As many as 270 students of the Government Law College (GLC) may lose an academic year as the principal has defied the Mumbai University's order to hold retest for an internal assessment paper. The college has instead issued show-cause notice to several students demanding re-examination.

The GLC issued the notices on Thursday, the same day the MU wrote to the principal. About 270 final year students of the three-year and five-year law courses had failed the DPC (Drafting, Pleading and Conveyance) paper. Without passing DPC, they cannot sit for the final semester examination which is a few weeks away.