After repetitive attempts from Mumbai University Law students, finally, the Bombay High Court stayed the ongoing 60/40 pattern of Mumbai University’s law examinations. Accordingly, the university has been asked to conduct the examinations as per the old pattern and examine the papers in a similar way.
Earlier, the educational institution had introduced the 60/40 pattern for its law students but they expressed disapproval on the new regulations. Therefore, the students registered their disagreement by protesting and filed an online petition against the pattern through change.org. After which, more than 860 students agreed to sign the petition favouring to scrap the new pattern.
However, the university was adamant on its decision and refused to pay heed to the students’ plea. Thus, the Student Law Council President Sachin Pawar, filed a petition against the pattern in Bombay HC. During the hearing, the court expressed its displeasure about the university’s mismanagement and asked it to clarify about the new pattern.
On October 29, during the hearing of the same case, the court had enforced a stay on the new pattern and thus, providing relief to the law students. The court slammed the university about the unavailability of teachers, no organised timetable for examinations and therefore questioned the institution about how it planned to conduct examinations under such circumstances.
Therefore, the court has asked the university to not conduct the examinations in a 60/40 pattern for the academic year 2018/19.
The High Court has currently enforced a stay on the 60/40 pattern. Accordingly, now the university should introduce a circular to completely eliminate the pattern soon. The decision by the high court is surely a huge relief for the law students,” said Sachin Pawar, Student Law Council President.
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