More than 300 Osmania law students will be changed to ‘fail’ or ‘pass’ after revaluation.
In a surprise development after the results, Osmania University has said that more than 300 law students who were earlier marked as failed in the third semester examinations of the three-year LLB course have passed.
While the 300-odd candidates only became clear after revaluation, the revised results reveal a broader pattern. There was a significant improvement in grades in more than 800 coursework. This includes eight papers moving five grades from F to A, 141 papers moving from F to B, 158 from F to C and 93 from F to D.
The numbers came from an independent audit by an aggrieved student that compared original and edited results posted on the university’s website using Python and artificial intelligence. The student requested anonymity.
“It’s a relief, but it also suggests something fishy, doesn’t it? It’s understandable if someone moves from an F to an E with a small margin, but it sounds like a scam. And most of the candidates failed in labor law,” said Rajender, a student at the Aurora Academy of Legal Sciences.
According to the Law Students Federation of India (LSFI), the range can be much larger in all 18 colleges. In a statement submitted along with the All India Lawyers’ Union (AILU), he claimed that in several colleges, 30 to 40 students failed in Labor Law-I despite performing well in other subjects. Based on reports from representatives across colleges, LSFI estimates the total failure across subjects to be around 6,000 candidates.
Students from multiple colleges reported a large number of initial failures that were later reassessed. In the Marwadi Shiksha Samithi Law College, 73 candidates were said to have initially failed, most of them after re-evaluation.
Faculty of Law Dean N. Venkateshwarlu defended the on-screen evaluation system, saying that the revaluation involves two evaluators and that there is nothing wrong with the process. However, it did not explain the large discrepancy or high failure rate in Labor Law-I.
Additional Controller of Examinations D Radhika Yadav admitted receiving several complaints when the original results were released in April. “The issue has now been resolved. We are identifying the appraisers and trying to counsel them. If it happens again, we will blacklist them as well,” she said.
One question remains for students: if revaluation can turn a fail into a pass, why should they pay ₹700 per paper to correct the university’s mistake?
(Student names have been changed to protect identities)
Published – 07 June 2026 20:45 IST