How Feb 9 event changed JNU
Delhi court orders Kanhaiya's release from Tihar Jail
Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya are granted regular bail by a Delhi court
Delhi Police files charge sheet against 46 people in the case. Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya and seven others were charged with sedition. the last three years, than as the JNUSU leader,” he said.
But JNU registrar Pramod Kumar said disciplinary action was always taken against those who violated rules.
“We don’t indiscriminately issue notices. We are always for dialogue and discussion. Even the vice chancellor (VC) meets students on the first Monday of every month without any appointment. But there are some elements who are not ready to talk,” he said.
In 2017, JNU made 75 % attendance compulsory for all students. The move was followed by a spate of protests by students and teachers. They boycotted the attendance sheets and some students even moved Delhi high court against the decision. The matter is sub-juice.
Last March, the administration removed seven deans/chairpersons for not complying with mandatory attendance rule at their respective schools and centres.
In July last year, it extended the mandatory attendance to the teaching and non-teaching staff as well.
The decision was met with uproar. “I received an email from the academic branch that the leave request may be considered only after the faculty member will confirm that he or she is signing the attendance and taking attendance of students,” said Archana Prasad, professor at the centre for informal sector and labour studies.
Prasad moved the Delhi high court in January, seeking stay on the circular issued by the JNU administration making attendance compulsory for teachers. The court last month stayed the circular.
But not all the faculty members were averse to the decision. Amita Singh, professor at centre for study of law and governance, said: “There is nothing wrong in marking attendance. It’s just a way to ensure discipline at the campus. There are teachers who don’t take classes.” Acity court on
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Police time till February Delhi 28 to procure the government’s sanction needed to prosecute and Kanhaiya Kumar othersinthe sedition case.
In October 2017, a “public inquiry” instituted by teachers found the vice-chancellor guilty of “violating statutory provisions and academic norms”. “I have never heard any such inquiry against a vice-chancellor in any other institution. Except for a day in five years of my tenure as the VC, there was never any strike by JNUTA. As and when there were any issues or demands, I used to have a meeting with them and resolve the matter. Any teacher could meet me and no one was ever denied an appointment,” said Sudhir Kumar Sopory, former JNU vice chancellor.
Despite several attempts, VC Jagadesh Kumar and Rector 1 Chintamani Mahapatra did not respond to calls and messages for comments.
But administration officials said the university has been progressing despite these issues.
“In 2017, we received the visitors’ award for academic excellence from former President Pranab Mukherjee. Last year, we were granted autonomy by the Union education ministry to open new courses and campuses. We have established a new school and a centre. We are soon going to open a satellite campus outside Delhi. There are people who just like to criticise,” said a senior official, who asked not to be named.