkar remarked that as a student of law, students should be happy that they are appearing in some form of exam. It was also remarked that the students as well as the University are bound by the guidelines issued by the BCI. ‘Go prepare for exams!’, Justice Khanwilkar remarked.
- The Court also remarked that the students are trying to find ways to deflate the exam, and said that the authorities should be allowed to do their jobs.
- The appeal, thus, stood rejected.
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