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2025 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 14768
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
E.S.INDIRESH, J
MARIPATI BALAJI S/O M.SRINIVASALU AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS – Appellant
Versus
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES – Respondent
WRIT PETITION NO. 6196 OF 2025 (EDN-RES)
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI. DIVYATEJ H.N.
For the Respondents: SMT. FARAH FATHIMA
The court affirmed the right of students to take exams and receive results, directing the University accordingly.
Headnote:(A) Constitution of India - Articles 226 & 227 - Writ petition directed against University to permit students to take examinations and announce results - Similar directions issued in W.P.No.7441/2024 - Writ petition allowed based on previous judgments. (Paras 3-4)
(B) Examination Rights - Court emphasized the right of students to take examinations and receive results, ensuring procedural fairness. (Paras 3-5)
Facts of the case:
Petitioners, students of a homoeopathic college, sought permission from the University to write examinations and for the announcement of their results. The court noted similar past judgments favoring the education rights of students.
Findings of Court:
The court directed the University to allow the petitioners to take the examinations and announce their results immediately.
Issues: The main issue was whether the University could be compelled to release examination tickets and results to the petitioners.
Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that students have a right to examination and results, relying on precedents.
Result: Writ petition allowed.
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| 1. addressing the rights of students to sit for examinations. (Para 2) |
| 2. prior cases called upon to support the petitioners' rights. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. decision to allow the petitioners to take exams and announce results. (Para 5) |
ORAL ORDER
Heard, learned counsel appearing for the parties.
2. In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioners is with regard to direct respondent No.1- University to permit the petitioners to write the examination scheduled to be commenced from 04.03.2025 as per the examination Notification produced at Annexure-C and also to announce the results of the petitioners herein.
3. Having taken note of the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, this Court in an identical matter in W.P.No.7441/2024 dated 23.07.2024 at Annexure-K, disposed of the writ petition and directed respondent No.1-University to permit the petitioner to take examination and directed respondent No.1-University to announce the results of the petitioners therein.
4. In that view of the matter, taking into consideration the observations made by this Court in the various judgments referred to in the writ petition at Annexure-E to Annexure-K, I am of the view that the writ petition requires to be allowed on similar terms.
5. In the result, the writ petition is allowed Respondent No.1-University is directed to announce the results of the petitioners forthwith.
Pending interlocutory applications, if any, stand disposed of.
