India, May 19 -- The Bombay High Court (HC) on May 18 granted interim relief to engineering students who had taken admission to higher academic years under the controversial 'carry on' scheme, allowing them to fill the examination forms and appear for the upcoming Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) examinations. The petitioners expect nearly 751 third-year and final-year engineering students to benefit from the order.

Interim relief was granted by a division bench of justices Gautam Ankhad and Sandesh D Patil while hearing interim applications challenging the 'carry on' system implemented through the Maharashtra government's February 10, 2025 government resolution (GR) and the SPPU's circular number 209. The students (petitioners) h...