Supreme Court Orders Purbanchal University to Award Gold Medal to Top LLM Student

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has interpreted that a student cannot be deprived of their rights and honors due to the internal sluggishness or administrative delays of a university.The Supreme Court issued this verdict in a writ petition filed after Purbanchal University decided to award a gold medal to a student with lower marks, bypassing the student who secured the highest marks in the LLM level.A joint bench of Justices Tekprasad Dhungana and Shree Kant Poudel quashed Purbanchal University's decision and issued a 'mandamus' to provide the gold medal to Manita Gurung, who obtained the highest marks. The full text of...