Punjab and Haryana High Court notice to Jindal law school for failing student over ‘AI-generated’ answer sheet
The student argued that the university has not explicitly stated that the use of AI constitutes ‘plagiarism,’ and therefore, he should not be penalised for something not explicitly prohibited.
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The petitioner argued that certain sections of women, particularly widows, were excluded from the rituals (Express Archives)The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, in response to a petition filed by an LLM student seeking to quash a university committee’s decision that declared his answer sheet as “AI-generated.”
The petition was filed by Kaustubh Shakkarwar, a practising lawyer currently pursuing a Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property and Technology Laws at Jindal Global Law School.
Shakkarwar appeared for his first-term examinations on May 18 and submitted answers for the end-term exam in the subject ‘Law and Justice in the Globalizing World.’ However, the university’s Unfair Means Committee later accused him of submitting “88% AI-generated” responses and declared him ‘fail’ in the subject on June 25.
In his petition, Shakkarwar argued that the university has not explicitly stated that the use of AI constitutes ‘plagiarism,’ and therefore, he should not be penalised for something not explicitly prohibited. He also contended that his submission was his own work and requested the university to provide a specific rule prohibiting the use of AI. He claimed the university failed to supply any such document.
Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri has listed the matter for November 14 and issued a notice to the university.
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