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Rules of Examination 2007

Following rules are made in pursuance of the Resolution No.6 of the Academic Council passed in its meeting held on 23rd December 2006.

Short title and Commencement

These rules may be called as Rules of Examination and Evaluation, 2007.

These rules shall come into force from July 2007 and shall be applicable to the batch of students taking admission in the year 2007 and afterwards.

Controller of Examination

There shall be a Controller of Examination as per The National Law University, Jodhpur Act 1999.

The Vice-Chancellor shall appoint the Controller of Examination from time to time.

The Controller of Examination shall be responsible for holding of all Examinations to be conducted by the University.

He shall be custodian of entire examination records.

He shall be responsible for preparation and dispatch of Grade Cards. However, the Registrar shall sign notification of results.

Examination Committee

There shall be a standing committee comprising of Controller of Examination as Chairman and such other members as may be appointed by the Vice-chancellor from time to time to assist and advice Controller of Examination and further perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Vice-Chancellor from time to time.

Assessment System

All examination shall consist of continuous assessment and the end-term examination. The end-term examination component will be of 50%. The scheme of continuous assessment shall be designed according to the need of teaching-learning process in the course as approved by the Faculty concerned viz. Law / Management / Science / Policy Science. The scheme of continuous evaluation shall be made known to the students at the beginning of every semester by the teacher concerned.

Grades and Grade Point

The marks secured by the students in individual courses shall be converted into Grades and Grade Points as per the following table.

SN	Score	Grade	Grade Point
1	90% and above	O Outstanding	10
2	85% to 89%	A+ Excellent	9.0
3	80% to 84%	A Excellent	8.5
4	75% to 79%	B+ Very Good	8.0
5	70% to 74%	B Very Good	7.5
6	65% to 69%	C+ Good	7.0
7	60% to 64%	C Good	6.5
8	55% to 59%	D+ Above Average	6.0
9	48% to 54%	D Average	5.5
10	Below 48%	E Failure	0


	Pass Grade per Semester

A student must secure at least Grade D (Grade Point = 5.5) in individual subject and in aggregate to pass.

Repeat Examination

A student failing in not more than three subjects will be allowed to take repeat examination in the end-term component of the Course(s) in which he/she has failed. A student shall be allowed to take only one repeat examination. The grades secured at a repeat examination shall carry letter “R” at the top. Students unable to take the main examinations due to participation in Moot Court competitions or on medical grounds shall be allowed to appear in the repeat examination as first attempt. However, he/she shall not be given a second attempt and grade secured in such repeat examination shall not carry the letter “R” at the top.

A student seeking repeat examination in any subject shall apply to the Controller of Examination along with a fee of Rs. 500/- per subject by such date as notified by the Controller of Examination.

Promotion to next higher semester

A student shall be required to pass in all the subjects of the semester to be promoted to the next higher semester. However, if a student has been allowed to take repeat examination in not more than three subjects, he/she may be provisionally registered for the higher semester. In case, he/she fails to meet the requirements of the Rule (6) above, as a result of the repeat examination(s), his / her registration for the higher semester shall automatically stand cancelled. The student will have to seek re-admission in the lower semester next year. He/she will be eligible to get a refund of fee of the higher semester as per rules.

Moderation

Any result may be moderated. The moderation will be carried by committee(s) appointed by the Vice-Chancellor.

Limitation

The integrated five-year course shall be completed within a maximum period of eight years. The limitation of PG courses shall be four years.

Semester Grade Card

Students’ score-sheet with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) shall be communicated to the parents at the end of each semester.

Rules of Re-evaluation

As per the decision by the Academic Council dated October 15, 2005, Agenda Item No.11, the following scheme of re-evaluation has been adopted for the sake of End Term Examination.

The answer sheet will be evaluated by a competent faculty member, other than the teacher, who had evaluated the script first time. In case no suitable faculty is available then re-evaluation of the paper/s would be done by an external examiner appointed by the concerned Dean. The examiner will get remuneration of Rs.100/- for the same.
Students will have to pay a re-evaluation fee of Rs. 200 per paper.
Re-totaling of the marks will be done with a fee of Rs. 50 per paper.
The student must submit the application for re-evaluation within a month of the declaration of the result or within a week of the commencement of the semester after vacation, whichever is later.
In case of 10 percent variation of the marks obtained by the student, the earlier grade shall be upheld. In case of a higher variation, the marks secured in the re-evaluation shall stand.
The student will be informed about the marks and grade secured and a fresh marks card will be issued if there is a change in grade.
Re-evaluation will be permitted only in two papers in a semester.
While submitting the script to other examiner, a care shall be taken that the marks awarded are concealed.
Because of the re-evaluation if a student secures more marks than the student entitled for gold medal then the person senior in the merit list will also get options to apply for the re-evaluation as per the rules.

Rules of Unfair Means

As per the decision of the Academic Council dated 07/01/06 the following rules for the use or attempt to use of unfair means during the university examination has been adopted.

Rule 1: At the commencement of the each session of examination, the invigilator of every room/hall shall make the following announcement:

“No candidate is permitted to carry with him / her in the Examination Hall any paper, book or note or any other kind of material, including cell-phone and laptop computers but not limited to these, which may be used by him / her for answering the question paper excepting materials used for writing, drawing or material authorized by the examiner. Possession of any unauthorized material shall be deemed as using unfair means in the examination and shall attract punishment as per the rules.”

The invigilator shall certify, in writing, that the above announcement has been made.

Rule 2: No candidate shall be permitted to carry with him/her in the Examination Hall any paper, book or note or any other kind of material which may be used by him/her for answering the question paper excepting materials used for writing, drawing or material authorized by the examiner.

Rule 3: If a candidate is detected or suspected by the Invigilator of the Examination Center/Room or by any other person authorized by the Vice-Chancellor in this behalf of using or attempting to use unfair means at an Examination conducted by the University, the concerned person will take away his/her answer book and supply a fresh answer book to the candidate concerned. The concerned Invigilator or any other person authorized in this behalf will not go away from the seat of the candidate suspected/detected and immediately cause the presence of Center Superintendent. Any candidate who is alleged to have used unfair means or alleged to have attempted unfair means shall be supplied with an unfair-means form to be filled by the candidate in the presence of the Centre Superintendent. The suspected material recovered from the candidate shall be signed by the Invigilator and the candidate and, then along with the first answer book, sealed in an envelope in presence of the candidate concerned. The first answer book so recovered should be marked as, ‘I’, and the other answer book given to the candidate after being caught, detected or suspected be marked as ‘II’. The Invigilator will instruct the candidate concerned not to repeat the question or questions already attempted in ‘I’ answer book.

Rule 4: In case a candidate so detected or suspected as mentioned in R.3, refuses to fill and sign the form mentioned above, the Invigilator shall make his/her own report accordingly and the same shall be signed by the Center Superintendent. The answer books marked ‘I’ and ‘II’ together with the material recovered from the candidate and the form mentioned above, shall be sent to the examiner separately in a sealed cover.

Explanation

The term ‘Unfair Means’ shall include taking into examination Hall/Room any material which could be used by the candidate in taking assistance in answering the question-paper.
The above term also includes talking to other candidates or showing or seeing answer books of another candidate or in any manner getting assistance from another by speech or by gestures.
In case, the candidate is exonerated of the charges of using unfair means, his/her both the answer books shall be evaluated.

Rule 5: The Registrar after receiving the above materials, together with the connected reports, shall send the same to the Examiner for his / her opinion as prescribed in the form meant for use of unfair means. After receipt of the report of the Examiner, the Registrar shall serve a show cause notice on the concerned candidate mentioning specific allegations against him / her by the Invigilator or any other persons mentioned in Rule 3 and the Examiner, and demand an explanation from the candidate to be submitted within two days from the date on which the letter is served on him. The show cause notice shall also mention the quantum of punishment as per Rule 9, which may be awarded to the candidate and the date and time when he/she ought to appear before the Committee for personal hearing.

Rule 6: After the expiry of the time of notice, the Controller shall submit all the relevant materials together with the reply of the candidate, if any, before the Unfair Means Committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor.

Rule 7: The Vice Chancellor shall appoint the Unfair Means Committee to deal with the matters concerning the use of unfair means or attempt to use unfair means by a candidate during any of the examination of the University.

a. The Unfair Means Committee shall consist of the following:

One Dean / Director as the Convener
Two Faculty Members.
Controller of Examination will be the Member-Secretary.
b.Three members shall form the quorum.
c. In the event of tie, the Convener shall exercise the casting vote.
d. If any member of the Unfair Means Committee happens to be connected with reporting of the unfair means case in any manner, he shall withdraw from the Committee when such a case is considered by the Committee.
Note : The above panels shall remain valid till substituted.

Rule 8: The Committee shall adopt the following procedure for inquiring into the case:

The Committee shall examine the concerning records, namely, the reports of the Invigilator or any other person mentioned in R.2 and the Examiner and the material found in possession of the candidate which was used or intended or attempted to have been used by him/her, together with his/her explanation tendered and also the explanation submitted by the candidate in pursuance of the notice issued to him/her by the Chairperson of the Examination Committee.

The Committee shall permit the parties to lead evidence in the form of affidavit and/or documents in support of their case and allow inspection of the documents filed by either party but in no case the answer book(s) shall be shown to the candidates concerned. No lawyer would be permitted to appear on behalf of either party.

The Committee shall send its recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for approval. In case, the Vice Chancellor does not agree with recommendation of the Unfair Means Committee, he shall refer the matter back to Unfair Means Committee for reconsideration, along with his comments. The Unfair Means Committee shall consider the comments of the Vice Chancellor before re-formulating its recommendation, which shall be binding.

QUANTUM OF PUNISHMENT

Rule 9: The quantum of punishment shall be decided by the Unfair Means Committee in accordance with the following norm:

a.	If the candidate is found in possession of any incriminating material then his/her complete examination for that semester will be cancelled.

If the candidate is found with material for copying and also found copying from the material in his/her possession and on being caught red-handed, he/she tries to struggle with the Invigilator or creates any kind of difficulty in the examination hall either with the Invigilator or anybody else doing inspection there, including either chewing or swallowing the material or doing any such thing which would show that the candidate is trying to destroy that material or even if he/she has destroyed the material, his/her that examination shall be cancelled and further he/she shall be rusticated from the University for a period of one year.

c.	Any other punishment commensurate with gravity of the charges on the delinquent candidate.

Rules of Continuous Assessment

The end-term examination component will be of 50%. The scheme of continuous assessment shall be designed according to the need of teaching-learning process in the course as approved by the Faculty concerned viz. Law / Management / Science / Policy Science. The scheme of continuous evaluation shall be made known to the students at the beginning of every semester by the teacher concerned.

2.	The Continuous Assessment shall consist of following components:

a.	Announced / Monthly / Modular Tests
b.	Unannounced / Snap Tests
c.	Case Studies
d.	Project Work
e.	Attendance
f.	Court Room Exercises (CRE)
g.	Laboratory Exercises
h.	Any other assessment process administered by the course teacher.

There shall be a maximum of five tests in each subject. However, the Faculty members have discretion to consider either best two or best three tests out of total five tests conducted for final result. In all such cases no retest would be given to a student on account of his absence for any reason. Eg. In a subject out of five tests conducted if a faculty member is counting only best three tests then there is no need to re-conduct a test for the students who absented themselves for any reason.

Violation of Examination Rules and Protocol: Any violation of the Examination protocol either in the examination hall or while the examination is being conducted through continuing evaluation shall be considered as a gross violation of the University Unfair Means Rules and attract punishment accordingly.

Teachers are required to submit the answer-sheets of all continuous assessments after evaluation to the Controller of Examination for computation of results. All records of the continuous assessments shall be maintained with the Controller of Examination. The evaluated answer-sheets must be submitted immediately after the result of the same has been disclosed to the students.

Rules of Court Room Exercises (CRE)

1.	There shall be Court Room Exercises in Law Courses as decided by the Faculty.

2.	CRE schedule for students shall be finalized by the course teacher and the students must have to abide by it.

3.	Director / Chairman, Clinical Legal Education shall be the coordinator for CREs.

4.	The number of Rounds shall be decided by the concerned course teacher in consultation with Director/Chairman, Clinical Legal Education.

5.	Two teachers shall be present during the CRE in the Court Room (Along with the principal faculty there shall be one more faculty to assist him/her)

6.	Students who remain absent from the CRE on the scheduled day shall not be given further chance. However, under extraordinary circumstances the matter shall be decided by the Director/Chairman, Clinical Legal Education in consultation with Dean, Faculty of Law.

7.	Dress Code: The following are the dress code in a Court Room Exercise, which shall comprise the attire:

a.	Students representing the Clients in the Court Room shall be in complete attire.

b.	White shirt full sleeves and White/Black Stripped Trousers used by the Legal Professionals.

c.	Plain Black Tie or white band used by the Legal Professionals.

d.	Black Coat

e.	Black Shoe and black socks

f.	Black Gown by Legal Professionals provided that in the first three years of the Course this may not be insisted.

Court Room Decorum: All students attending the Court Room Exercise shall strictly follow the Court Room decorum while the Court is in session. Any breach of Court Room Discipline shall attract disciplinary action. Cell Phones are not allowed inside the courtroom. Students are not allowed to use laptop unless permitted.

Make Up of Attendance: In so far as attendance make up is concerned the same rule shall apply for general participation in the Court Room. The presiding officer of the Court shall reschedule the participation of such student as representing the client in the Court for the purpose of giving the opportunity of presenting for the concerned student.

10.	Court Room Protocol: Students are required to strictly follow the Court Room Protocol as instructed by the Faculty In-Charge.

11.	Evaluation: The memorials and presentation in the Court shall be evaluated in such manner as may be prescribed by the Faculty member concerned in the protocol.

Rules of Project Work Assessment

1.	Project component in each course: Unless otherwise provided, each course shall contain a component of self-learning through assignment of a project work by the Faculty member concerned.

2.	Allotment of credit: The project shall contain such percentage of marks to be evaluated as may be prescribed by the Subject Faculty member concerned.

3.	Submission: Students shall be required to complete the project and submit at such time as may be stipulated by the respective Course Coordinator. The Project Works shall be directly submitted to the Controller of Examination on or before the date of submission.

4.	Evaluation: The Subject Teachers shall collect the project works from the Controller of Examination for evaluation and the same shall be returned to the Controller of Examination after evaluation. The project shall be evaluated in such manner as may be prescribed by the course teacher concerned

5.	Penalty for Late Submission: Penalty in the form of negative marking shall be imposed for late submission at the rate of 01 marks / day for a maximum of seven days and thereafter the project shall not be accepted.

6.	Protocol for Project Writing: The Project has to be written according to the protocol stipulated by the faculty concerned.

Rules of Attendance

1.	All students shall attend the classes, court room exercises and practical regularly. A student is required to have a minimum 75% attendance of the total number of classes held in each of the subjects/courses in a semester.
2.	Students seeking condonation of shortage of attendance on medical grounds shall submit the application in the given pro-forma supported by certificate from appropriate medical authority to the Chief Course Coordinator within seven days of his / her resuming the classes. The Chief Course Coordinator shall place the same before the Deans and Directors Committee for considerations. Condonation on medical ground is granted only when a student falls short of attendance below the required 75% and up to 66%.
3.	As per Bar Council of India Rules: The students shall be required to put in minimum attendance of 66% of the lectures on each of the subjects as also at the Moot courts and practical training course: Provided that in exceptional cases for reasons to be recorded and communicated to the Bar Council of India, the Dean of the Faculty of Law or Principal of Law Colleges may condone attendance short of those required by this rule, if the student had attended 66% of the lectures in the aggregate for the semester or annual examination as the case may be.
4.	Five (05) marks will be awarded for attendance proportionately distributed based on the percentage of the classes attended during the semester.
5.	If a student falls short of required attendance in more than two courses in a semester, he/she has to be readmitted in the same semester for all the papers. In case of shortage of attendance in two courses, he/she will be allowed to appear in the end term examination of other courses and on their passing will be promoted to the next semester. In the next semester as regular student he/she has to re-register in the course/courses on depositing the prescribed fee. A maximum of two papers will be allowed in such cases. (The provision of re-registration shall be applicable only to the batches admitted till 2006.)
6.	The Faculty Members are required to submit the attendance details of the previous month on the seventh working day of the next month. A copy each shall be submitted to the Course Coordinator and the Controller of Examination. The attendance position of the students who are falling below the required percentage will be communicated to the student and his/her parents periodically by the respective course coordinators.
7.	The student representing Inter University Moot Court Competitions (National / International) will be given deemed attendance as under:-

a.	PARTICIPATION in National Moot Court Competition - 4 days for memorial preparation plus actual days of competition plus actual number of days taken towards traveling.
b.	PARTICIPATION in International Moot Court Competition - 6 days for preparation of memorials plus actual days of competition plus actual number of days taken towards traveling.
8.	Marks for Attendance: The Marks for Attending Classes shall be given in accordance with below mentioned Rule:

S. No.	Percentage of Attendance	Marks
1	At 75%	0 (Zero)
2	Above 75% and upto 80%	1 (One) Marks
3	Above 80% and upto 85%	2 (Two) Marks
4	Above 85% and upto 90%	3 (Three) Marks
5	Above 90% and upto 95%	4 (Four) Marks
6	Above 95%	5 (Five) Marks

9.	Deemed Attendance Rules

A student claiming deemed attendance has to submit an application in the given Performa to the concerned authority (Controller of Examination, Chairman, Moot Court Committee, Chairman, Academic Support Program and Director, Legal Aid Cell, Chairman, Sports & Cultural Committee) prior to the absence from the class. The deemed attendance can be claimed on the following grounds:

Representing University in Moot Court Competition.
Paper Presentation in Seminar / Workshop / Conference.
Repeat/Re-registration / Improvement Examination(s).
Participation in Legal Aid Camps.
Field Work for Projects.
cting as volunteers in academic functions of the University.

The students will be allowed to participate in more than one event per semester. The deemed attendance shall not exceed 15 days of attendance per semester including the travel time, if any. In exceptional circumstances, travel time of maximum 5 (five) days per semester may be sanctioned by a Committee appointed by the Vice Chancellor for this purpose.

c.	Students who are re-registered in any subject shall not be eligible for representing the University in any Moot-court competition, Seminars, Workshop, Conference participation, paper presentation and Legal Aid Camp/Sports and Athletic Meets.

d.	Deemed attendance will be given for paper presenter only (only one of the co-authors will be given deemed attendance).

e.	For Sports and Athletic meets, no participation shall be permitted if it clashes with End Term Examinations of the University.

10.	Procedure for the Administration of Deemed Attendance

a.	Only the Faculty-In-Charges of, Moot Court and Academic Support Program Committees and Director, Legal Aid Cell, Chairman, Sports and Cultural Committee, Controller of Examination are authorized to sanction deemed attendance.
b.	Any Faculty member organizing an academic activity (Seminar / Workshop / Conference etc.) or assigning field duty for projects shall forward the student’s application for deemed attendance with his / her recommendation to the In-Charge for prior approval form Academic Support Program Committee.
c.	The Faculty members, authorized for sanctioning deemed attendance shall fill up the prescribed Performa, semester wise every month and shall forward it to the concerned Course Coordinator on the third working day of the next month. The date and time for the award of deemed attendance shall be invariably mentioned.
d.	The Course Coordinators shall maintain a record of the deemed attendance sanctioned to individual student. They shall ensure that the deemed attendance sanctioned to any student does not exceed the limit of 15 days including the actual travel time. After verifying this fact, the deemed attendance will be forwarded to concerned teachers.