Students of third year law at Mumbai University appearing for an exam under the old pattern on Labour Law got a rude shock on Wednesday after they received question papers under the new pattern. Half an hour into the exam, the question papers were replaced with the corrected ones and colleges were instructed to allow adequate extra-time to complete the paper. The new pattern differs from the old one in both format and marking scheme. While the old pattern is a 60-mark question paper, the new one comprises questions of 75 marks. The error came to light when a few students noticed the discrepancy. The university acted promptly by sending the correct question papers to all exam centres via email and instructed them to provide additional time to compensate for the disruption. According to many of them, the damage was already done. A professor from a college in Mumbai, said, “Once the error was pointed out, the university replaced the paper immediately and provided extra time. However, the initial half-hour delay due to the mistake …