LLM exams deferred to June after plaints

TRANSFERS PUT ON HOLD TILL JUNE 30

MUMBAI: The University of Mumbai (MU) has pushed the exam schedule for Master of Law students after they complained that admission to the course was still going on and there was not enough time between the process and the exams.

While the LLM exams were earlier scheduled to start on May 17, the university on Saturday issued a revised schedule announcing that exams will kick off on June 1.

Confused with the university’s decision to hold exams on May 17 – which would have affected at least 800 students across six LLM divisions of MU – many had approached the examination department for clarity. A spokesperson from the exam department said that the dates have been pushed to accommodate the demands of students.

However, law students are not too happy with the decision as the revised schedule does not provide breaks between the exams. “We have been telling the university that we need gaps between exams. We never asked for a postponement. Now the university has postponed exam and tests will be held every day. When will students have the time to prepare,” said Sachin Pawar, president of Student Law Council.

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The state government on Monday decided to hold the transfers of all its employees till June 30 amid the surge in Covid-19 cases in the state. “Considering the rise in cases, no transfer, be it regular or those in exceptional cases, of the officials and employees will be made till June 30. Only those to be made for filling up vacant positions against retirement, necessary to deal with pandemic, or in case of a serious complaint should be allowed,” stated a government resolution by the general administration department.

the LLM students, said, “Our online classes have barely started and we are already staring at an exam schedule with no breaks in between.”

After a long wait, MU had declared dates for commencement of exams across departments and courses in the first week of April. Considering the delay in admissions to the undergraduate law (three-year and five-year) courses, exams for the first-year LLB students had been pushed to June, while those for LLM students were scheduled to begin in mid-may.