From violence to impersonation: Over 800 students penalised by JNU

The Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU) administration found more than 800 students guilty of illegal activities such as impersonation, physical violence against fellow students and security personnel, possessing and consuming alcohol, beer, ganja (marijuana) etc, between 2010 and July 2016. The university earned more than Rs 40 lakh from the students as penalty for these infractions during this period.

While 527 students were found guilty of acts of indiscipline, an additional 300 were found guilty of consuming and possessing liquor and ganja, according to information provided by the JNU administration in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) petition. Many of these 527 students involved in these activities were found to be under the influence of alcohol. More than 250 (around 30%) of those penalised are girl students. The RTI reply names all the students, lists the fines collected from them and in most cases lists the time/