New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that no law student can be barred from taking semester examinations or denied progression into the next semester solely on the ground of lack of minimum attendance.

A bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Amit Sharma, while delivering its detailed verdict in the suo moto case registered in the wake of a suicide by a young law student, held that detention or academic penalty for lack of attendance cannot come at the cost of a student’s mental health or right to life.

The Delhi High Court, taking cognisance of the “debilitating impact” of rigid attendance norms on students, issued comprehensive interim directions while consultations by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for reforming attendance requirements across all law colleges and universit

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