Amravati University Students Can Write Exam on Book Dropped from BA Syllabus for Being ‘Anti-Govt’: Bombay HC
Azib Ahmed | 05 May 2026 | News by Career 360
In a significant development in the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University syllabus controversy, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has allowed students to choose between the dropped Marathi novel, Te Pannas Divas, and its replacement, Dhag, for their upcoming BA examinations, resolving a petition that challenged the last-minute change.
Hearing a writ petition filed by students, Justices Anil S Kilor and Raj D Wakode took note of the grievance that Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University had replaced the novel just weeks before the semester exams, despite it being taught throughout the academic session. Early last month, SGBAU Amravati, Maharashtra, removed Pawan Bhagat's Te Pannas Divas, a novel set during the Covid-19 lockdown, from its BA syllabus for Marathi, replacing it with Uddhav Shelke's Dhag. The latter was written in 1960 and addresses poverty in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region…