HC puts rustication of Visva-Bharati students in abeyance
The Hindu
The three students had taken part in a demonstration in January 2020
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday kept in abeyance Visva-Bharati’s rustication of its three students who had taken part in a demonstration in January 2020 and ordered them to rejoin classes immediately. The three — Somnath Sow and Falguni Pan of economics and Rupa Chakraborty of Hindustani classical music — were expelled on August 23 for three years on grounds of “gross indiscipline and misconduct” and they had been staging a protest, supported by a section of teachers, local organisations and some political parties. They termed the court order as an “initial victory” for them. The court also ordered immediate restoration of normalcy in the university and called for an end to demonstrations on the campus.More Related News
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