New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday rapped the Jawaharlal Nehru University for evicting three students for their alleged involvement in a hostel scuffle, when an enquiry was still pending. Justice S. Ravinder Bhat, who directed the university to wrap up the enquiry within a week, asked the authorities to re-admit them in the hostel with immediate effect.
The court also said the hostel authorities cannot keep the students out till the completion of the enquiry.
The three students Santosh Kumar Pathak, Ashutosh Singh and Shashi Shankar Singh alleged that the senior warden of Lohit Hostel had illegally passed an order asking them to vacate the hostel.
Advocate Monica Arora, appearing for the students, said that on March 17 there was a scuffle between two factions during a student general body meeting.
Counsel alleged that the brawl started when some "unruly" students, including university union president, in a drunken state started using abusive and filthy language against the hostel residents.
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Friday revoked its order expelling five of its students who were involved in stopping the sale of prospectus. The decision was announced by Chief Proctor H B Bohidar who said, "all rustications have been revoked. Vice-Chancellor B B Bhattacharya has pardoned the students on the understanding that henceforth, their agitation will be democratic and peaceful."
The issue was probed by a five-member committee who, according to the students, agreed to revoke the order after the students apologised. The panel had submitted its report 10 days ago.
After the declaration, Sandeep Singh, JNUSU president and one of the students who had been rusticated, said that now, they are looking forward to a meaningful dialogue with the administration on the price hike of prospectus. "The JNU administration had said that they would constitute a high-level committee to look into the matter. We are waiting for that to happen," he said.