India, Nov. 3 -- In a ruling that may prove to be a landmark, the Delhi high court on Monday ruled that no law student in the country can be barred from examinations over not meeting minimum-attendance norms.

The bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma passed the order on a suo motu petition initiated by the Supreme Court, after the death of law student Sushant Rohilla by suicide in 2016. Rohilla had been barred from sitting for the semester exams over attendance shortage.

"Having considered the stark realities that have come to the surface, this court is strongly of the view that norms (in) education in general and legal education in particular cannot be made so stringent so as to lead to mental trauma, let alone death of a ...