Not possible to filter non-serious law students in DU: HC

The Delhi High Court today said it was not possible to filter the students, who allegedly "block" the LLB seats in the Delhi University (DU) by taking admission in the course and not pursuing it later, as "serious" students could not be distinguished from the "non-serious" ones.
The plea, filed by a second-year law student of DU's Campus Law Centre, has alleged that 500-700 seats get "wasted" annually as some students take admission either to secure a hostel seat to prepare for various entrance exams or block the LLB seat as a back-up plan.
A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla said the students, who secured highest marks, were only able to book their seats.

"If they (the students) get better opportunity, they will move for that and the seat is vacated, for which the colleges have been giving admissions till late October," it said.
"We are not here to micro-manage the universities, they have their policy. You (the petitioner) can go an approach the university, let them take their view," it observed.
The bench also said, "It is dangerous to engage court into this kind of issues".

The bench observed that it was not possible to filter the students, who allegedly "block" the LLB seats, as "serious" students could not be distinguished from the "non-serious" ones.

Sensing the mood of the court, the petitioner, withdrew his plea, but alleged that 30 per cent of LLB seats in the DU were wasted every year by "non-serious" students.
Petitioner Subhash Vijayran was seeking a direction to the varsity, its Faculty of Law and the Bar Council of India to take a mandatory bond of Rs five lakh or an appropriate amount from the students taking admission in the law course.
Alleging that the current examination system was ruining the talent of students, the plea said that the topics for the theoretical semester exams were specific and predictable.
The petition claimed that the majority of the students did not read case materials but used guidebooks to pass the exams.