India, May 26 -- Delhi University on Tuesday informed the high court that it will conduct a special examination after July 4 for any students who wish to observe Eid al-Azha on May 28 and thus are unable to appear for the exam scheduled by the law faculty on that date.

The submission was made by DU's lawyer Mohinder Rupal before a Delhi HC bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh, on a petition filed by a Muslim student of the sixth semester, Faculty of Law, challenging the university's May 25 decision to conduct examinations on May 28, which happens to be Bakrid.

"(The DU counsel said) students belonging to the minority community and/or students who wish to celebrate the festival of Eid-ul-Azha on May 28, 2026, may inform the Dean, Faculty of La...