As an outcome of the B.Sc. Degree Examination (New Regulation) held by the University of Madras in April 1962, two candidates one bearing Roll No. 282, named E.V. Kumar and another bearing Roll No. 283, named R. Mukundan were charged with malpractice while answering the paper on mathematics. It was reported to the Registrar of the University by the Additional Examiner for the paper, that he had reasons to suspect malpractice on the part of the aforesaid candidates, in answering their mathematics paper, because in the words of the Additional Examiner:

(1) Question 2(b): The answer of one candidate is the word for word reproduction of that of the other and such verbatim reproductions can rarely occur in answering problems of this type.

(2) Question 6(a): One answer is the exact reproduction of the other. In relations (4) and (5) occurring in the answers, number one is marked in the same fashion as follows: — (1)

(3) Question 10(ii) Mistakes of the same character occur in the answers in exactly the same places.

(4) Comparison of the answers to the following questions reveal also the same steps and the same mistakes committed by both the candidates.

On this report which is d