DU Law Faculty Issues Showcause Notice to 70 Students

The Law Faculty of the University of Delhi issued a showcause notice to 70 students who allegedly created disturbance during the examinations that took place on May 19, 2017. The Dean of Law Faculty issued a showcause notice to the students and sought explanation on why a disciplinary action should not be initiated against them.

All 70 students of first-year law course had been detained by the varsity, as they did not have required attendance prescribed by the varsity. Therefore, the varsity did not allow these students to appear for the examinations. On May 19, 2017, the detained students created a disturbance near the examination hall. They claimed that some of the detained students were allowed to appear for the examination, but not them.

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The Dean of Law Faculty mentioned in the showcause notice that the detained students do not have the right to appear for the examination. The professor-in-charge of Campus Law Centre allowed some students to write the examination. As soon as the issue came to the notice of Dean, a notice was put up that detained students were not authorised to appear for the examination. The Law Faculty had postponed the examination after the disturbance.

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The students received a showcause notice on May 22, 2017, from Ved Kumari, Dean of Law Faculty. These students must reply to the notice within the stipulated date or time.

Law students creating disturbances during the examination was not new to the Law Faculty of the varsity. In the year 2016, the centre detained 550 students who had attendance less than 70%. These students protested against the Dean of Law Faculty, as some of them had more than 80% attendance.