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DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL

LAW UNIVERSITY
(Estd. Under A.P. Act No. 32 of 2008)

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Examination Rules
Admissions Only Through CLAT
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Examination Rules
The following are the Examination Rules of DSNLU which will come into effect from
the academic year 2015-16.
1. EXAMINATION RULES FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE -B.A., LL.B. (HONS):
1.1 The Examination and Evaluation shall be entirely internal. In-house subject faculty shall evaluate the subject under the
supervision of the Examination Committee. The faculty member who offers the subject shall be responsible in conducting the
evaluation of any Test / Assignment / Group Discussion / Role Play or any other method in consultation with the Examination
Committee and approved by the Vice Chancellor. The End Semester Examination question paper will be framed by the subject
faculty and shall be moderated by a Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor. The faculty shall evaluate the performance of the
student on regular basis. If a course is offered by more than one teacher, the setting of question paper and evaluation will be done
jointly.
1.2 Constitution of the Examination Committee:
The Examination Committee shall be constituted by the Vice Chancellor consisting of not less than three faculty members of the
University which shall include a senior most faculty member. In the event of any vacancy arising in the Examination Committee the
Vice Chancellor shall nominate another faculty member to fill in the vacancy. The Examination Committee may co-opt a member with
the approval of the Vice Chancellor in writing.

1.3 Attendance:
1.3.1 Attendance of 70% in aggregate of the total number of classes held and a minimum of 65% in each subject is compulsory.
1.3.2 Students failing to obtain the requisite attendance in aggregate shall not be allowed to appear in the End Semester
Examination and will be required to re-register when it is again scheduled to be offered.
1.3.3 In cases where, the student falls short of 70% attendance but secures more than 65% attendance in a particular subject,
student will be allowed to take the exam in the subject provided he/she has secured more than 70% attendance on the average in
all the subjects put together. However, the student shall not be permitted to write the exams who have secured less than 70% in a
subject.
1.3.4 Status reports on attendance in each subject shall be notified before the Mid-Semester Examination and on the last working
day, as far as possible before the End Semester Examination.
1.3.5 Leave of absence may be claimed in the following manner for the following reasons:REASONS

PROCEDURE

CONDONATION

(a)

(i) National &

International Moot:
Number of days
required for travel
(to & fro journey
between the
University & the
place of the event
shortest route shall
be considered) &
actual days of
participation in the
Application to the Examination competition.
Committee through Convenor, (ii) The above said
Moot & Advocacy Society (MAS) rule applies even for
Representing the University
and processed through the
International Moot
for any National/ International Head, Academic Affairs at least Court Competition
Moot Court Competition.
Seven days before the event.
having two rounds

(b)

(i) Actual number of

days spent for
traveling & actual
days of participation
in Seminars /
Conferences / Paper
Presentations /
Workshops, etc
(ii) Condonation of
attendance is
permitted only for
participation in Two
Seminar /
Conference / Paper
Presentation /
Workshop, etc. in
each semester.

(c)
(d)

Participating in any activity

authorized by the University
Namely Seminars /
Conferences / Paper
Presentations/ Workshops
etc.)

Application to the Examination

Committee through Faculty
Convener of the Society for
Literature and Debate (SOLID
Society) and processed through
the Head, Academic Affairs at
least Five days before the event.
However, the student shall take
prior permission of the Society
by submission of the concerned
brochure with the abstract shall
only apply.

Participating in any Sports,

Cultural or any other similar
activities authorized by the
University for any

(i) Actual number of

days spent for
traveling & actual
days of participation
in Sports, Cultural or
Application to the Examination any other similar
Committee through Faculty
activities
Convener of the SANCTUS and (ii) Condonation of
processed through the Head,
attendance is
Academic Affairs at least Five permitted only for
days before the event. However, participation in two
the student permitted by the
Sports, Cultural or
Society through selection
any other similar
process shall only apply.
activities.

Organization of National /
International or Intra Round

Application to the Examination

Committee through Faculty

Condonation of
attendance is

allowed to a twenty
five teaching hours
or the number of
teaching hours not
attended whichever
is less in a semester
Convener of the concerned
irrespective of the
Events including Sports and Society and processed through number of events
Cultural Events. This shall
the Head, Academic Affairs
organized or
include a student volunteer for within seven days after the
volunteered by the
the event.
conclusion of the events.
student.

(e)

(f)

Medical grounds
(Hospitalization, Accident,
Contagious / Infectious
Diseases

(i) Up to 5% of total
classes taken in
each subject
(provided student
must secure
minimum of 65%
attendance in each
subject) with the
permission of the
Vice Chancellor
(ii) The application
Application to the Examination for medical leave will
Committee through Class
be considered only
Coordinator and processed
in cases of
through the Head, Academic
hospitalization of
Affairs accompanying the
minimum 3 days or
following documents within
more, contagious /
three days of re-joining:
infectious diseases
(i) Medical Certificate from or
or accident.
endorsed by the University
(iii) The Examination
Panel Doctor.
Committee will
(ii) In case of hospitalization, the examine the medical
medical certificate from the
certificate. The
hospital endorsed by the
Committee reserves
University Panel Doctor.
the right to accept
(iii) In case of the medical
or reject the same.
certificate issued by an outside (v) Any medical
doctor other than a government certificate submitted
appointed doctor, it should be found to be false or
endorsed by the University
not from the
Panel Doctor.
competent medical
(iv) Supporting letter from the
authority / hospital
Class-Coordinator.
shall have no effect.
(v) In case of planned treatment, Disciplinary action
application along with medical may be taken on
certificate must be submitted in such
advance.
misrepresentation.

Bereavement in family

Up to 5% of total
classes taken in
each subject
(provided student
must secure
minimum of 65%
The application for condonation attendance in each
shall be made to the
subject) on
Examination Committee through submission of death
the Class Coordinator and
certificate with the
processed through the Head,
approval of the Vice
Academic Affairs
Chancellor

1.4 Internal Assessment Project and other Assignments:

1.4.1 Every subject, prescribed in the curriculum of study shall, unless otherwise decided by the University, have a component in the
form of project assignment for 15 Marks. The moot court assignment/class test/group discussion/role play/group assignment, etc.
shall be the other component carrying 10 marks in the subject. Under this component the subject faculty may adopt any method of
evaluation in consultation and information to the Examination Committee in writing.
1.4.2 Students participating in the National Moot Court Competitions shall be exempted from submission of project in one subject.
Students participating in the International Moot Court Competition shall be exempted from submission of Projects in two subjects.
In place of Project(s) the participants shall submit moot court memorials and shall attend the Viva-Voce prepared for a

National/International Moot Court Competition. The memorial will be evaluated by such faculty member competent in the subject
matter as the Examination Committee may decide.
1.4.3 The exemption from the submission of projects will be given only in respect of law subjects.
1.4.4 Students having backlog shall not be eligible to participate in Moot Court or any other competitions.
Note: Rule 1.3 and Rule 1.4 shall come into force from the academic year 2014-15
1.5 Mid Semester Examination:
1.5.1 There shall be a Mid-Semester Written Examination for 20 marks from out of the total marks allotted to a subject.
1.5.2 The duration of the Mid Semester Examination shall be of one and half hour.
1.6 End Semester Examination:
1.6.1 There shall be a written examination at the end of each semester for each subject.
1.6.2 The End Semester Examination shall be conducted for each subject carrying maximum 50 marks.
1.6.3 The duration of the End Semester Examination shall be two and half hour.
1.6.4 A Model/Key answers shall be submitted along with the question paper/at the time of collecting the answer scripts by each
subject faculty to the Examination Committee
1.7 Break-up of maximum marks in each subject offered:
The following is the break up for evaluation:
A. 90 and above 5
B. 85 to 89 4
C. 80 to 84 3
D. 75 to 79 2
Five (5) Marks shall be assigned E. 71 to 74 1
to regularity in attendance
F.Below 70 Zero

1.

Attendance

2.

Periodical Evaluation shall

consist of Project submission (i) 15 Marks Project Submission
and Viva-Voce and any other & Viva-Voce
method which can be adopted (ii) 10 Marks for Moot Court
by the subject faculty in
Assignment / Class Test / Group
consultation with the
Discussion / Role Play / Group
Examination Committee.
Assignment, Etc.

3.

Mid Semester Examination

20 Marks one hour thirty

minutes duration

4.

End Semester Examination

50 Marks Two hours thirty

minutes duration

TOTAL

100 MARKS

1.8 Non-Appearance in Examinations:

1.8.1 Mid Semester Examination:
1.8.1.1 If a student is unable to appear in the mid-term examinations for whatsoever reason other than participation in the
National/International Moot Court Competition he/she shall be marked as Zero.
1.8.1.2 If a student is unable to appear in the Mid-Semester Examination due to participation in the University team for
National/International Moot Court Competitions only, then he/she will be evaluated proportionately basing on the marks secured in
the end-semester examination. Provided that the students application for not appearing in the mid-semester examination will be
accepted only upon the recommendation of the Convener, Moot & Advocacy Society (MAS).
1.8.2 End Semester Examination:
If a student is unable to appear in the End-Semester Examinations for whatsoever reason he/she shall be marked as Zero.
1.8.3 Periodical Evaluation:
1.8.3.1 Student failing to appear in Periodical Evaluation for whatsoever reason, except participation in Moot Court or any other
National or International Competition on behalf of/representing the University, he/she shall be marke zero.
1.8.3.2 No separate test or viva-voce will be conducted or project be given in these cases. Provided that student participating in any
moot court competition shall be evaluated on the basis of the memorials. The students participating in any National or International
Competition on behalf of/representing the University during the period when the periodical evaluation is conducted shall take prior
permission of the concerned faculty and appear for the same later. This shall not apply to project submission in whatsoever manner.

1.8.3.3 If the student fails to appear in the Class Test/Group Discussion/Group Assignments/Case study, he/she shall be
marked zero.

2. PROMOTION SCHEME FOR THE FIVE YEAR B.A., LL.B. (HONS) PROGRAMME:
2.1 DSNLU offers 10 subjects in a year except in the 1st two semesters where the students shall have 12 subjects (from academic
year 2014-15).
2.2 Promotion scheme for the student is based on the following criteria:
2.2.1 Student shall be promoted to the third year only after he/she clears all the subjects offered in the first year.
2.2.2 Student shall be promoted to the fourth year only after he/she clears all the subjects offered in the second year.
2.2.3 Student shall be promoted to fifth year only after he/she clears all the subjects offered in the third year.
2.3 If a student fails to clear as per Rule (2.2), he/she shall not be promoted to the next year. He/she shall seek re-admission to the
same class after clearing the subjects as per Rule (2.2) on payment of the yearly fees according to the fees structure prescribed for
the year.
2.4 The facility of re-admission in respect of one academic year may be available to a student only once.
2.5 (a) Re-admission means seeking admission into an academic year, afresh.
(b) Re-registration means registration for taking the examination in a subject again.
2.6 Student who has failed shall re-register for Repeat Backlog Examination. The Repeat Backlog Examination in a subject shall be
conducted only when the subject is next offered in due course. The Examination committee may lay down procedural rules in
respect of all repeat examinations.
2.7 The statement of marks shall record Repeat Examination in the name of the examination, as such and shall show only those
subjects in which the student appeared for the examination.
2.8 In the final tally of marks or grade points for each subject or in the aggregate fractions of 0.5 or more shall be rounded off to
the next whole number and fractions of less than 0.5 will be rounded off to the previous whole number.
2.9 In the event of a student failing by one mark in a subject, the Vice-Chancellor shall have the discretion to round it off to the
minimum qualifying marks on the recommendation of the Examination Committee to enable such student to obtain minimum
marks for passing;
Provided that the student has cleared all subjects offered in that semester with minimum qualifying marks.
2.10 The syllabus for the repeat examination shall be the syllabus offered during the current semester in which the student is
appearing for the repeat examination and not the previous syllabus.
2.11 The Maximum period within which a student can complete the entire course shall be eight years.

3. GRADE, GRADE POINTS AND MARKS EQUIVALENTS FOR THE FIVE YEAR B.A., LL.B. (HONS)
PROGRAMME:
The Results are announced through grades in a seven-point scale. The corresponding Grade values are as follows:
Percentage of Marks

GRADE

GRADE VALUE

1.

80 and above

O (Excellent/outstanding)

2.

75 79

D (Distinction)

6.5

3.

70 74

A++

4.

65 69

A+

5.5

5.

60 64

6.

55 59

B+

4.5

7.

50 54

8.

Below 50

F (Fail)

4. AWARD OF GRADUATE DEGREE:

A student shall be eligible for award of B.A. LL.B (Honours) Degree only when he / she shall have successfully completed the number
of subjects prescribed in the five year period of study by obtaining a minimum of B Grade.

Provided that a student who has completed the semester or trimester under a Student Exchange Programme shall submit a report
to the Examination Committee immediately after completing the programme for deciding the equivalency providing the details of
the subjects completed. The Vice Chancellor may constitute a committee to decide on the equivalency of the subjects.

5. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS:
5.1 The Examination Results shall be duly published by the Examination Committee as announced in the academic calendar.
5.2 The format and method of publication of result shall be determined by the Examination Committee from time to time.
5.3 The examination results shall be signed by the Chief Examiner.
5.4 Student shall be provided with a statement of marks, which shall be issued after completion of each semester and upon
announcement of final results.
5.5 The Examination Committee reserves the right to make necessary corrections if required, in the results declared, even after the
declaration of results with the approval of the Vice Chancellor.

6. PROCESS OF EXAMINATION:
6.1 Each subject faculty shall devise a process of examination in her/his respective subject with the approval of the Examination
Committee.
6.2 Each subject faculty is responsible for the entire process of Examination of his / her subject.
6.3 The evaluation of examination papers shall be performed by the subject faculty who has offered the subject for the semester.
6.4 In the event of a subject faculty having a close family relation with a candidate for the examination, he / she shall refrain from
any examination work after informing the Examination Committee. The Vice Chancellor may on the recommendations of the
Examination Committee, appoint an examiner to that subject.
6.5 Each subject faculty shall adhere to the examination programme scheduled by the Examination Committee and shall be
responsible for the evaluation and declaration of results as announced in the academic calendar.
6.6 The scheme of Examination and evaluation shall be given to the Examination Committee in writing by each subject faculty within
fifteen days of commencement of the semester. Any subsequent changes in the scheme of evaluation shall be made only with the
prior approval of the Examination Committee.
6.7 It shall be the duty of each subject faculty to invigilate the Examination according to the schedule set by the Examination
Committee.

7. DUTY OF THE INVIGILATOR:

7.1 Invigilators shall report at the Examination Centre 15 minutes before the commencement of the examination.
7.2 Invigilators shall enter the Examination Hall 10 minutes before the commencement of the examination.
7.3 Invigilators shall be vigilant during examination and shall record instances of any mal-practice during invigilation in the
invigilation diary, bring them to the notice of the Examination Committee without delay, and take appropriate actions in consultation
with the Examination Committee.
7.4 Invigilators shall submit the duly filled-in Invigilators diary and the Answer scripts to the Examination Committee immediately
after the examination.
7.5 Invigilators shall initial with date the answer scripts only after verification of the relevant entries; and additional scripts before
issuing them to the candidates in the Examination Hall.

8. RULES FOR SETTING QUESTION PAPER:

8.1 Each subject faculty shall submit to the Examination Committee the question paper along with a Model Answer on or before the
date fixed by the Examination Committee. Once a question paper is set and filed with the Examination Committee, it shall not be
altered, save in special circumstances approved by the Head, Academic Affairs.
8.2 So far as practicable, each question paper shall be designed to test the understanding of the students in the relevant subject. It
should, as far as practicable, be problem-oriented or of a nature that it requires application of knowledge.
8.3 The subject faculty shall ensure that the question paper covers as far as possible all the topics from the syllabus.

8.4 Each subject faculty shall submit a copy of the current syllabus of the subject being offered by him/her to the Examination
Committee.

9. MODERATION OF QUESTION PAPERS AND MODEL ANSWERS:

9.1 The Chief Examiner of the Examination Committee shall moderate on the question papers submitted by the subject faculty.
9.2 The Moderator shall ensure that the questions are from within the syllabus and framed in a manner intelligible to the student.
9.3 The Moderator shall ensure that the question paper model conforms to the scheme of evaluation submitted by the subject
faculty at the beginning of the semester.

10. EVALUATION PROCESS:

10.1 The evaluation of all examinations shall be made by the respective individual subject faculty.
10.2 The pattern for the End-semester Examination shall be set by the Examination Committee.
10.2.1. The Evaluation shall be on the basis of the Model Answer submitted.
10.3 The subject faculty shall submit a duly filled evaluation sheet to the Examination Committee after completing evaluation of the
answer scripts.
10.4 The evaluation of the projects shall be devised by the individual subject faculty with information to the Examination
Committee.
10.5 The allocation of marks to each answer and totaling and re-totaling thereof shall be done by individual subject faculty with the
approval of the Examination Committee.

11. RE-TOTALING OF MARKS:

The Examination Committee shall be responsible for entering of Marks in each of the subject for the purpose of declaration of
results and it shall only check the grand total of marks allotted given by the subject faculty.

12. ACCESS TO ANSWER SCRIPTS/CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PUBLISHED RESULTS:

12.1 The subject faculty shall provide access to answer scripts after publication of results or re-opening of the University after
vacation, as the case may be; as per the instructions specified by the Examination Committee from time to time.
12.2 The subject faculty shall provide access to answer scripts after publication of results of the mid-semester examination as per
the instructions specified by the Examination Committee from time to time.
12.3 The Examination Committee shall have power suo-motu to effect any corrections of clerical/computing errors that may appear
in the published results as well as in answer scripts.

13. RULES FOR EXAMINATION COMMITTEE: GENERAL RULES:

13.1 The Examination Committee shall be under the direct supervision of the Chief Examiner, reporting to the Vice Chancellor.
13.2 The Examination Committee shall facilitate to conduct of all Examinations, Evaluations, Publication of results and Maintenance
of records.

14. CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION:

14.1 The Examination Committee shall notify the schedule for the examinations.
14.2 The Examination Committee shall communicate to the subject faculty the date for submission of the question papers.
14.3 The Examination Committee shall allot registration numbers to the students, valid for the entire duration of their study at the
University.

14.4 The Examination Committee shall communicate the seating plan to the students.
14.5 All members of faculty and administration of the University have a duty to render all necessary assistance to the Examination
Committee for the conduct of all the examinations.
14.6 a) No student shall be allowed into the Examination Hall 15 minutes after the commencement of the examination.
b) No student shall be allowed to leave the examination hall before the expiry of one hour from the commencement of the
examination.
c) No student shall be allowed to leave the examination hall during the last ten minutes after the warning bell.
14.7 No educational aids or materials, books or papers or any electronic gadgets are permitted into the Examination halls.
14.8 Resorting to unfair means in examinations shall entail summary cancellation of candidature of the student and shall be on the
recommendations of the Examination Committee which may lead to debarring from the semester examinations after inquiry by a
Committee as the Vice-Chancellor may decide.

15. EVALUATION:
The Examination Committee may organize evaluation of the End-semester answer scripts, including fixing of deadlines whenever
required, and may fix the maximum number of scripts to be evaluated each day by each subject faculty.

16. CREDIT ALLOCATION:

16.1 The Academic Council shall decide the number of subjects, their syllabi and the number of credits to be assigned to each
subject.
16.2 Subject to the discretion of the Academic Council, the credit of the Arts courses shall be at least four credits and the law
courses shall be at least of five credits each.
Explanation: Number of credits corresponds to the number of contact hours each week that a subject must be taught.
16.3 The University may decide to offer extra credit courses whenever possible on the basis of rules framed by the Examination
Committee for that purpose.
16.4 The University may also decide to offer non-credit compulsory /optional courses, as it may deem fit.

17. STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES:

17.1 The University may decide to send students to other Universities for study on exchange basis or otherwise and have the
grades/credits transferred to DSNLU.
17.2 Grade transfer shall be affected only on the basis of equivalency/similarity of subjects/courses being offered in another
University, with those offered in this University in the relevant Semester. Transfer of grade will be decided by the Committee referred
as Degree Equivalence Committee of the University with the approval of the Vice Chancellor.
17.3 The attendance obtained by a student in the University may ordinarily be transferred to this University for the purpose of
calculation of attendance.
17.4 The Examination Committee may recommend to the Academic Council on all other matters in relation to the transfer of
credits and subject/course equivalence as far as possible in terms of the principle of Periodical Evaluation and End Semester
Examination.

18. MATTERS NOT PROVIDED:

18.1 The Vice Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Examination Committee and in consultation with the Committee
consisting of Head, Academic Affairs and two senior faculty members may make provisions for all matters not provided in this rules.
The Vice Chancellor may also like wise decide on special rules including deviations from the existing rules to suit special situations.
Provided he shall report on them to the Academic Council in its next meeting
18.2 The Vice Chancellor may likewise take action in case of emergencies upon recommendation of the Examination Committee
and in consultation with Head, Academic Affairs and two senior faculty members.
18.3 The University reserves the right to modify, change, amend or review the examination rules, as it may at any time deem fit:
provided that no changes shall apply retrospectively to the detriment of students. All changes shall be duly notified.

18.4 Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules the Academic Council may, in special circumstances, give appropriate
dispensation on the merits of each case.
18.5 The rules shall always be subject to the UGC and Bar Council of India regulations and any other applicable rules.

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Downloads
(NEW)End Semester Results November 2015
(NEW) End Semester Examination Schedule-November 2015
(NEW)Application for admission to the 2nd Convocation
(NEW)2nd DSNLU Convocation Notification

Contact Details
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Plot No. 116, Sector XI,
M.V.P. Colony,
Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh,
INDIA - 530017.
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