SC stays HC order allowing truants to take exams

NEW DELHI: Strongly disapproving of instrumentality students bunking people to roam astir campus, Supreme Court connected Tuesday stayed Delhi HC's bid which said nary pupil could beryllium prevented from taking exams connected the grounds of deficiency of minimum attendance.While issuing announcement connected a batch of petitions filed by instrumentality colleges and Bar Council of India against the HC order, a seat of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said each National Law Universities were suffering due to the fact that of debased attendance.Posting the petitions for proceeding connected July 21, the seat said, "In the meantime, effect and cognition of paragraph 249 of the impugned judgement shall stay stayed. However, the aforesaid shall beryllium effectual prospectively."Senior advocator Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for 1 of the petitioners, said the HC bid had "given a premium to bypass discipline" and not be classes. The tribunal said the HC bid could beryllium considered a escaped walk by students to not be classes. The HC had directed that nary pupil enrolled successful immoderate instrumentality college, assemblage oregon instauration shall beryllium detained from taking an exam oregon prevented from further world pursuits oregon vocation progression connected the grounds of deficiency of minimum attendance.