The Hindu : Law students protest `ban on cheating'

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Wednesday, Jul 09, 2003

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Law students protest `ban on cheating'

By Our Staff Reporter

BHUBANESWAR JULY 8. Strange, but true. Students pursuing the law degree in the colleges under the Utkal University have boycotted the inter-law examination protesting a ban on cheating.

As the protest entered the second day and spread to more colleges today, the authorities decided to conduct the examination afresh after three months.

The students in many colleges had boycotted the inter-law examination when it started on Monday, while students of the Madhusudan Law College, a premier institution of the State in Cuttack, joined the protest today.

Students of this college blocked traffic on the National Highway No. 5 near the Orissa Military Police Square and burnt tyres.

Traffic was allowed after the authorities reached the spot and persuaded the students to disperse.

The students were demanding that they be allowed to "resort to cheating" during the examination and the authorities should ban "copying" from next year.

The students of the University Law College had blocked traffic on the highway near the University Square in Bhubaneswar on Monday following frisking and security on the campus.

The Orissa High Court had recently directed the university authorities and the State Higher Education Department to ensure a total ban on malpractice.

The decision to conduct the examinations again was taken this evening at a high-level meeting held at Cuttack under the chairmanship of Justice L.K. Mohapatra, a Sitting Judge of the High Court.

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