Ahead of the LLB examinations scheduled on Thursday, the Delhi University's (DU) Faculty of Law released a notice on Wednesday informing students that the examinations have been postponed, drawing severe criticism from students.

"Under the orders of the Vice Chancellor, the examinations of LLB II, IV, VI term scheduled from 4th July are postponed," it said, without citing any reason.

Anju Vali Tikoo, head and dean of Faculty of Law, said, "The notice has been issued in accordance with the Vice Chancellor's orders. New dates will be announced soon."

The exams were scheduled to start on July 4 and end on July 26.

Parichay Yadav (24), a term II LLB student, said, "It is obviously inconvenient when the examination gets cancelled mere hours before. But at this point, we do not even know what happened or why they have been postponed."

"A lot of students had booked tickets to go home after the exams. Now they have to cancel those as we do not even know how much the exams will be postponed," he added.

When contacted, DU Vice Chancellor C Yogesh Singh explained the postponment saying, "There was an attendance shortage among students, which could have led to a loss of a year for them. Considering all aspects, I have instructed the Faculty of Law to continue classes for another two weeks. The exams will be held from 18th July."