[UGC VS STUDENTS] SC Hearing On Petitions Seeking Cancellation Of Final Year Exams [Courtroom Exchange]

Justice Bhushan: What is your solution ? This has been argued.

Arora: DU has already begun the exams. I request my Lords to ensure that those students who have not been able to give the exams to be treated on equal footing. 

Arora: The issue here is that other Universities, jobs have limited seats which will be fulfilled at the earliest. The leftover students will lose out. 

Arora: There are students who are able to give the exams now. And there are students who won’t. The latter are called leftover students. 

Arora: Students have not been given a level-playing field. Plus, the University treats them on two different ways.

Arora: My arguments are based on two planks. Let the students not be made Guinea pigs as to whether they will be able to take online exams. 

Sr. Adv. Mihir Desai attempts to make submissions on behalf of Intervenors. The Bench states that they will hear him later.

Sr. Adv. Meenakshi Arora now makes submissions.

Bench: There is no contradiction between April and July Guidelines. They former only allowed the Universities the discretion to decide the method. 

Vishwanathan: Finally, what will happen to those Universities who have already followed the April Guidelines ? Students have already arranged their affairs as per those guidelines. 

Vishwanathan: The most hard-hit will be the poor, the downtrodden, and those without any access to technology. Unless you decide to give them all Tablets. 

Vishwanathan: The Court should not rest with the Kuhad Committee Report. No alternative mechanisms have been explored. Please consult someone of repute.