Overview

• Final-year BA student Purnima Rawat filed a writ petition through advocate Ashu Bidhuri after her external practical marks for “Children with Disability in India” were never uploaded
• The petition invokes Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution, arguing that negligence by the teacher and college administration violated her rights to equality and due process
• Justice Vikas Mahajan’s single-judge bench issued formal notice to Delhi University, Bhagini Nivedita College plus Dr Charru Sharma and is awaiting their responses
• Rawat alleges she and her classmates secured strong theory and internal practical scores but were all marked fail in the external practical component
• The court may order university officials to update the exam portal with the correct marks and issue revised marksheets declaring the students pass