HC supports college, bars students from exam
THE HIGH COURT HAS CONSISTENTLY RULED IN FAVOUR OF COLLEGES WHICH SOUGHT TO PUNISH STUDENTS WITH LOW ATTENDANCE
MUMBAI: The Bombay
high court on Monday refused to allow two students from a Kandivli
college to appear for semester examinations after they were barred from
the tests for their low attendance.
The bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) students had filed a writ
petition against Kandivli Education Society’s (KES) Shroff College,
which had prevented 105 bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and BMS students
from taking the tests, which began on Thursday, as they didn’t maintain
the 60% classroom attendance rate mandated by the college.
The HC bench of justices RS Gavai and Bharti Dangre rejected the petition.
The verdict comes close on the heels of another judgement in which
the court had allowed three students of Narsee Monjee College of
Commerce and Economics, Vile Parle, to appear for their BCom
examinations despite low attendance.
One of them, a first year BCom girl, suffers from blood cancer,
while two boys from second year BCom could not attend college as they
were seriously injured in road accidents.
Barring the above students’ case, the high court has consistently
ruled in favour of colleges which sought to punish students with low
attendance. Last year, KES Shroff College had prohibited over 100 FYBCom
students from taking tests for the same reason. When the students’
grievance redressal committee at the University of Mumbai
(MU) directed the college to allow these students to take the
examination, the college moved the HC, which, in February, upheld the
college’s decision.
Mithibai College, Vile Parle, was also allowed to prevent 97 third
year BCom and 20 third year BA students from appearing for their final
exams by the HC.
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