<span style="color: #222222;">The Delhi High Court has asked final year undergraduate and postgraduate visually impaired students of Delhi University to endeavour to sit for the open book online exam which is scheduled to commence from 2nd of next month. The court has also said that the cost of any book or assistive device they buy for the examination shall be reimbursed up to two lakh rupees.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon further directed that as and when a second round of open book exam is held, the visually impaired students will be entitled to appear in them to improve their score even if they have taken the first round of exams.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The directions were issued by the high court while hearing a plea by the National Federation of the Blind challenging the Delhi University's decision to hold open book examinations on the ground that it violated rights of students with visual impairments and other disabilities. <br />''<br />''In a statement, the federation said that the court has also directed that the visually impaired students may approach their respective institutes and colleges for any assistance required, including provision of reading material or text books in accessible form and assistive devices.</span><br />''