India, May 20 -- Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on Tuesday postponed undergraduate engineering examinations scheduled to begin from May 20 following large-scale protests by students led by the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and Youth Congress.

The development came a day after the Bombay High Court granted interim relief to engineering students who had taken admission to higher academic years under the disputed "carry on" policy. The court permitted eligible students to fill out examination forms and appear for upcoming SPPU examinations.

The university announced the revised examination schedule late in the evening after nearly 700 students gathered on campus, demanding postponement of exams, correction of result-relat...