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PIGGOTT
Ram Ugrah Singh – Appellant
Versus
Benares Hindu University – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Piggott, J. - The plaintiff, Ram Ugrah Singh, is a graduate of the Benares Hindu University. In the month of July, 1924, he presented himself at an examination held under the authority of the said University, described as the "Previous LL. B. Examination." The results were publish-on the 11th of August, 1924, and the plaintiff's name did not appear in the list of candidates who had passed the examination. On the 30th of August, 1924 the plaintiff addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the Benares Hindu University a petition (Exhibit 5), in which he protested that, under the regulations of the University in force at the time when he sat for the examination and which continued in force until after the results of the said examination had been published, he (the petitioner) had in fact passed the examination in the third class. He, therefore, requested the Vice-Chancellor to re-consider the whale situation, to adjudge the petitioner to have passed the Previous LL. B. Examination and to promote him to the Final LL. B. class, alleging these things to be his right by virtue of the declarations and pronouncements of the University. The answer returned was to the effect that the matter
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