Three engineering students were left in limbo on Tuesday after they were denied permission by the University of Mumbai to appear for their exams on Thursday. All this happened because last year their results were held back in a “reserve copying case” after their answersheets turned out to have been seized by the police as part of muddemaal, or seized property, following the arrest of a university employee for helping cheaters.

Race against time
The three students, who are not from the same college and live in different areas, approached the Bombay High Court for relief. While a division bench of Justices A M Thipsay and R D Dhanuka scheduled the matter for hearing on Monday, the students are now waiting with bated breath to know if they can sit for their next paper on Tuesday.