Lloyd Law College bars over 250 students with attendance shortage from taking end semester exams

Greater Noida's Lloyd Law College has barred over 250 students from writing examinations for the January to May 2026 semester, on account of having attendance shortage..A student told Bar & Bench that despite having admit cards, many students are being prevented from writing exams, "In the examination centre, our seat will be there with our roll number on it. Our name will be there in the attendance sheet as well. Our answer sheet will also be there with our roll number in it. We won't be able to give our exams because some college faculty of staff will standing there at the examination centre gate, checking for stamp and not allowing us to write our exam. Moreover, students have already paid the exam form fees of ₹1,900 + GST. We have a admit card, but college is not letting us write our exams.".Director of the institute Prof (Dr) Akhilesh Kumar Khan explained that under the Bar Council of India (BCI) Legal Education Rules, students must maintain at least 65% attendance to be eligible to sit for the end semester exams. In November 2025, the Delhi High Court, following the 2017 suicide of law student Sushant Rohilla, ruled that attendance shortages should not be an obstacle preventing students from taking exams or progressing academically.When asked whether the Delhi High Court's ruling In Re Sushant Rohilla applied to the students, he said that Lloyd Law College, being affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), Meerut, would fall under the jurisdiction of the Allahabad High Court and not the Delhi High Court. .According to the BCI Rules, a semester should comprise 15 weeks, with a minimum 24 lecture hours per week for LL.B. unitary degree and of 18 weeks, with a minimum 30 lecture hours per week for a double degree integrated course. Students from Lloyd Law College claim that this requirement has not been met, leaving them unable to improve their attendance. An affected student said that they had exhausted all available internal remedies, prompting them to file a formal complaint with the BCI. "The college administration has remained entirely unresponsive. Examinations are scheduled to commence within days, leaving over 250 students facing the permanent loss of an entire academic semester," one student said.