From four-inch long sleeves and tops that flow seven-inches below the waist to shoes that cover every inch of the foot, a Borivli law college has imposed a dress code on its students that they call ‘Taliban-like’. A circular issued by Nalanda College of Law on October 10 prescribes these and other rules including a ban on displaying body piercings and tattoos as part of a dress code, has a section of the students up in arms. The college claims that it is all about discipline, but this is moral policing couched under the veneer of disciplinary measures. The college also has a rule that all students have to wear white shirts and black trousers.

While the students admit that nobody has been penalised for not wearing white shirts and black trousers, the girls have stopped wearing skirts or sleeveless tops.