HC rejects BDS student’s plea against Jamia
The Delhi high court has rejected a student’s plea challenging his expulsion by Jamia Millia Islamia for allegedly using fraudulent means to help students get admission in the BDS course.
Upholding the findings of the university’s disciplinary committee against Yashpal Singh Nagar, Justice V.K. Jain said, “Though the petitioner (Nagar) has denied having admitted his guilt before the disciplinary committee, there is no allegation in the petition that members of the disciplinary committee, for one reason or the other, were inimically disposed towards the petitioner. The disciplinary committee of the university is a multiple-member body. They could have no reason to attribute a false statement to the effect that all the students had admitted their guilt....”
Rejecting Nagar’s argument that no admission of guilt was actually made by him, the court said, “... In the absence of allegation of mala fide against the members of the disciplinary committee, there would be no reason to disbelieve them and reject their report to this effect.”
On June 13, Jamia had expelled Nagar, a fourth-year BDS student, along with four other BDS students, for a year.
Challenging the university’s decision, Nagar had sought quashing of the order contending that principles of natural justice were not followed and the vice-chancellor’s order was vague and also no admission of guilt was made by him.
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