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The Delhi High Court Today (Sept 9) asked Amity Law School if it will make an ex-gratia payment to the family of law student Sushant Rohilla who died by suicide in 2016 after allegedly being barred from sitting for the semester exams due to lack of requisite attendance. Court said it was not blaming any individual for the unfortunate incident but the “shoulder” of the institution should be “broad enough” to take responsibility for the systemic failure.
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The Delhi High Court has called for a progressive change in the way educational certificates and degrees are issued to students. The court emphasized that there is “no reasonable justification” for the exclusive mention of the father’s name, sidelining the mother’s identity in academic documents. Justice C Hari Shankar remarked, “It would be clearly retrogressive […]