Delhi High Court: Law Students With Zero Percent Attendance Cannot Claim Benefit of Leniency Norms

The Delhi High Court ruled that law students who fail to attend a single class or examination in a semester cannot claim academic progression or benefit from relaxed attendance norms.

The Bench clarified that judicial leniency applies strictly to genuine shortages of attendance rather than absolute non-attendance.

The Court observed that the appellant student had completely missed his third semester before seeking direct entry into the fourth semester under the guise of academic continuity.

Holding that allowing a student to bypass an entire semester without attending classes undermines legal education standards, even if the initial denial of admission was due to external circumstances.

[Aman Bansal v. University of Delhi]