The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a significant interim direction barring law universities and colleges from preventing students from appearing in examinations solely on the grounds of attendance shortage. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma further directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to conduct a comprehensive review of the mandatory attendance requirements for both the three-year and five-year law programmes, concluding that legal education transcends mere classroom learning.

Background

The court issued the order while hearing a plea that was originally taken up by the Supreme Court in 2016 following the tragic alleged suicide of a student at Amity Law University. The student had reportedly been barred from taking examinations due to insufficient attendance.

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