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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATEEK JALAN
Manjunath M. – Appellant
Versus
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Prateek Jalan, J. (Oral)--The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through hybrid mode [physical and virtual hearing].
1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction upon the respondent no.1-Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University ["the University"] to permit him to sit for the end term examinations for the M.Ch. course, and a direction amending the eligibility criteria for the said examinations to exclude the period of leave due to COVID-19 or due to attending upon COVID-19 patients.
2. The petitioner is a doctor, working as a Senior Resident in the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences ["the Institute"] [respondent no.2 herein]. The Institute is affiliated to the University. He joined the Institute on 29.08.2018, and is a candidate for the three-year M.Ch. degree.
3. The petitioner's claim in this petition arises out of the fact that he has been rendered ineligible to take his end term examinations on account of excessive leaves and not having completed the requisite training period. The petitioner's case is that this situation has arisen as a direct result of his having contracte
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