Law student Phaniraj Kashyap clarifies that university law has a provision for emergency reassessments and he took that route to keep his seat in a US college

Phaniraj Kashyap, a law student from Bangalore University whose quickie re-evaluation had created a flutter, has clarified that there was no irregularity.

"It was an emergency case," said a statement. "The vice-chancellor acted to help Kashyap in accordance with Section 15 of the Karnataka State University Act 2000."

In jeopardy

Careless: The re-evaluation done for BU student Phaniraj Kashyap found that the paper had been irresponsibly evaluated file pic