Particular examination to be held later for legislation college students celebrating Eid on Might 28: DU to HC after pupil recordsdata plea
Delhi College on Tuesday knowledgeable the excessive court docket that it’ll conduct a particular examination after July 4 for any college students who want to observe Eid al-Azha on Might 28 and thus are unable to seem for the examination scheduled by the legislation school on that date.
The submission was made by DU’s lawyer Mohinder Rupal earlier than a Delhi HC bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh, on a petition filed by a Muslim pupil of the sixth semester, College of Regulation, difficult the college’s Might 25 determination to conduct examinations on Might 28which occurs to be Bakrid.
“(The DU counsel mentioned) college students belonging to the minority group and/or college students who want to have a good time the pageant of Eid-ul-Azha on Might 28, 2026, could inform the Dean, College of Regulation, by tomorrow (Might 27) and the examination proposed to be held on that day might be held after July 4. Taking his assertion on document, the petition is disposed of,” the court docket mentioned.
The court docket clarified that the rescheduled examination date might be communicated to the scholars no less than per week prematurely.
The petitioner, Saif Rashid Saeed, had objected to the DU’s determination to proceed with holding the examination on Might 28 regardless of the central authorities notifying that date as a vacation for Eid.
The petition mentioned the college’s scheduling of the examination on Might 28 was arbitrary, unreasonable and disadvantaged the petitioner and different equally positioned college students of their proper to peacefully observe and have a good time an vital non secular pageant. The petitioner’s counsel had famous that even the Supreme Courtroom and the excessive court docket have declared Might 28 as a vacation for the pageant.
