India, Sept. 11 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday strongly criticised Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) for issuing a circular that permits law students who fail their first year to be directly promoted to the third year, describing the move as "beyond logic and reason."

A division bench comprising justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Ashwin Bhobe expressed serious concern over the circular, which was issued in 2025 under the signature of the university's deputy registrar. The directive allows students failing in the first year of law to be provisionally admitted to the third year, those failing the second year to the first semester of the fourth year, and similarly, third-year failures to the first semester of the fifth year.

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