Students' exam rights integral to human dignity, says HC
Prayagraj, Jan. 20 -- The Allahabad high court has said that the right to appear in an examination is akin to the right to live with human dignity, enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution. Therefore, a student's future cannot be jeopardised due to technical lapses or administrative inertia.
The Allahabad high court has directed prof Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) University to conduct a special examination for a BSc student who was denied an admit card because the university portal failed to update her admission records.
The petitioner, Shreya Pandey, a first-year BSc (Biology) student at Urmila Devi PG College, Handia, affiliated to the Rajju Bhaiya University, filed a writ petition, stating that she had duly deposited her fees on July 16, 2025 and attended classes for the academic session 2025-2026.
However, when the examination schedule was published, she was not issued an admit card.
The issue was that her records could not be updated on the university's "Samarth Portal" within the prescribed date, although her candidature/application was available on the portal in draft form.
Noticing the error, the college made a representation to the university stating that the records of around 30 students, including that of the petitioner, were not updated.
Though later, the records of 25 students were updated, the petitioner's record was again not updated....
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