Hon’ble Mr. Justice I.P. Mukerji, Chief Justice Hon’ble Mr. Justice W. Diengdoh, Judge Appearance:

For the Appellant : Mr. P. Yobin, Adv with Ms. I. Laloo, Adv Mr. A. Dkhar, Adv For the Respondent : Mr. S. Sen, Adv with Ms. E. Blah, Adv for R/1-3 Mr. S. Chakrawarty, Sr.Adv with Mr. E. Laloo, Adv for R/4 F i) Whether approved for Yes reporting in Law journals etc.:

ii) Whether approved for publication Yes in press:

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JUDGEMENT: (per the Hon’ble, the Chief Justice) (ORAL The appellant was a 5^th semester student of Shillong Law College under North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), pursuing its LLB course.

He was not allowed to write the 5^th semester examination which was held some time in December, 2024. The reason why the college did not allow him to do so was that his attendance was short. Rule 12 of the Rules of Legal Education , 2008 was made applicable. Its states that if a student does not have minimum 70 per cent attendance in each subject, he would be ineligible to take the examination. The