SC dismisses NLSIU plea on promotion of law student

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by the NLSIU Bangalore against the Karnataka High Court order allowing a students admission to the fourth year BA LLB (Honours) course despite charges of plagiarism in a project.

The apex court has dismissed the special leave petition filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) against the Karnataka High Court order which allowed a law student admission to his fourth year (2020-2021) Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Legislative Law (BA LLB) (Honours) despite the student faced the plagiarism charges in project work.

NLSIU had filed the appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court judgement granting relief to a law student who allegedly committed plagiarism in the project work. The student named Hruday P.B. was refused to get admitted to his fourth year BAA LLB course over plagiarism charges.

A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said, “We would say that normally the Court would loathe interfering in disciplinary matters of educational institutions and if at all, the universities should be able to set its own house in order in its own way.”

The bench directed the university to permit the student to join the fourth year.

The bench also replied to University's counsel who submitted that judicial intervention in educational matters created complications in maintaining discipline, the court said, “But at times when things are pressed beyond the stage, judicial intervention becomes necessary and that is what appears to have happened in this case. We would make it clear that there is no encouragement by us for students to assume that they can get judicial redressal if they act contrary to the regulations.”

The court clearly said that they found nothing wrong with the High Court's order.

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