“Some viable alternative has to be devised by the universities in their accumulated experience and wisdom for mitigating the likely hardship/difficulty their students/alumni are put to, in circumstances like the present COVID-19 pandemic that result in delays in holding the ceremonial convocation,” the court observed. Dixit passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Lanson Brijesh Colaco of Mangaluru, who had complained about the delay in award of MBBS degree by RGUHS. It observed that such graceful acts, if carried out timely, would add to the stature and grandeur of the university. The court also expressed hope that the RGUHS authorities, when so requested by students/alumni, would address appropriate communication to other universities/colleges/employers for easing the difficulty or doubt, pending the award of degrees in the ensuing convocation ceremonies. Coming to the aid of medical students affected by the delay in getting degree certificates in view of convocations not being held owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) to immediately give a provisional degree certificate to an MBBS student with a specific note that it is “on a par with the award of degree concerned, for all practical purposes”.
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