RGNUL protest enters Day 10: V-C announces panel with 2 external members to mediate dispute on Chief Justice’s directions

Both outer members of the committee are Prof. (Dr) Archana MishraC, Dr BR Ambedkar National Law University, Sonipat, Haryana, and Giribala Singh, president, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

The protesting students, however, questioned however the VC could represent a committee to probe the allegations against him. They sought to cognize whether the members were chosen by the Chancellor oregon the VC. They said the committee was constituted without seeking their statement and claimed: “both members of the committee were antecedently associated with the University of Allahabad, wherever Prof Singh was the Dean of the Law Department for a long”. “Is it good for the V-C to motion the bid erstwhile the committee was formed to look into the allegations against him only,” a protesting pupil questioned.

In a statement, the protesting students said: “In airy of this notification, the students person the pursuing concerns and clarifications:

1. Whereas the Notice states that the constitution of this committee is “as per the absorption of the Hon’ble Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and Chancellor of the University, a transcript of specified absorption has not been provided to the pupil community. We petition that a transcript of specified absorption beryllium made disposable to us.

2. Whereas the Notice is soundless connected whether the creation of the committee has been undertaken by the Hon’ble Chancellor oregon the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, we question clarification arsenic to whether the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor has chosen the above-mentioned members. If that is the case, it raises superior concerns astir the usurpation of the principles of earthy justness and the regularisation against bias.

3. Whereas the members of the committee person been affiliated with the University of Allahabad, the erstwhile instauration of the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, concerns of the quality of bias originate herein.

In airy of the aforementioned, the pupil assemblage shall rise these concerns earlier the committee; reserving the close to code substantive issues and concerns until the abovementioned concerns are resolved. We reiterate the request for an outer enquiry committee into the assignment and actions of the Vice-Chancellor.

The Committee said to ‘mediate the dispute’ has not been formed with the statement of students. In bid to represent a committee for mediating the dispute, the students iterate the mediation rule that 1 subordinate should beryllium chosen by the students and 1 by the administration. Further, the 2 members take a 3rd member.”

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the Registrar of the assemblage to taxable an enactment taken study wrong 15 days.