The panel headed by Justice Govind Mathur, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, has recommended that each university and centres of legal education should conduct examination for intermediate and final year law students as per their own discretion, depending upon the availability of resources and the impact of COVID 19 in that region.
Students of several centres, including 273 at DU, had sent emails requesting that the intermediate semester exams and promotions be held as per UGC guidelines
BCI chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra said that an email was also sent by Prof Vandana, Dean, Faculty of Law, DU to Bar Council of India on May 27, informing that varsity has announced exam for under graduates and other streams, which are going to commence from June 7.
“She has particularly referred to the planned examination for LL.B (all years) which is to commence on June 10 in OBE (open-book exam) blended mode,” the bar body noted.
She has specifically asked if any general instructions have been issued by the BCI or are in the pipeline for the Law Departments in the Central Universities, it noted.