Extra answer sheets to be given by the Mumbai University to the students

Extra answer sheets to be given by the Mumbai University to the students

The Bombay HC passed an ad-interim order in which it directed the Mumbai University to provide extra answer sheets to the students. This move by the HC came as great relief to the students who are yet to appear for their undergraduate and post-graduate exams. The petition regarding the issue was filed by a law student from the city in which he challenged the university’s circular on extra answer sheets.The petitioner, Manasi Bhushan, is a final year law student, who approached the HC against the circular issued by the University on October 9,which stated "students would no longer be allowed to take supplements or extra answer-sheets in their exams".The court said "while the circular had been issued to avoid errors in the online assessment system, the students could not be penalized for errors made by the university". “We have come across several matters where students suffered on account of erroneous decisions by the university. Several petitions have been filed in court, alleging that their supplementary answer sheets were lost by the university leading to them losing out on marks. The university gave such students marks based on the principle of averages only after the court intervened. It appears that the university has now come up with the novel idea that if there are no supplements, there won’t be any question of supplements being lost,” the bench said. The court also said that it is a common knowledge that every student has different writing. While some students may not use up the entire answer-sheet, other may very well require supplementary to complete their exam.“The idea is that students are provided with as many pages as required to complete their answers. Now, whether you provide them lose sheets or another booklet is up to you. We cannot allow the university’s last minute decisions to prejudice the rights of the students,” the court said.“We shall deal with this issue during the final hearing but we cannot allow the university to prejudice the students. The university’s circular cannot be considered as a piece of delegated legislation,” it said.

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