The Delhi High Court has ruled that students enrolled in professional degree courses must adhere to academic requirements with “seriousness and due diligence,” rejecting a plea from an LLB student who sought exemption from the minimum attendance rule.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, upheld an earlier single-judge decision, denying the student permission to appear in the third-semester LLB exam at Delhi University’s Faculty of Law.
The court emphasized that exceptions to the attendance rule must be explicitly provided in university regulations and cannot be granted arbitrarily unless valid reasons, such as medical emergencies, are presented. In this case, no such justification was given.
The petitioner argued that after being listed as a detainee in December and included in the final list on January 4, she approached the court seeking relief. However, the court noted that she was aware of her attendance shortfall when she paid her fees and that, despite attending remedial classes, her attendance stood at only 54%.
Reiterating that professional courses demand a higher level of commitment than general degree programs, the court upheld the attendance rule and dismissed the plea.
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