Patna, Aug. 14 -- The Patna High Court has referred to a division bench a case concerning the permanent expulsion of an MBBS student accused of allowing another person to impersonate him in a university examination, observing that conflicting views in earlier judgments required authoritative clarification.
Justice Harish Kumar, while hearing a petition filed by Aryabhatta Knowledge University student Arvind Kumar Mehta, said examination malpractice was like a "plague" that could destroy the education system of a society and a country if allowed to continue unchecked.
The court stressed that the credibility of the education system and the sanctity of examinations must be maintained for the country's progress and warned against showing undu...