The Delhi High Court, in Courts on its Own Motion In Re: Suicide Committed by Sushant Rohilla, delivered on 3 November 2025 by Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Amit Sharma, addressed systemic issues in higher education following the tragic 2016 suicide of law student Sushant Rohilla, allegedly caused by being forced to repeat a year due to inadequate attendance. Though the individual dispute was settled, the Court examined the wider failures in student welfare mechanisms. It found existing Grievance Redressal Committees (GRCs) ineffective, directing the UGC to ensure at least 50% student membership, inclusion of counsellors, and immediate appointment of 2–3 student members in all GRCs. It also scrutinized the BCI’s mandatory attendance rule, holding it rigid, harmful, and contrary to NEP 2020. The Court ordered that no law student be barred from exams for low attendance, allowing only minor grade penalties, mandated supportive academic measures, and stayed biometric attendance requirements.