NMumbai: In a reprieve for a blind law student, the Bombay high court has asked the vicechancellor of the University of Mumbai to use his “exceptional powers” to order a second revaluation of his answer paper.
“Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the present case, and particularly when the petitioner is a visually impaired student and the gap between requisite passing marks after granting him disability advantage and the marks obtained by him is very less, we find that this is a fit case wherein extraordinary powers of this court are required to be exercised,” said a division bench of Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice Bharati Dangre. The student had appeared for his Law of Evidence examination in May 2017 and was declared failed. A revaluation confirmed the marks, but he sought a second revaluation by another examiner. The varsity told the court that there was no provision to refer the answer paper to another expert. The bench pointed to the varsity rules that empowered the vice-chancellor to order another revaluation of the answer paper in “exceptional cases”. The court then said that “in view of extraordinary circumstances the petitioner’s case deserves sympathetic consideration”. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
