Students protest varsity not giving admission to OBC students even after court order
Students protest varsity not giving admission to OBC students even after court order
Student associations of Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) are back demonstrating as the varsity has failed to admit students from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category despite a recent court verdict directing it to do the same. Student leaders with their groups came out shouting slogans, carrying placards and posters condemning the university administration.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
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Over the past three years, progressive sections of the entire JNU community have been striving for the proper implementation of the legally mandated OBC reservations in the campus. Yet again students in the OBC category have been denied admission as against the High Court verdict, which declared the university admission criteria faulty.
"This is not the way a central university works. It is worse than any dictatorial institution in the world. There is no authority, no members in the administration, the VC is on extension. The university cannot do this to students after the court verdict. This is complete anarchy; we don't know who is running the university," said Vismay Bose, Vice-President, All India Students' Association (AISA).u00a0
"Should a central university create such an unprecedented situation wherein every student eligible for admission is forced to move the courts, fight a long legal battle, and prove once more that JNU is legally in the wrong?" said a morose Usham Rojio Singh, the student who successfully moved the Delhi High Court in order to be able to study in JNU.
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| Another day in court |
| Instead of implementing the HC verdict and moving towards modifying its policy, the JNU administration chose to challenge this verdict in the High Court. Subsequently, on December 23, 2010, the HC once again upheld its 7th September verdict and dismissed the JNU review petition.u00a0 |
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