A well-known South Mumbai college witnessed tumultuous scenes recently as scores of students, debarred from exams due to poor attendance, protested against what they called an unfair and arbitrary decision. Following the intervention of political outfits, the college management decided to allow the defaulters to sit for the exams this time but will make them sign an undertaking from the next academic year.

A report cited a letter to the college administration which said that:  if any of the students “commit suicide or takes any state (sic) which is against public policy and human nature”, the college would be solely responsible.