Delhi University on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it will conduct a special examination after July 4 for any student who wishes to celebrate Eid al-Adha on May 28 and hence will not be able to appear for the examination scheduled by the law college on that date.
The application was filed by DU’s lawyer, Mohinder Rupal, before the Delhi High Court of Justice Jasmeet Singh, on a petition filed by a Muslim student of sixth semester, law school, challenging the university’s May 25 decision to conduct the exams on May 28, which happens to be Bakrid.
“(The university’s counsel said) that students belonging to the minority community and/or students who wish to celebrate Eid al-Adha on May 28, 2026, can inform the Dean of the Faculty of Law by tomorrow (May 27) and the examination proposed to be held on that day will be held after July 4. After recording his statement, the petition was dismissed,” the court said.
The court explained that students will be informed of the new exam date at least a week before.
The petitioner, Saif Rashid Saeed, had objected to the university’s decision to proceed with conducting the exam on May 28 despite the central government notifying that date as it is the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
The petition said that setting the examination date on May 28 was arbitrary and unreasonable and deprived the petitioner and other students of their right to peacefully celebrate an important religious holiday. The petitioner’s counsel pointed out that even the Supreme Court and Supreme Court had declared May 28 a holiday for the festival.
