Examination Rules

B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Five Year Degree Course

ACADEMIC AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS

B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) – Five Year Integrated Degree Programme

1. SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT

(a) These rules may be called the NLU Delhi Academic and Examination Regulations, pertaining to the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme.

(b) These Rules, except Rule 13.2, with regard to the grading system shall be applicable to all students enrolled in the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) degree programme at NLU Delhi. Rule 13.2 shall only be applicable to the batches that enroll into the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme from the academic year 2014-15 onwards.

(c) These Rules shall come into force from August 4, 2014.

2. CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

2.1 The Vice-Chancellor shall constitute the following committees for each Academic Year:

a) Undergraduate Council: The Undergraduate Council shall conduct examinations, implement these Rules and make recommendations, if any, on matters pertaining to the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) degree programme. In constituting the Undergraduate Council, the Vice Chancellor shall take into account the need for continuity in the decision making process.

b) Moderation Committee: The Moderation Committee, which shall comprise of three members of the Undergraduate Council, shall moderate question papers and results.

c) Disciplinary Committee: The Disciplinary Committee shall inquire into disciplinary cases referred to it, including those involving use of unfair means in examinations and submit its report to the Vice-Chancellor.

2.2 Every Committee shall be co-ordinated by a Convener, who shall conduct its responsibilities with the cooperation of its members.

2.3 The Undergraduate Council shall plan, organize, supervise and take decisions in all academic and examination related matters, implement these Rules and make recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for any desired change of these Rules from time to time. All matters relating to the examinations shall be decided by the Undergraduate Council. The Undergraduate Council will work under the guidance of the Vice Chancellor.

2.4 The Vice Chancellor shall nominate one faculty member to coordinate the academic activities of each class. The Faculty Coordinator for each class shall assist in coordinating the academic activities of each class.

2.5 The Moderation Committee shall moderate all the question papers, at least three days before the commencement of mid-semester, end semester and repeat examinations, and if required, shall finalize the question paper in consultation with the concerned faculty member. The Committee shall also, in consultation with the concerned faculty member moderate the results before their publication, if necessary.

2.6 The Disciplinary Committee shall, in addition to the various disciplinary issues referred to it, inquire into any cases of malpractice or unfair means adopted by the students in any examination and submit its report along with recommendations to the Undergraduate Council. After considering the report of the Disciplinary Committee, the Undergraduate Council shall impose such of the penalties/ punishments as it may deem appropriate.

2.7 An appeal or review against any decision taken by a committee shall lie with the Vice Chancellor, who may, after giving specific reasons or grounds in writing, modify the decisions taken by any of these committees.

2.8 All the records pertaining to Examinations as well as the decisions taken by the Undergraduate Council and the other committees constituted under these Rules shall be maintained by the Examination Department of the University.

2.9 The Undergraduate Council may make recommendations as to procedures for maintenance of examination and academic records by the Examination Department, including maintenance of records by providing document numbers, and classification, for easy retrieval.

2.10 The Undergraduate Council and other committees constituted under these Rules shall continue to function until fresh committees are constituted by the Vice Chancellor.

2.11 The examination process being confidential in nature, no student shall seek access to Examination Department for any reason whatsoever. The faculty shall also cooperate in maintaining the confidentiality of the examination process.

3. REQUIREMENT OF ATTENDANCE

3.1 NLU Delhi being a residential University, it is expected that students shall attend all scheduled classes. In no event shall a student be absent for more than 30% of the classes held in the subject in a semester, whether on account of medical leave or otherwise.

3.2 The attendance status of every student shall be duly notified by the Examination Department every month, both on the Notice Board, and by any other appropriate means for communication, indicating the total number of classes held, the number of classes a student has attended, or was absent. The Examination Department shall declare the final attendance status of every student as well as the list of eligible candidates to appear in the end semester examinations, prior to the commencement of the end semester examination

3.3 Every student shall secure a minimum of 75% of attendance in every course to be eligible to appear for the end semester examination. However, if any student falls short of 75% but has secured 70% or more in a particular course(s), such student may be permitted to appear for the end semester examination provided the student has secured 75% or more in all other courses in a given semester. It is further clarified that, in such cases, the student, though permitted to appear for the end semester examination, shall not be entitled for the award of marks for attendance in those courses where the student has secured attendance below 75%.

3.4 Students who have been granted Medical Leave as per the Rules of the University, shall be eligible to appear for the end semester examination provided that they have attended a minimum of 70% of classes in the course for which they are appearing for the examination, and the shortfall in attendance is attributable to the medical leave.

3.5 The candidates who have secured 75% or more shall be awarded the marks for attendance based on the following:

Percentage of attendance	Marks
95% and above	5
90% – 94%	4
85% – 89%	3
80% – 84%	2
75% – 79%	1

Note: No marks shall be awarded to any student on the ground that but for the medical leave, the concerned students would have been present for that particular class hour/set of class hours.

4. ACADEMIC LEAVE
4.1 Academic leave shall only be granted by the Vice Chancellor on the recommendation of the Class Teacher / Faculty Advisor. In applying for academic leave, the student shall specify the class hour/s that he/she may be absent for. Academic leave shall be given for a class hour/set of class hours, and not in terms of days. An academic leave form shall accordingly be prepared by the Undergraduate Council.

4.2 Academic leave to a student shall be considered, subject to the prior approval of the Vice Chancellor, or any person designated by him, for participation in moot court competitions, seminars, conferences, or any other academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. It is further clarified that academic leave shall not be granted for participation in Summer School programmes, internships, job interviews, passport/visa interviews etc under any circumstances.

4.3 Invitation for participation in any of the activities, for which a student may be granted academic leave, should have been received by the University or addressed to the University. Invitations addressed to individual students will not be considered for academic leave.

4.4 Academic leave in a given semester, shall not exceed 10% of the classes in each subject. An exception can be made in circumstances where unscheduled classes are taken during the period when academic leave is sought. In case of moot court competitions, a student shall be entitled to academic leave for travel and participation, which shall not be for more than 10 working days. In case of a sports event, a student shall not be entitled to academic leave for more than 4 working days, including travel.

4.5 No academic leave shall be granted for appearing in examinations.

4.6 It is clarified that in the event a student is unable to appear for an examination on any grounds whatsoever, including medical leave or academic leave, there shall not be any rescheduling of the said examination or special examination, or any proportionate enhancement of marks on the basis of marks secured in any other examination in the said course. No request from any student in this regard can be entertained by any authority.

5. MEDICAL LEAVE

5.1 The University is a residential University. Therefore, medical leave shall be with the prior permission of the University, unless emergency circumstances do not permit it. In such an event, the Vice Chancellor shall be approached as soon as possible. Request for medical leave from students which will involve their absence from the University campus may be considered only against hospitalization for any treatment or investigation or isolation of student(s) required for any contagious diseases.

5.2 All the medical records, investigations etc., done during admission in a hospital / nursing home along with the request should be submitted to the Undergraduate Council immediately on reporting back to the University and in any case within one week of resuming the classes after the discharge from the hospital / nursing home concerned. No medical certificate shall be entertained by the Undergraduate Council thereafter.

5.3 Where the student is not admitted to a hospital / nursing home, but isolation of the student from the hostels is required in the larger interest of other students, the same shall be certified by the University doctor.

5.4 Submission of improper medical certificates or fake certificates shall result in mandatory disciplinary action by the University.

5.5 A student who has been granted Medical Leave in accordance with these Rules, shall not be awarded any marks for attendance on the grounds that but for the said medical leave, the student would have been present and neither the class hour/s missed on account of the medical leave shall be excluded for calculating the total number of classes in the concerned course.

6. EXAMINATION SCHEME

6.1 The examination scheme shall consist of two parts. The first part shall include ongoing continuous assessment of students in every course for a total of 30 marks and shall include marks for attendance (5 marks), a written project (20 marks) and viva voce or presentation (5 marks). The second part shall include written examination in two stages – one mid-semester examination (20 marks) and an end semester examination (50 marks).

6.2 The Undergraduate Council shall announce the schedule of the examination before the commencement of every semester and notify the same on the Notice Board as well as the website of the University. In exceptional circumstances, minor alteration of the scheduled dates can be carried out by the Undergraduate Council in consultation with the Vice Chancellor for accommodating any of the co-curricular activities or extra-curricular activities in which a large number of students are involved in or are participating.

6.3 It shall be mandatory for every student to appear for every examination conducted by the University. No student shall be allowed to absent himself/herself from any examination except with the prior written permission of the Vice Chancellor on a written request made by the student, stating the reasons for possible absence. It is further clarified that permission by the Vice Chancellor only excuses the student from appearing in the examination and is not a ground for any other relief, including those alluded to in Rule 4.6.

6.4 A student who absents himself/herself for an examination without permission shall be declared “Failed” in that course. He/she shall appear in the Repeat Examination for that course. If he/she passes the course in the Repeat Examination, the grade obtained shall have ® mentioned against it in the transcript. It is further clarified that no exemption of any kind in any examination during an academic year shall be provided on medical grounds.

6.5 If any student or a group of students, under a common understanding, intentionally absents himself/herself/themselves from any scheduled examination, he/she/they shall not be allowed to write the Repeat exam, and will be consider “Failed” in that course. They will have to re-register for the course as and when it is again offered, after due payment of the prescribed fine. The decision of the Disciplinary Committee as to whether the absence was pursuant to a common understanding shall be final, subject to an appeal to the Vice Chancellor.

6.6 The Undergraduate Council shall organize Repeat Examinations for those students who fail in any of the courses in a semester, as well as those students who have not appeared for the mid-semester or end semester examinations for any valid reasons. The Examination Department shall maintain a record of students who have not appeared for an examination, on any ground. The dates for the repeat examination shall generally be notified at the beginning of the semester. If the dates are changed, such change shall duly be notified by the Undergraduate Council at least one week before commencement of the repeat examination both on the Notice Board and the website of the University.

6.7 The Repeat Examination shall be generally organized either immediately after the completion of the end semester examinations or just before the commencement of the following semester or within 10 days of its commencement. The Grades obtained in the Repeat Examinations, unless duly approved, shall be indicated with ® at the top of the Grade. It is further clarified that repeat examinations shall be for the entire marks comprising the examination component of a course (70 marks) and shall be based on the entire syllabus for the course. The repeat examination (for 70 marks) shall generally be of 3 hours duration. The marks awarded for projects and the viva, will remain as originally awarded.

6.8 Students desirous of improving their Grades may apply formally to the Undergraduate Council with the prescribed fee and appear in the Repeat Examination. The Grade originally obtained by such candidate at the end of the semester examination will be cancelled and the Grade obtained pursuant to the marks obtained at the Repeat Examination will be treated as final. The Grades so obtained through the Improvement Examinations shall be indicated with (I) against the Grade so obtained in the Improvement examination.

6.9 Students may appear in an improvement examination only along with the Repeat Examinations for the course held after the examination when they had passed the course. No opportunity for improvement shall be granted when the course is again offered next.

6.10 Students cannot seek improvement of the part related to continuous assessment i.e., marks related to attendance, project and viva voce / presentation.

6.11 The fees for duplicate hall tickets, additional review of answer scripts, Repeat Examination fee, Improvement Examination Fee, Fee for revaluation of answer scripts, and fees for any component of clinical and seminar course evaluation which is being reviewed, resubmitted or redone, shall be as per the rates specified by the Undergraduate Council at the commencement of the academic year.

6.12 Hall tickets shall be issued to each student by the Examination Department prior to the commencement of the examinations. No student shall be permitted to enter the Examination Hall without the Hall Ticket. The Students will be permitted to appear only in those examinations indicated in her / his Hall ticket. It is further clarified that the issuance of a Hall ticket is not an acknowledgement by the University that the student has fulfilled all the requirements which would entitle him/her to appear for the examination, such as, minimum attendance.

7. PROJECTS, SEMINAR COURSES AND CLINICAL COURSES

Projects

7.1 In every course, twenty five (25) marks shall be assigned for projects, out of which twenty (20) shall be assigned to a written project and five (5) marks for project presentation or viva voce.

7.2 The Undergraduate Council shall, before the commencement of the semester, or at least on the day of commencement of the semester, notify on the Notice Board as well as the website of the University the last date for submission of projects in the courses offered in that semester. Hard copies of projects shall be submitted to the concerned teacher by 5 p.m. on the prescribed date, and a soft copy shall also be e-mailed immediately thereafter to an e-mail id specified by the Undergraduate Council, and to the concerned subject teacher/s. The concerned subject teacher shall maintain a record of submission of hard copies, in a register supplied by the Examination Department. Half a mark shall be deducted from the marks awarded for the Projects submitted, for each day’s delay in submission of projects, after the prescribed date and time. However, no project shall be accepted by the concerned teacher beyond six days after the date prescribed. Students shall be permitted to appear in the end-semester examination, subject to their having submitted their projects, and completed their presentation/viva-voce.

7.3 The Undergraduate Council shall, notify on the Notice Board as well as the website of the University, a uniform set of deadlines for completion of presentations/viva-voce.

7.4 The subject teacher shall notify specific project titles / topics to all the students either before the commencement of semester vacation or prior to the commencement of the semester in which the course is offered. The teachers shall also guide the students in methodology of data collection, research and writing of the projects.

7.5 The Presentation or viva voce of the projects, shall be organized only after the submission of the projects by the students. Such presentations or viva/voce shall be conducted by teacher in the presence of atleast five other students. Presentations or viva voce shall not be carried out during regular class hours.

7.6 Plagiarism in projects submitted by the students shall constitute a serious academic malpractice and shall carry mandatory punishment of forfeiture of all marks in the concerned subject and / or suspension from the University for a maximum of one academic year.

Seminar Courses

7.7 In Seminar Courses, the course teacher shall provide the content of the course in about 35 to 40 class hours and allow the students to spend the rest of the time in carrying out research on the assigned topic.

7.8 Attendance shall be compulsory for all the students during the presentations of seminar papers.

7.9 A Seminar Course shall comprise of 100 marks, of which, there will preferably be an examination component of 30 marks. The written projects, presentation / viva voce, and other components shall comprise rest of the marks.

7.10 In seminar courses, in order to successfully complete and pass the course, a student shall secure a minimum of 50 marks in all the components put together. If any student fails in the seminar course, a repeat examination (of the examination component), or resubmission of the seminar paper, or fresh presentation, or resubmission of the seminar paper and fresh presentation may be administered by the teacher, within reasonable time, in consultation with the Undergraduate Council. The prescribed fee for resubmission and/or repeat examination shall be paid by the student prior to such repeat examination/resubmission.

7.11 Plagiarism in seminar papers submitted by the students shall constitute a serious academic malpractice and shall carry the same consequences as for projects, as prescribed in Rule 7.6.

7.12 A student who fails to secure the requisite marks in the seminar course despite the facility for repeat prescribed in Rule 7.10, or fails to complete the various components of the course, during the semester, shall be treated as failed in that seminar course. Such a student shall choose an additional seminar course in the following semester, after paying the requisite fee for the same.

7.13 A Faculty Co-ordinator shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor every year to assist the Undergraduate Council in the co-ordination and supervision of all seminar courses in accordance with these Regulations. The Faculty Coordinator so appointed shall submit a detailed report at the end of the year in the conduct of the seminar courses and may also recommend ways and means to improve the quality of teaching, research and project writing in the seminar courses.

Clinical Courses

7.14 All clinical courses shall generally be taught by a team, consisting of a faculty member, and a senior practitioner/subject expert, if available. Such senior practitioner/subject expert shall be identified by the coordinator of clinical courses, in consultation with the concerned faculty member, with the approval of the Vice Chancellor.

7.15 In Clinical Courses, the course teacher shall provide the content of the course in about 20 to 30 hours and allow the students to spend the rest of the time in carrying out research on the assigned topic and defending his/her clinical paper/report in the rest of the classes assigned for the clinical courses. The scheduling of clinical courses shall be done in consultation with the practitioners or subject experts.

7.16 Attendance shall be compulsory for all the students during the presentations of the clinical papers / field visits and other exercises as may be designated by the teacher.

7.17 The evaluation method for each clinical course shall be designed by the teacher/s teaching the course, in consultation with the Undergraduate Council.

7.18 To successfully complete and pass a clinical course, a student shall secure a minimum of 50 marks in all the components put together. If any student fails in the clinical course, a repeat test or resubmission of projects or fresh presentation or resubmission of reports and fresh presentation or resubmission of any component of the student evaluation, shall be administered by the teacher, in consultation with the Undergraduate Council, after the student has paid the prescribed fees.

7.19 Plagiarism, or false statements/accounts in reports or projects or records submitted by the students in a clinical course shall constitute a serious academic malpractice and shall lead to the same consequences as prescribed in Rule 7.6.

7.20 If a student fails to secure the requisite marks in the clinical course, or fails to complete all the components of the clinical course during the semester for any reason, he/she shall be treated as having failed in that clinical course. Such students shall re-register for the clinical course when it is again offered.

7.21 A Faculty Co-ordinator shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor every year to assist the Undergraduate Council in the coordination and supervision of all the clinical courses in accordance with these Regulations. The Faculty Coordinator so appointed shall submit a detailed report at the end of the year on the conduct of the clinical courses and may also recommend ways and means to improve the clinical courses

8. QUESTION PAPERS

8.1 Question papers shall generally be without choice to the students as to which questions they may answer. However, if the teacher would like to provide a choice, the same should be notified at the commencement of the semester and shall not exceed 25% of the marks in the relevant paper in any case.

8.2 The question papers in all courses, especially those of law, should preferably comprise of problem-based questions and be designed to evaluate the analytical skills of the students. The question papers of humanities and social science courses shall be based on critical evaluation of the concepts and their relationship to diverse fields of law.

9. SCHEME OF EVALUATION

9.1 The entire examination process shall be administered internally. The teacher teaching the course shall frame the question paper, as well as evaluate the answer scripts. As a general rule, all question papers shall be in the format prescribed in Rule 8. Descriptive or narrative questions, designed to examine the memory of the students, if at all to be incorporated, should form only 20 % of the question paper.

9.2 The Moderation Committee shall have the responsibility of ensuring that Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 9.1 are strictly followed.

9.3 If more than one teacher is involved in teaching of a course, the setting of question paper and evaluation shall be done jointly by all the teachers who taught the course.

9.4 There shall be a continuous evaluation of the students in every course to be based on the following:

Attendance	05 marks
Mid-semester examination	20 marks
Written project	20 marks
Viva Voce or presentation	05 marks
End-semester examination	50 marks
Total	100 marks

9.5 The mid-semester examination (for 20 marks) shall generally be of 2 hours duration, and the end-semester exam (for 50 marks) shall generally be of 3 hours in duration.

9.6 This scheme of evaluation, shall not apply to the Seminar and Clinical courses and the distribution of marks in the seminar and clinical courses shall be notified by the Undergraduate Council before the commencement of every semester.

9.7 A candidate shall obtain a minimum of 50% marks or the equivalent grade i.e., Grade B in every course, to have successfully completed (passed) the course.

9.8 Once a student is declared as ‘failed’ in a course for any reason whatsoever, his/her transcript shall carry ® with the grade obtained later, whether the grade was obtained in the Repeat examination or obtained after the candidate re-registered for the course. Likewise, student who is not allowed to take the End Semester Examinations for shortage of attendance and has been allowed to re-register, the grade obtained subsequently shall carry ®.

10. PROMOTION SCHEME

10.1 No student shall be promoted to the next year of the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme unless he/she has successfully completed all the courses of all previous years of the programme, and a minimum of eight out of ten courses of the current year, as further explained in Rule 10.4. Provided that, if a student was debarred from appearing in an end-semester examination due to shortage of attendance in a compulsory course i.e., not a seminar or clinical course, then the concerned student shall not be promoted unless he/she satisfies the Undergraduate council that he/she will be able to meet the minimum attendance requirement when he/she re-registers for the said course.

10.2 A student who has failed a course, shall re-register himself/herself for the courses in which he/she has failed by paying the prescribed fees. If such student has been promoted to the next year of the programme, by virtue of Rule 10.1, he/she shall attend the courses of that year. For the re-registered course, he/she shall be evaluated for 95 marks, with the 5 marks for attendance being carried over from the original course.

10.3 A student who has failed in more than two courses, and has not been promoted to the next year of the programme for that reason, shall re-register for those courses when they are again offered. The student shall be required to attend the classes in those courses and shall be evaluated for 100 marks.

10.4 No student shall be promoted to the third year without passing all the first year courses. Similarly, for the promotion to Fourth and Fifth years a Candidate should have passed all the papers in Second and Third year respectively.

In other words, Promotion Scheme shall be based on the following:

1. For promotion to II year – A student should have passed 8 out of 10 courses of the I year.
2. For promotion to III year, a student should have
   1. passed all courses of the I year and
   2. passed 8 out of 10 courses of II year
3. For promotion to IV year, a student should have
   1. passed all courses of the I and II years and
   2. passed 8 out of 10 courses of the III year
4. For promotion to V year, a student should have
   1. passed all courses of the I, II and III years and
   2. passed 8 courses out of 10 of the IV year

11. REVALUATION OF ANSWER SCRIPTS

11. 1 A student seeking revaluation of an answer script of an end-semester examination (or Repeat) shall apply to the Undergraduate Council, and provide reasons for seeking such revaluation. After examining the reasons, the Undergraduate Council shall place the request before the Vice Chancellor if it deems that the reasons have any basis. If the Vice Chancellor approves the request for revaluation, the Undergraduate Council shall forward the answer script, along with the answer key prepared by the course teacher, for revaluation.

11.2 An application for revaluation shall be made by the student to the Under Graduate Council after paying the prescribed fees and within one week from the date of declaration of results, if the University is in session. If the result is declared during vacations, the request shall be made within one week from the date of re-opening of the University. In no case shall a request for revaluation be entertained after the expiry of the relevant period.

11.3 In case of revaluation being successful, the student shall be awarded the grade as per the revaluation. In case a student takes the repeat examination and also applies for revaluation, the grade obtained in revaluation shall be final. If he/she fails in revaluation, the grade obtained in the repeat examination shall be final.

11.4 If the difference between the original marks awarded and marks obtained in revaluation is more than 10 marks, the script shall be sent to a third evaluator, and the marks awarded by the third evaluator shall be final.

12. UNFAIR MEANS AND MALPRACTICES IN EXAMINATIONS

12.1 Unfair means and other malpractices in relation to the examination shall include:

a) Possession or use of material having potential to be used for unfair means, including cell phones.

b) Writing on any part of the body/furniture/walls.

c) Plagiarism in projects/seminar/assignments submitted for evaluation.

d) Seeking or extending help in the exam, in relation to the questions asked.

e) Any boycott of exam

f) Disclosure of identity in the answer sheet in any form

g) Any threat/use of abusive language in exam or in the answer sheets

h) Refusal to surrender unfair means material or attempt to destroy.

i) Refusing to obey instructions of the Invigilator.

j) Smuggling an answer book/additional answer book into or out of the Examination Hall.

k) Inserting/substituting or removing any page from the answer book/additional answer book.

l) Impersonation in exam including interchanging of Roll Numbers and/or answer sheets.

m) Any other similar malpractice, which in the opinion of the Undergraduate Council amounts to a use of unfair means.

12.2 Use of Unfair Means shall be inquired into by the Disciplinary Committee.

12.3 The Disciplinary Committee shall submit a report to the Registrar who shall impose the penalty with reasons in writing. An appeal can be made to the Vice-Chancellor who shall either uphold or reduce the penalty, or condone the same.

13. GRADES, GRADE VALUE, GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) AND CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA)

13.1 The official transcript of the University shall indicate the Grades and the Cumulative Seven point Grade Point Average only. The interpretation of the Grade system followed by the University shall be printed at the back of the transcript itself.

13.2 The marks secured by the students shall be converted to the Grades as mentioned below:

Marks	Grade	Grade Value
70 and above	O	7
65 – 69	A+	6
60 – 64	A	5
55 – 59	B+	4
50 – 54	B	3
Below 50	F	0

13.3 In addition to the Grades mentioned above, the following acronyms are also used in the transcript wherever appropriate

Ab	Absent
R	Repeat
I	Improvement
F	Failed
Db	Debarred

13.4 The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is arrived at by dividing the sum of the Grade Values and the Course Credits in each course by the total number of credits in all the courses.
14. AWARD OF GOLD MEDALS

14.1 Gold Medal(s) shall be awarded on the basis of the criteria fixed for the said Gold medal. For Gold medals based on certain streams of study, they shall be awarded on the basis of the highest average of grades obtained in the courses of that stream.

14.2 If two or more students have secured the same grade or grade average, then the marks secured by the students in the course/s shall be taken into consideration in awarding the Gold medals.

14.3 If two or more students also secure the same marks, then the Gold Medal shall be awarded to the student who has higher grades overall. In case the two contenders have equal overall grades, then the grades in the compulsory courses, and performance in co-curricular activities shall be taken into account.

14.4 Along with the Gold Medals in the individual streams, the rank holders on the basis of CGPA shall be awarded the University Gold medal for being First and Second Rank holders.

14.5 The University shall also issue Certificates indicating the name of the Medal awarded to the students. The University may also consider issuing other Certificates of Merit or overall conduct at any convocation organized by the University

14.6 A student who has been fined or has been expelled from the Hostel / University for any act of indiscipline shall not be eligible for the award of gold medal(s). A student who has failed in any course and has cleared the course in a Repeat Examination shall not be eligible for award of gold medals.

14.7 If a student has taken an improvement examination and if the grades of that particular course has a bearing on the relative standing of the student as against other contenders with regard to a gold medal, then he/she shall not be considered for the said gold medal.

15. AWARD OF DEGREES

15.1 A student shall be eligible for the award of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) degree after successful completion of all the 50 prescribed courses with a total of 180 credits and if he/she has obtained a minimum of CGPA of 3.00 out of 8.00/7.00, as the case may be, within the maximum period of eight years from the year of admission to B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) course.

15.2 The Degree Certificates shall be signed by the Chancellor as well as the Vice Chancellor.

15.3 Along with the Degree, all the students shall be provided with a consolidated Transcript, indicating the courses, course credits, grades obtained, CGPA as well as interpretation of these features on the reverse of the Transcript.

15.4 The Official Transcript shall be signed by the Registrar.

15.5 The Records of all the certificates issued by the University shall be maintained by the Examination Department/Section, in consultation with the Registrar.

15.6 All students shall be required to complete the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme within eight years of enrolment.

16. EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES

16.1 Students may be allowed to go abroad under Exchange Programme on the basis of the Guidelines for Exchange Programmes notified by the University.

16.2 Students who have been fined or expelled from hostel for any act of indiscipline shall not be eligible to be considered for exchange programmes.

17. SHORT COURSES

17.1 The University may offer Short Courses for students of the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme in accordance with the Regulations for Short Courses.

17.2 The Coordinator for Short Courses, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, shall assist the Undergraduate Council in administering such short courses.

17.3 Short courses shall be evaluated out of 100 marks. The grading system will be in accordance to Rule 13.2. A student shall be required to obtain a minimum of 50 marks to successfully complete (pass) a short course.

17.4 The grade obtained in the short course will not count towards calculation of the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). It will also not be reflected in the transcript provided to the student. A separate transcript reflecting the grades obtained in short courses will be issue to the student on completion of the B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme

17.5 Plagiarism in projects/assignments/examinations submitted by the students for a short cours shall constitute a serious academic malpractice and shall carry the same consequence as plagiarism as for projects, as described in Rule 7.6.

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