Law student moves court against O P Jindal University for failing him in examination

The petitioner, Kaustubh Shakkarwar, is specialising successful Intellectual Property and Technology Law astatine Jindal Global Law School. “He appeared for his end-term introspection successful the people titled ‘Law and Justice successful a Globalizing World’. When the submission was enactment done Turnitin, the Turnitin study highlighted 88% AI generated contented successful his extremity word submission for this course,” the assemblage stated.

The court’s bid dated November 4 stated that “it was recovered by the evaluators of the respondent-University that the petitioner has allegedly indulged successful copying and has copied to an grade of 88% of the introspection connected the ground of Artificial Intelligence, whereas determination is neither immoderate proviso nor the aforesaid has been supplied to the petitioner contempt repeated requests.”

“The ordinance connected the ground of which Unfair Means Case (UMC) was made against the petitioner and connected the ground of which helium was declared arsenic neglect is not uploaded connected the website of the respondent-University.” it added.

The assemblage said that the student’s behaviour was reported to the Unfair Means Committee of the University.

“Given the precocious percent of the AI generated contented which challenges the sanctity and integrity of the examinations, helium failed this introspection successful presumption of UGC Anti-plagiarism Regulations, 2018. He was fixed a re-sit opportunity, which helium undertook and aboriginal passed the course” it added.

The varsity further said “this enactment (issuing factually incorrect, misleading and prejudiced statements successful online media) of the petitioner is successful abject disregard of judicial propriety, threatening the independency of judiciary. Such acts of societal media treatment connected matters sub judice has been condemned by the Supreme Court of India.”

The assemblage said it would prosecute the lawsuit connected merits earlier immoderate ineligible forum and would besides attack different applicable regulatory bodies/authorities to study the nonrecreational misconduct of the petitioner (who besides happens to beryllium an advocator and an serviceman of the court).” it said.

The lawsuit is scheduled to beryllium heard adjacent connected November 14 successful the Punjab and Haryana High court.