There shall be an EXAMINATION COMMITTEE constituted by the Director for each year with not less than four teachers of the University by rotation. Every teacher will submit to the Examination Committee at the beginning of each Trimester, the outline of the course he/she is teaching, a detailed teaching plan, and the plan he/she is adopting for evaluation of student performance. The course outline, the teaching plan as well as the evaluation scheme will be made available to the students at the beginning of the Trimester itself.

The examination (evaluation) is purely internal. The Teacher who offers the course shall also evaluate the performance of the student. If a course is taught by more than one teacher, they shall jointly prepare the questions, organise the examination, evaluate the performance and prepare the results. The scheme of evaluation shall ordinarily be as follows:-

1. A registered student is required to attend all the classes and can absent himself to a maximum of 25% of the classes on permissible grounds like medical, field study, etc.

2. If a registered student does not attend in any course, including elective/seminar courses for at least 75% of the total classes held he/she shall be declared as disqualified and shall not be allowed to appear in the examination in the said course and shall be required to re-register for the course when it is next offered.

3. The UGC office shall communicate to the students after 6 weeks from the commencement of the trimester the status of the attendance of each student in the course. A copy of the status report shall be submitted to the Class Coordinator.

4. On completion of the course the subject teacher shall immediately submit a status report regarding attendance to the Class Co-ordinator who shall then notify the same including students who are disqualified from appearing for the examinations on the grounds of attendance shortage.

5. A student claiming attendance make-up may submit the application in the given proforma to the exam-dept concerned within 3 days from the date of absence from the class. The make-up may be claimed on the following grounds :

• representing the university in any inter-college, inter-university, national or international events;

• attending on the instructions of the university any university activity;

• attending any programme on Legal Aid, Lok Adalat, preparation of Public Interest Litigation etc; or

• empirical research required for any subject, not exceeding one day per subject, with the prior permission of the subject teacher.

However, such attendance make-up shall not exceed 10% of the total number of classes held. In case of teams representing the university outside Bangalore they shall be entitled to the travel time in addition to the 10%.

In any case, the concerned student will be required to fulfill the 75% requirement without makeups.

6. Students seeking attendance make-up on medical grounds shall submit the application in the given proforma supported by a certificate from a qualified medical officer/hospital acceptable to the University, or from the university doctor. The exemption from attending on medical grounds shall be given only when the student has been advised bed rest or hospitalised. Absence on medical grounds need not be within 10% limit. But in any case, the student is required to take minimum of 75% classes held in the said subject.

7. Five (5) marks will be awarded for class participation in all courses. Seminars may have upto ten (10) marks for the class participation. Each teacher will announce the methodology and criteria for award of marks for class participation in his/her course/seminar, subject to the approval of the Under Graduate/Post Graduate Council and Director.

Rules relating to submission of Project Assignments.

1. Project topics for the next trimester will be declared before the end of the previous trimester, so as to facilitate research during the vacation.

2. At least two projects have to be completed by a student within the first four weeks and the next two/one within the next four weeks after the mid-term exams.

3. The last day for submission of the projects I & II will be announced at the beginning of the trimester.

4. If the students do not submit on the last date for submission as notified by the Under Graduate Council the late submission shall attract penalty marks as follows :

• Students will lose half a mark as penalty for each day of late submission including holidays.

• After six days from the date for submission no project will be accepted and the marks for projects will be zero.

5. No extension, for submission of projects, shall ordinarily be given. Extension shall be given only if the university utilised the service of the student for research, journal or related activities. Such extension be only given on application to the class coordinator, which will then be entered in a given application form to be attached to the project while submitting the project. The class coordinator may also consider granting extension on medical/any other grounds. In such a case the calls coordinator shall bring the matter before the Under Graduate Council.

1. Viva-voce or presentations shall be the procedure by which students shall be evaluated for 10 marks so allotted. The subject-teacher shall notify to the class council and the students the procedure that shall be adopted in a particular course during a particular trimester within one week of the commencement of the trimester.

2. In the case of viva-voce a panel of at least 2 teachers shall conduct it. Under no circumstance shall the subject teacher alone conduct the viva-voce.

3. A teacher may choose to have project presentations instead of viva-voce to evaluate the student for the 10 marks. In such a case the presentations are to be made in the presence of a group of students, never to the teacher alone. Such presentations are to be conducted after class hours. They shall not be held in the classroom during class hours.

1. Project exemptions may be granted on the similar responsibility of research and preparation of reports either at the instance of the University or for preparation of memorials for Moot Court competitions of national and international standing. However, such research product has to be submitted in lieu of the project in a course, as granted by the class coordinator, to the subject teacher.

2. Ordinarily such substitution is permissible wherever approved only against one project assignment (i.e. for 25 marks). In exceptional circumstances the Under Graduate Council may allow it in lieu of two project assignments. In the latter case the Under Graduate Council shall record the reasons for its decision. The subject against whom such substitution is allowed shall be notified.

3. In such cases the viva-voce/presentation marks, in the subject where such substitution has been granted, shall be the average of the marks secured in the other subjects.

4. For purposes of guidance, it is suggested that if a student is selected to represent the University in, say, an inter-collegiate or inter-university Moot-Court Competition, such student, on due representation, may be given substitution in one project assignment. The written memorial prepared by him/her shall be treated as the project assignment and so evaluated for 25 marks available for a given course. However, if the student is selected for an international Moot-Court Competition and if he/she participated in such contest, substitution may be allowed for two project assignments (i.e. for 25 marks each in two courses).

5. Students who have put in "substantial work" in connection with selection of articles, editing, and such allied activities in relation to the Law School Publications or other research work as assigned by the University may seek substitution of such activities for one project assignment to be done during the trimester provided the following conditions are satisfied:

• Substitution shall be permitted by the Under Graduate Council only on the recommendation of the Faculty Member concerned.

• The subject against which such substitution is allowed should be declared by the Under Graduate Council.

• Other norms applicable to the substitution of project assignments in the case of moot-court participation shall apply mutatis mutandis in this case also.

• In deciding whether a member of the Editorial Board should be given the substitution or not, the Under Graduate Council will be guided by the items of work the said member has done and the quality and quantum of work done as certified by the concerned faculty advisor.

6. These norms and procedure are evolved with a view to encourage student participation in co-curricular activities and recognise hard work put in there. In no circumstance shall the substitution be allowed to cover up laziness, mediocrity or avoidance of required study and examination.

1. With reference to project evaluation for the Ist and IInd year students greater importance shall be given for foot-notes, bibliography, style of writing etc. While for the III years importance shall be given for analysis, critiquing, etc. the IV and V years project assignments shall be examined for analysis, originality, recommendations, etc. All outstanding projects shall be notified in the class by the subject-teacher/class coordinator. They shall be classified, compiled and bound and shall be placed in the library for reference. Such projects as are deemed worthy of publication shall with the assistance of the subject teacher be edited, updated and sent for publication.

2. In such courses as the faculty may decide, there may be common topics of Project Assignment, known as "Group Projects" which will be undertaken by a group of students.

3. In respect of such Group Projects, the 25 marks allotted to the Project Assignment, shall be apportioned as follows :

• 20 marks for individual report by each Member of the Group;

• 5 marks for the individual contribution to the group exercise and group report taken as a whole;

Provided it shall be competent for the Under Graduate Council, for reason to be given in writing, to allocate equal weightage of marks for the individual work and group work.