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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CWP Nos. 19747 &19748/2025

Decided on: 12.05.2026.

1. CWP No. 19747/2025

Akshat Singh …..Petitioner

Versus

State of H.P and others ..Respondents

2. CWP No. 19748/2025

Akshit Ahlawat …..Petitioner

Versus

State of H.P and others ..Respondents

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Coram

Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua

Whether approved for reporting?

For the Petitioners: Mr. N.S. Chandel, Senior Advocate

with Mr. Ankit Dhiman, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. L.N. Sharma, Additional Advocate

General, for respondent No.1.

Mr. Arjun Lall, Advocate, for

respondents No. 2 to 4.

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Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge

Both these writ petitions involve almost

similar questions of law and facts, hence, with consent of

learned counsel for the parties have been taken up

together for adjudication.

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Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes.

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2. Petitioners in both these writ petitions are

students of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) integrated five years course

in respondent- Himachal Pradesh National Law University.

Both the petitioners were pursuing 7^th Semester in

December, 2025. Petitioner in CWP No.197H47/2025,

Akshat Singh had 57.29% attendance in the semester and

the petitioner in CWP No.19748/2025, Akshit Ahlawat had

39.88% attendance. Due to shortage in the attendance,

the respondent- University did not permit the petitioners

to appear in end-term examination of 7^th Semester and

detained them in the 7^th Semester in terms of Annexure P-

8 dated 06.12.2025. Feeling aggrieved, petitioners

instituted these writ petitions.

2(i). Under interim order passed on 12.12.2025 in

thegse writ petitions, the petitioners were allowed to

appear in the end-term examination of 7^th Semester held

in December, 2025 subject to their depositing an amount

of ₹50,000/- each in the Registry of this Court. Such

permission was not to create any equity in petitioners’

favour. Further, the respondents were directed not to

declare the result of the petitioners without leave of the

Court. The order reads as under:-

“Notice in above terms. In the meanwhile,

applicant/petitioner shall be allowed in the 7th

Semester End-Term Examinations commencing

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from 15.12.2025, subject to his paying an amount

of Rs.50,000/- with the Registry of this Court. It is

clarified that the permission which is being given

to the petitioner to participate in the examination

shall not create any equity in his favour. The result

of the petitioner shall not be declared without the

leave of the Court.”

2(ii). Pursuant to above, both the petitioners

deposited an amount of ₹50,000/- each in t he Registry of

this Court and appeared in the end-teorm examination of

7^th Semester. The result of end-term examination of 7^th

Semester was produced before this Court on 10.03.2026.

In terms of the result, bouth the petitioners have passed

end-term examination of 7^th Semester. Looking at the

result, petitioneCrs under order dated 20.03.2026 were

allowed to provisionally attend classes of 8^th Semester

with the rider that attending classes of 8^th Semester will

not create any rights or equities in their favour.

Petitioners’ attending 8^th Semester classes was to abide

by the outcome of the main writ petitions.

3. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners has

drawn attention to Rule 12 Chapter II Part IV of the Bar

Council of India Rules of Legal Education, 2008,

whereunder minimum 70% of classes held in the

concerned subject are required to be attended for

appearing in end semester test in the subject. In terms of

proviso thereof, if a student for any exceptional reasons

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fails to attend 70% of the classes held in any subject,

discretion is vested in the Competent Authority