BANGALORE: Regulations for the five-year law course and three-year one cannot be equated, the high court has ruled.
The ruling comes in the wake of a petition by a 47-year-old who joined the five-year course at Anekal in 2006 and was transferred to a law college in Bangalore following closure of the college in Anekal. However, since he failed in 11 papers, he was refused admission to the ninth semester as the regulation stipulates that students cannot be admitted if they carry more than 10 papers of the previous semesters.
Claiming the university's action as "discriminatory" as there is no restriction on carry-over system in regulations governing the three-year course, petitioner S Soupramenien sought for similar facility for the five-year course.
His argument: three-year law course students can still appear for the final exam without even clearing a single paper in the previous semesters.
What Court said?
The high court held the regulations governing the five-year course as valid by terming it "a serious professional course" compared to the three-year one.
"Generally, the three-year law course is opted for by those who are working. So the regulations governing this course are framed keeping in mind the requirement of those persons. The five-year course is of some seriousness and students of this course are expected to study seriously. Regulations for the five-year course cannot be equated with that of the three-year one," Justice Mohanshantanagoudar observed in his order. He dismissed Soupramanien's petition.
Source: Times of India
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