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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY
N. Neeraja – Appellant
Versus
University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi – Respondent
ORDER :
1. This Writ Petition is filed by N.Neeraja a final year student undergoing her Law course in Chettinad School of Law, Chengalpattu, which is under the auspices of the deemed to be university namely chettinad Academy of Research and Education.
2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner joined the Law course for the academic session 2021-2026 and now she is in the final year in her 9th semester. While so, during the 6th semester in view of her pursuit of other academic activities including internship under an organisation called Pacta which is a firm that works in policy making and working with other learned Advocates who are in the field of policy making and law, she could not attend all the classes. Therefore, she was not permitted to write the examination and then the ensuing semester she did the compensatory class and then she fall sort of the attendance in respect of that semester and as such the matter kept on postponing and now she is in the 9th semester. Now the current subjects of Labour Law, Principles of Taxation Law, property law and Banking Law, she is going to write in this current semester. She has a backlog of nine papers, that is, Election Law, Famil
The court established that while attendance is critical in legal education, flexibility in policy implementation is essential to address student stress and unique circumstances.
Legal education standards must be upheld, allowing for exceptions in legitimate medical cases, while reevaluating rigid attendance policies for the welfare of students.
Academic institutions must adhere strictly to attendance regulations as established by legal education rules, allowing discretion only within the specified limits.
Minimum attendance requirements in professional courses are non-negotiable, and courts should exercise caution in granting relaxations under Article 226.
Attendance requirements under educational rules may be relaxed in extraordinary circumstances, such as illness, to ensure fairness and equity in student assessments.
University attendance requirements must align with Bar Council regulations, ensuring students are not unjustly denied educational progression.
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