HC Dismisses Plea Of Students Challenging Offline Exams Of Delhi University

The plea stated that 65 per cent of the students that outstation students and do not have their own conveyance to travel to their colleges and using the public transportation poses a health risk.

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court ‘dismissed as withdrawn’ the plea of several Delhi University students on Friday. The students had challenged the university's February 11 notice that sought direction for offline examination for the even semester to be held in May 2022, according to an ANI report.

The plea also sought the issuance of direction to conduct all examinations in open book mode for the current semesters.

The plea was moved by Advocate Ajay Kumar Srivastava who stated that considering the present situation where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly and a large number of people are getting infected in Delhi, the University ought to reconsider its notice dated February 11.

The plea stated that 65 percent of the students pursuing their education at the University are outstation students and do not have their own conveyance to travel to their colleges and using the public transportation poses as a health risk while they appear for their exam. The petitioners and other students who have completed their semester through online mode cannot be compelled to appear in the examination through physical mode, said the plea.

Justice Rekha Palli on Friday after noting down the submission of petitioners said, "This is not the right time to pass any order. However, the Court has given the liberty to petitioners to approach the court again if there is any change in the circumstances."

The plea also said that due to the change in the Covid situation in Delhi, the Delhi University has taken a decision to continue its inaugural function of a yearlong celebration in virtual mode as such at the same time there is no justification for conducting the examination of even semester in May 2020 in the physical mode.