India, May 27 -- The Delhi University on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that it would conduct a special examination after July 4 for students belonging to the minority community who wish to observe Eid al-Adha on May 28 and choose not to appear for the examination scheduled by the law faculty on that date.

The submission was made by the varsity's lawyer Mohinder Rupal before a bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh, in a petition filed by a 4th semester Muslim student of the Faculty of Law against the university's May 25 notification to conduct examinations on May 28.

Advocate Rupal added that those students who wish to give the exam later can communicate this to the law faculty's dean. Taking the statement on record, the court disposed ...