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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 7241

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PRATHIBA M. SINGH, AMIT SHARMA, JJ
COURTS ON ITS OWN MOTION IN RE: SUICIDE COMMITTED BY SUSHANT ROHILLA LAW STUDENT OF I.P. UNIVER – Appellant
Versus
....... – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Senior Advocate (Amicus Curiae), Mr. Sukrit Seth, Ms. Aakashi Lodha, Mr. Shreedhar Kale, Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri
For the Respondents: Ms. Monika Arora, Mr. Subhrodeep Saha, Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Mr. Bhaskar, Mr. Ashok Mahajan, Mr. Raajan Chawla, Mr. Gautam Chauhan, Mr. Shyam Singh, Mrs. Anju Bhushan Gupta, Mr. Aditya Goel, Mr. Sanyam Gupta, Mr. Anil Soni, Mr. Devvrat Yadav, Ms. Bharathi Raju, Mr. Ashish K. Dixit, Ms. Avnish Ahlawat, Mr. Keshav Datta, Mr. Rupal Luthra, others listed.

JUDGMENT

PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J.

Sr. No.

INDEX

Para No.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2-7

II.

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE CONCERNED MAGISTRATE

8-13

III(A).

PROCEEDINGS IN THE WRIT PETITION

14-21

III(B).

PROCEEDINGS IN THE WRIT PETITION – ‘SUSHANT ROHILLA INTERVENTION’

22-36

IV.

GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEES

37-114

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

115-140

VI.

SUBMISSIONS OF LD. AMICUS CURIAE

141-143

VII.

ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS:

Issue I: Specific Case on behalf of the Deceased Student

Issue II: Constitution of Grievance Redressal Committees

Issue III: Mandatory Attendance Norms for Law Courses

National Education Policy , 2020

UGC Regulations, 2003

Mandatory Attendance Requirements for Qualifications in the field of Law

144-232

VIII.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

233-247

IX.

DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEES (GRCS)

248

DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MANDATORY ATTENDANCE NORMS

249-252

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. The present matter arises out of an unfortunate incident which had resulted in the loss of a young life, namely Mr. Sushant Rohilla (hereinafter “the deceased student”), on 10th August, 2016. The deceased student was pursuing the five-year B.A.LL.B. degree in o

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 7241

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIPRATHIBA M. SINGH, AMIT SHARMA, JJCOURTS ON ITS OWN MOTION IN RE: SUICIDE COMMITTED BY SUSHANT ROHILLA LAW STUDENT OF I.P. UNIVER – AppellantVersus....... – Respondent

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PRATHIBA M. SINGH, AMIT SHARMA, JJ
COURTS ON ITS OWN MOTION IN RE: SUICIDE COMMITTED BY SUSHANT ROHILLA LAW STUDENT OF I.P. UNIVER – Appellant
Versus
....... – Respondent