U.G.Examination Regulations, 2020: I. General
U.G.Examination Regulations, 2020: I. General
U.G.Examination Regulations, 2020: I. General
2. A student admitted to the B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Course shall have to pass all
the prescribed and optional courses within the maximum period of Seven Years
from and including the year of admission in order to be eligible for the award of the
Degree. However, if the student fails to pass the required courses in 7 year, the
Executive Council on the recommendation of Academic Council may give extension
of one more year to clear all the requisite papers.
4. The Committee shall conduct examinations, moderate question papers and publish
results.
7. An appeal or review against any decision taken by a committee shall lie with the
Vice Chancellor, who may, after giving specific reasons or grounds in writing, modify
the decisions taken by any of these committees.
8. Examination Committee shall have a convenor, who shall take steps to convene
meetings and coordinate exam related matters in consultation with chairman,
Examination Committee.
II. ATTENDANCE
2. The attendance of a newly admitted candidate shall be counted from the date of his/
her admission, or date of beginning of classes whichever is later, while in the case
of promoted candidates, attendance shall be counted from the date on which
respective class begins.
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4. Any case of Medical ailment which leads to loosing of classes shall be report to the
Vice-Chancellor/Registrar/Dean.
5. Students are required to submit Medical Leave Forms along with medical record
within two days of the student returning from the leave. No medical leave will be
considered subsequently.
b) Students are required to submit approved Academic Leave Forms along with
copy of invitation, copy of full paper/article before going for the activity for which
leave is applied for. No Academic Leave will be considered subsequently.
7. In cases where the student falls short of 75% attendance but secures more than
70% in a particular course, she/he will be allowed to take the exam in the course
provided she/he has secured more than 75% attendance on the average in all the
courses put together but excluding the course(s) in which she/he secured less than
70% attendance. There shall be no marks for attendance in such cases.
b. Projects
2. Twenty (25) marks shall be assigned for project work, fifteen (20) marks for
written project and five (5) marks for presentation, in each course within the
classroom wherein attendance shall be compulsory for all the students
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3. The following shall be the general rules for submission and presentation of the
projects:-
i. Students shall be assigned with project titles on the first day of the
commencement of the Semester by the respective (Course faculty). The
teachers shall also guide the students in methodology of data collection,
research and writing of the projects.
ii. Within fifteen days of the start of the Semester the student shall submit the
synopsis of their projects and get approval of the concerned Teacher-in-
Charge.
iv. The Teacher-in-Charge of the Project Work shall continuously evaluate the
Project Work of the students during the available time. The concerned
Faculty will insist and emphasize upon adherence to a uniform methodology
as far as practicable.
vi. Hard copies of the final submission of the projects shall be submitted to the
concerned faculty on the prescribed date and a soft copy shall also be e-
mailed immediately thereafter to an e-mail id specified by the concerned
Course faculty/s.
vii. No plagiarism, in any form, will be allowed and necessary action will be
taken under the order of the Vice-Chancellor if any student is involved in
such activity.
viii. Efforts will be made by the Faculty-in-Charge of the Project Work to hold
orientation classes for at least 1st and 2nd Semester students.
ix. The hard copy of projects is to be handed over to the examination section
along with the marks within stipulated date by the concerned faculty.
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xi. The student is required to secure minimum 2.5 marks in the Presentation
component of the project. If the student fails to secure the minimum 2.5
marks in the presentation she/he has to again give the presentation.
xii. Student who fails to secure the minimum of 12.5 marks out of 25 marks in
the project writing is required to re-submit his / her project report after
revision for evaluation before the commencement of the next Semester. If
he / she fail to secure a minimum of 12.5 marks in written portion after re-
submission also, he / she shall be treated as failed in the course and shall be
required to re-register for the course subsequently in the Semester when the
course is offered and will be required to submit afresh draft and do the
presentation accordingly.
xiii. For a student who has been promoted to the next higher class, as per the
promotion regulations, the marks obtained in the other segments will be
taken for declaration of the result after submission of the project on a new
topic.
xiv. After submitting the revised project and securing the minimum prescribed
pass marks in project, if the student fails to secure a minimum of 50 marks
out of the total marks (100) he / she can take the repeat examination.
B. Elective Courses
(2) Elective Course shall comprise of 100 marks, of which, there will be an end term
examination component of 50 marks. The written projects/ presentation / viva
voce/article etc. and other components shall comprise rest of the marks. In order
to successfully complete and pass the course, a student shall secure a minimum
of 50 marks in all the components put together.
(5) A student who fails to secure the requisite marks in the elective course or fails to
complete the various components of the course, during the semester, shall be
treated as failed and will be deregistered in that elective course. Such a student
shall have to choose an additional elective course in the following semester.
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C. Seminar Courses
1. In Seminar Courses, the course teacher shall provide the content of the course in
about 35 to 40 class hours and allow the students to spend the rest of the time in
carrying out research on the assigned topic.
2. Attendance shall be compulsory for all the students during the presentations of
seminar papers.
3. A Seminar Course shall comprise of 100 marks, of which, there will preferably be an
examination component of 30 marks. The written projects, presentation / viva voce,
and other components shall comprise rest of the marks.
6. A student who fails to secure the requisite marks in the seminar course despite the
facility for repeat examination or fails to complete the various components of the
course, during the semester, shall be treated as failed in that seminar course. Such
a student shall choose an additional seminar course in the following semester.
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C. Clinical Courses
2. In Clinical Courses, the course faculty shall provide the content of the course in
about 20 to 30 hours and allow the students to spend the rest of the time in
carrying out research on the assigned topic and defending his/her clinical paper/
report in the rest of the classes assigned for the clinical courses. The scheduling of
clinical courses shall be done in consultation with the practitioners or subject
experts.
3. Attendance shall be compulsory for all the students during the presentations of the
clinical papers / field visits and other exercises as may be designated by the faculty.
4. The evaluation method for each clinical course shall be designed by the teacher/s
teaching the course, in consultation with the Examination Committee.
6. If any student fails in the clinical course, a repeat test or resubmission of projects or
fresh presentation or resubmission of reports and fresh presentation or
resubmission of any component of the student evaluation shall be administered by
the teacher within reasonable time, in consultation with the Undergraduate Council/
Examination Committee after the student has paid the prescribed fees. A student is
allowed to take maximum of two repeat exams.
8. If a student fails to secure the requisite marks in the clinical course or fails to
complete all the components of the clinical course during the semester
for any reason, he/she shall be treated as having failed in that clinical course. Such
students shall re-register for the clinical course when it is again offered.
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1. The projects submitted after the given date shall be accepted with marks
deducted for late submission.
2. When either deadline conflict with a co-curricular activity such as a moot court
competition, an academic seminar or conference and so on, the Committee
may grant an extension up to seven days involved in such activity. If the conflict
is with moot court competition, then the Committee may grant extension only in
consultation with Faculty In-charge of the Moot Court Association.
1. The Committee may in select cases, as its discretion, exempt students participating
at the international level in moot court competitions, academic activities and other
co-curricular activities, from submitting not more than three project in a year.
3. Students availing of these exemptions shall not be exempted from any other
evaluation component, and the marks scored in components shall be extrapolated
into a proportion of the total marks (including marks for projects) allocated for that
course.
IV .EXAMINATIONS
3. The above scheme of evaluation, shall not apply to the Seminar and Clinical
courses and the distribution of marks in the seminar and clinical courses shall be
notified by the Undergraduate Council / Examination Committee before the
commencement of every semester.
4. All the candidates who have put in the minimum of 75% of attendance for
appearing at the Examination and have filled in the examination form in time for
appearing at the End Semester Examination shall be allowed to appear at the
respective examinations.
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8. The student is required to have minimum 65% attendance to appear for the
Repeat/ Re-repeat examination in the previous semester.
9. The students falling short of the minimum requisite i.e. 67% attendance in a
particular course shall have to take the repeat exam for that particular course
when the same is offered in the following academic year after complying with the
attendance requirements of the concerned course. Exam of such students shall
be conducted along with the repeat examination scheduled for other candidates.
11. The Repeat Examination as above may be organized either immediately after
the completion of the end semester examinations or just week before the
commencement of the following semester or within 10 days of its
commencement. The Grades obtained in the Repeat Examinations, unless duly
approved, shall be indicated with R-1, R-2 at the top of the Grade. It is further
clarified that repeat examinations shall be for 50 marks, 05 marks for attendance
and marks awarded for sessional component projects and the viva/
presentation, attendance etc. will remain as originally awarded.
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12. Students cannot seek improvement on the part related to continuous/ sessional
assessment at any stage of the programme.
13. Hall tickets when applicable shall be issued to each student by the Examination
Section prior to the commencement of the examinations. No student shall be
permitted to enter the Examination Hall without the Hall Ticket. The Students will
be permitted to appear only in those examinations indicated in her / his Hall
ticket. It is further clarified that the issuance of a Hall ticket is not an
acknowledgement by the University that the student has fulfilled all the
requirements which would entitle him/her to appear for the examination, such
as, minimum attendance.
(1) Unfair means and other malpractices in relation to the examination shall include:
iv) Seeking or extending help in the exam, in relation to the questions asked.
xiii) Any other similar malpractice, which in the opinion of the Board of Examination
amounts to a use of unfair means.
(2.) Use of Unfair Means shall be inquired into by a committee constituted for the
purpose by the Examination Committee. The Examination Committee shall submit a
report to the Registrar who shall impose the penalty with reasons in writing. An
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appeal can be made to the Vice-Chancellor who shall either uphold or reduce the
penalty, or condone the same.
1. All the course coordinator and other faculty members shall correct the answer
scripts and submit the marks along with the answer script to the Examination
Section within one week of the date of the last paper.
D. Moderation
1. If the Vice-Chancellor feels that the result of any particular course contains too may
discrepancies, she/he may submit the results before a committee appointed for the
purpose.
2. The committee may increase or decrease the marks, either all around or selectively
but on the basis of the pre-determined formula, with the specific objective of
ameliorating the discrepancies.
E. Re-Evaluation
2. Applications may be made within five (05) days from the re-opening of the
University after each semester break.
(b) If there is an increase/decrease of more than 10% marks given by the First
Re-evaluator then the answer book shall be evaluated by the Second Re-
evaluator.
IIf there is an increase/decrease of more than 10% marks given by the Second
Re-evaluator then the answer book shall be evaluated by the Third Re-
evaluator.
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F. Repeat/Re-repeat Examination
2. The question paper will be divided into two parts i.e. 25 marks and 50 marks.
3. The students who fail to appear for the Mid Term shall answer the 25 marks
paper and the student who fails to appear or failed in the End term is required to
answer the 50 marks paper.
4. The student who has not appeared for both Mid Term and End Term shall
answer total 75 marks paper
G. Improvement Examinations
1. Students who have passed a given course but desire to improve their performance
shall be permitted to sit for the Repeat Examination of that course.
3. The fee for appearing in the Improvement examination shall be Rs. 500 per subject.
4. In the official marks statement, the grade secured in a repeat examination shall be
suffixed with the letter “I” to indicate that the grade was obtained through an
Improvement Examination.
5. If the grade obtained in the Improvement Examination is lower than the grade
secured by the student in her/his first attempt, then the original score shall stand
and the grade secured in the Improvement Examination shall be discarded.
The issue of photo copy of answer scripts on demand will be issued to students my
making payment of Rs.200/- per subject
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V. PROMOTION
1. No candidate shall be promoted to the next higher class unless he/she has
completed all the courses in a given year. However, a candidate who has failed
in not more than three courses out of ten in a year may be promoted to the next
higher class. Under such circumstance, the candidate has to re-register for the
courses failed separately.
2. No Candidate will be promoted to the Third Year without passing all the First
Year courses. Similarly, this rule shall apply to all other promotions to next higher
classes.
a. A student, who has failed in more than three courses of odd Semester i.e. 1 st,
3rd, 5th, 7th or 9th Semester even after the Repeat End Semester Examination
for the concerned odd Semester, will in no case be promoted to the next
higher classes.
b. A student, who has failed in more than three courses in a given year, shall be
promoted to the next higher Semester in anticipation of his/her clearing the
said courses in the Repeat End Semester Examination for the even
Semester of the given year.
d. In no case a student will be promoted to the Third Year without passing all the
courses of First Year. Similarly a student of Third Year shall not be promoted
to Fourth Year without passing all the Courses of Second Year. These rules
shall apply to all other promotions to next higher classes as well.
e. Those students who have failed in not more than two courses in a given year
will be promoted to next higher class.
VI INTERNSHIP
2. The Internship Report shall be of 75 Marks and 25 Marks are for Internship
Report Viva.
3. Students, who fail to undertake internship during any of the months, would
have to undergo the same after completion of their 5 year course.
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Ab - Absent
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R – Repeat
F – Failed
I – Improvement
AMENDMENTS/ADDITIONS
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