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RAJESH SHANKAR
Hema Devi – Appellant
Versus
Jharkhand Academic Council, through its Chairman, Ranchi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents calling upon them to show cause as to under what circumstances, the petitioners’ children, who are the students of the college-respondent No.4, have not been issued Admit Cards so as to enable them to appear in the Annual Intermediate (Arts) Examination, 2023 (Session 2021-23) [hereinafter after referred to as ‘the said examination’] despite the fact that they have successfully completed the course and have also paid the required examination fee. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondents to immediately issue Admit Cards to the petitioners’ children and to allow them to appear in the said examination to be conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC), Ranchi.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners’ children have passed Class-XI Intermediate Examination (Arts) (Session 2021-22) in the aforesaid college, whose descriptions are as under :
| Sl. No. | Name of student/ward | Age | Represented by | Relation |
| 1. | Kh | |||
The central legal point established in the judgment is the responsibility of the college to ensure the timely deposit of examination fees and the court's authority to direct necessary actions to rect....
Point of law: Petitioner submits her examination form along with examination fee and other details as required, on the portal of the respondent-University.
Petitioner's failure to timely upload required documents and seek relief from the proper forum leads to dismissal of the application for extraordinary entry into examination.
The power of writ courts under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has to be exercised sparingly in academic matters, limited to cases where actions borne out of malafide or arbitrariness etc. a....
The court's decision was based on the principle that once the limited grievance of the petitioner had been redressed, and the petitioner had participated in the examination, the failure to qualify th....
The university must ensure proper communication regarding examination schedules to avoid prejudice against students.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the petitioner's eligibility to appear in the 6th Semester Examination was determined based on the attendance requirement under Ordinance VII.
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