Let me tell you a story:
Ashwini was a topper in her law college. She was studying for her final year exams. The next paper was the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), one of the toughest papers in the law curriculum. Ashwini had the habit of taking a few minutes break during exam days to meet her friends Gayathri and Nandhini. So, a day before the CrPC exam, she visited her friends who were staying in the same hostel.
Nandhini's roommate, Kumari rushed into the room with a piece of paper. She whispered: "I got a list of important questions from our college lecturer. who says the question paper will have a lot of questions from this list."
Kumari then turned to Ashwini and said: "This is your chance. Take this and get your university rank." Ashwini flatly refused and said to a stunned Kumari: "If I get good marks, let them be through my own efforts. If I take this list, I will be doing a great disservice to my classmates who are competing with me for the top honour." Gayathri said: "I too don't want the questions." Silence engulfed the room.
A bewildered Kumari asked to everyone: "Have I done anything wrong? Did I say something bad?" Ashwini reassured her: "Don't worry about it. This is just a personal choice. All the best for the exam."
Ashwini eventually went on to top the University rankings in the exam and got the gold medal too. Ashwini's score in the Cr.PC paper was 80%. Gayathri too scored good marks in the exam. Both are now successful lawyers.
