The Bombay High Court on Saturday refused to intervene in the Mumbai University’s decision to conduct final year examination for its undergraduate courses from October 1.
A Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni directed two university students who had petitioned the court, seeking a stay on the examinations, to instead approach the vice-chancellor for any relief that they sought.
Following the Supreme Court’s order that final year students can only be promoted based on examinations, the Mumbai University issued a circular announcing the schedule for the third-year final semester examinations. The exams will be conducted virtually between October 1 and October 17.
The university’s counsel Rui Rodrigues told the Bench on Saturday that the examinations will be conducted online in a multiple-choice question format.
The petitioners, however, argued through…