Hyderabad, July 28 -- The Telangana High Court has declined to direct NALSAR University of Law to let an MBA student appear for supplementary examinations after she was barred from the main exams over a shortage of attendance caused by prolonged illness, holding that sympathy cannot override mandatory academic rules.

Justice Juvvadi Sridevi ruled that a student who is barred from writing term-end examinations for want of attendance is, under the university's own rules, also ineligible to appear for the supplementary exams meant to give students a second chance.

"Sympathy or equitable considerations cannot override the mandatory academic rules, which are uniformly applicable to all the students," the High Court observed, adding that cour...