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Holding online open book exams to prevent students from assembling: DU

The university's counsel told Justice Prathiba M Singh that the challenge in the petition to withdraw the notification on OBE does not survive

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Advocate Mohinder Rupal, also appearing for DU, said the authorities had invited comments from stakeholders before arriving at the decision | Photo: Shutterstock

Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court was informed by the Delhi University on Wednesday that the idea behind holding online Open Book Examination (OBE) was to prevent students from assembling in one hall where it would be difficult to maintain social distancing in the times of Covid-19 pandemic.

The university's counsel told Justice Prathiba M Singh that the challenge in the petition to withdraw the notification on OBE does not survive in view of the matter being heard by the division bench of this court on allowing OBE to commence.

The argument seems to be that there should be no OBE... The idea behind

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