Gujarat High Court: Cancellation of Student’s LLB Degree Due To ‘Fraudulent’ Graduation Certificate Used for Admission

Cancellation of Student’s LLB Degree Due To ‘Fraudulent’ Graduation Certificate Used for Admission: Gujarat High Court

• Cancellation of Student’s LLB Degree Due To ‘Fraudulent’ case Gujarat High Court: Cancellation of Student’s LLB Degree Due To ‘Fraudulent’ Graduation Certificate Used for Admission, The only argument pressed into service to challenge the judgment and order dated 03.07.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge is that the action taken by the respondent – University violates the principles of natural justice since before the cancellation of the results of the LLB examination of all semesters, of the petitioner by the respondent – University, no opportunity of hearing has been granted. This argument does not detain us for long for the discussion made by the learned Single Judge in paragraphs ‘8’, ‘8.1.’ and ‘9’ of the judgment impugned.
• Suffice it to note that the reason for cancellation of the entire result of the LLB examination of all semesters as pointed out by the learned Single Judge, which could not be disputed before us, was that the petitioner had secured admission to the LLB course in the respondent – University by producing a graduation degree, allegedly obtained from one Shridhar University, Pilani, Rajasthan. The order impugned before the learned Single Judge records that on verification of the mark sheets of the graduation in Bachelor of Arts of Shridhar
  University, Pilani, Rajasthan, submitted by the petitioner, it transpired that vide communication dated 02.06.2021 of the Shridhar University that the petitioner was never a student at the said University and the documents attached i.e. mark sheets, etc., were not genuine. This fact came to the knowledge of the Bar Council of Gujarat upon verification of the education testimonials submitted by the petitioner seeking registration with the Bar Council of Gujarat to pursue law practice.
• When these facts were brought to the knowledge of the respondent – University, it canceled the mark sheet of the petitioner for the LLB course, upon intimation given by the Bar Council of Gujarat.
• The learned Single Judge has, thus, rightly concluded that the petitioner being the perpetrator of fraud cannot seek any indulgence from the Court, that too on the plea that the opportunity of hearing has not been granted to him. When the concerned University on verification of the mark sheets and other documents had communicated that the petitioner was never admitted to the said University, nor the mark sheet or other educational certificates of graduation course issued by it, the purpose of giving an
  opportunity would be an empty formality, more so, when the communication issued by the Shridhar University, on verification of the documents could not be disputed before the learned Single Judge or before us.

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