Law student Phaniraj Kashyap clarifies that university law has a provision for emergency reassessments and he took that route to keep his seat in a US college

Phaniraj Kashyap, a law student from Bangalore University whose quickie re-evaluation had created a flutter, has clarified that there was no irregularity.

"It was an emergency case," said a statement. "The vice-chancellor acted to help Kashyap in accordance with Section 15 of the Karnataka State University Act 2000."

In jeopardy

Careless: The re-evaluation done for BU student Phaniraj Kashyap found that the paper had been irresponsibly evaluated file pic

Kashyap had secured admission for an LLM course in Texas School, USA, in the first week of March and had to attend the visa interview with all the testimonials by June.

Since the re-evaluation results were taking time, he requested the VC to speed up the process. And the VC obliged, well within the ambit of the law.

Track record

Kashyap, who had completed the five-year LLB course, had secured first class with an average of 60.2 per cent marks in all the previous eight semesters.

But to his shock, he scored only 18 in the Code of Civil Procedure paper in the 9th semester. He scored 67 in the Criminal Procedure Code paper and passed in all the others.

The re-evaluation found that the paper had been irresponsibly evaluated and Kashyap was a victim. He got 65 on re-valuation.

While he appeared for the 9th semester in February, he wrote the 10th and the last semester in May.

Meanwhile, he applied for an LLM course in a US college and got the seat.

Since the delay in re-evaluation would have affected his admission, heu00a0 approached the VC and everything was legal thereafter.

Kashyap didn't know who re-evaluated his paper but is thankful to those who did and the VC for the justice, a statement said.

VC's version

"There was no irregularity whatsoever," said Dr Prabhu Dev, vice-chancellor, Bangalore University.

"The student had passed and was given justice."