Cheating case: HC orders relief to 9 IIM-B students
The Hindu
It asks institute to impose lenient punishment of awarding zero marks instead of expulsion
In a reprieve to nine students of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) in a case of cheating in the first term exams held through online mode in August 2021, the High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the institute to give a lenient punishment and award them zero marks as was done for six other students, as the allegations against all of them were identical in nature.
However, the court made it clear that the relief given to the students should not be treated as a precedent in similar cases of exam malpractice in future while giving liberty to IIM-B to take action against them as per the exam manual in case they indulge in unfair practices again.