Karnataka High Court asks State Law University to equip exam hall invigilators with body cameras to check malpractices

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Karnataka State Law University to come out with new guidelines, which should also have provisions to provide body cameras to its examination hall invigilators and members of the flying squad to check exam malpractices as well as to safeguard interests of the students. Body cameras of high resolution should have facility to record video on a real-time basis and upload the recorded contents to a server so that they cannot be manipulated and could be verified when the allegations of malpractices are made, the Court said. Stating that it has come across a large number of petitions related to KSLU’s examination process in which it was brought to the Court’s notice that the students are compelled to sign on pre-typed documents containing averments admitting the exam malpractices alleged against the student, the Court said such a procedure adopted by the KSLU to deal with malpractices does not inspire confidence. CC cameras Stating that the KSLU has to use technology to make the process of examination transparent, the Court also said that closed circuit cameras should be installed in all examination halls and the centres of KSLU with a provision to record video on a real-time basis and upload it to a server.