Varsities told to decide on holding arrear exams

In a hearing that was marred by a cacophony of  sorts  with  advocates appearing for and against the   cancellation of arrear exams, the bench at one stage sought the court staff to mute the mike of all the  advocates. The bench, while making it  clear that the present scheme of  video conferencing is being  misused by the students, said contempt action was bound to come forth against them for disrupting court proceedings.

The bench directed  the  hearing of all cases through a physical hearing on January 11 despite advocates   seeking for a short date. However, the bench, on taking up the plea relating to Madras University and  Manonmaniam Sundaranar University declaring results, granted an interim stay if the results were declared  in contravention of the clause six of the UGC guidelines. It held that no results can be declared without    holding the exams or any evaluation process being in place.