Chandigarh High Court tells NIT student to leave engineering | Photo Credit: Times Now

Chandigarh High Court has rejected the appeal of the engineering student of NIT, Kurukshetra to let him appear for his compartment exams. The candidate had appealed to the court to allow him to appear in his 17 compartment exams this year, to which the Chief Justice scolded him and said that its high time that he should leave engineering and save the country.

The NIT student who enrolled himself for the engineering degree in 2009 was not able to clear his exams during his four years of engineering course. The institute granted him 4 more years to clear the exams in which he did not succeed. When asked about the reason, he said that due to some personal reasons he was not able to clear the exams. He himself went to file the appeal and pleaded the court that he will clear his compartmental exams if given a chance.

After hearing his plea, Chief Justice Krishna Murari criticized him and asked him to leave engineering this time and scolded him for wasting government money for his engineering degree. Chief Justice further added that he is doing nothing expect wasting Court's valuable time. Morover, if in last 9 years the candidate was unable to clear his compartment exam, then he will not be able to clear it in one go. Lastly, the court advised him to leave engineering and save the country and choose any other profession for a living.