According to the doc, the foundations got here into impact on February 3.
New Delhi:
Students could be imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 for holding dharnas and face admission cancellation or a high quality of as much as Rs 30,000 for resorting to violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University, its newest guidelines stipulate.
The 10-page ‘Rules of Discipline and correct conduct of scholars of JNU’ has laid out punishments for various sorts of acts like protests and forgery, and procedures for proctorial enquiry and recording an announcement.
According to the doc, the foundations got here into impact on February 3. It got here after the college witnessed a slew of protests over the screening of a BBC documentary.
The guidelines doc states that it has been accredited by the Executive Council, the best decision-making physique of the college.
However, Executive Council members informed PTI that the difficulty was introduced as an extra agenda merchandise and it was talked about that this doc has been ready for “courtroom issues”.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s JNU Secretary Vikas Patel termed the brand new guidelines “authoritarian (‘tughlaqi’)” whereas asserting that the previous code of conduct was sufficiently efficient. He demanded a rollback of this “draconian” code of conduct.
JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit didn’t reply to texts and calls from PTI in search of her response.
The guidelines will apply to all college students of the college, together with part-time college students whether or not admitted earlier than the graduation of those guidelines or after, the doc states.
Punishments have been listed for 17 “crimes” together with blockage, indulging in playing, unauthorised occupation of hostel rooms, use of abusive and derogatory language and committing forgery. The guidelines additionally point out {that a} copy of the complaints will probably be despatched to the mother and father.
Cases involving each academics and college students could also be referred to the Grievance Redressal Committee of the college, faculty and centre stage. Sexual abuse, eve-teasing, ragging, and arousing communal disharmony instances are of the purview of the chief proctor’s workplace.
Chief Proctor Rajnish Mishra informed PTI, “There have been guidelines talked about within the statute. However, the brand new guidelines have been formulated after a proctorial enquiry.” He didn’t reveal when this proctorial enquiry began and when requested whether or not previous guidelines have been modified, she replied in affirmation.
It has proposed punishments for all acts of violence and coercion comparable to gheraos, sit-ins or any variation which disrupt regular tutorial and administrative functioning and/or any act which incites or results in violence.
The punishments embody “cancellation of admission or withdrawal of diploma or denial of registration for a specified interval, rustication as much as 4 semesters and/or declaring any half or the whole JNU campus out of bounds, expulsion, a high quality of as much as Rs 30,000 as per the previous guidelines, One/two semesters of eviction from the hostel”.
If the matter is sub-judice, the chief proctor’s workplace will take motion as per the order and route of the honourable courtroom, the foundations state.
For starvation strikes, dharnas, group bargaining and another type of protest by blocking the doorway or exit of any of the educational and/or administrative complexes or disrupting the actions of any member of the University neighborhood, a high quality of as much as Rs 20,000 will probably be levied.
According to the previous guidelines, for gheraos, demonstrations and sexual harassment, the proposed punishments have been cancellation of admission, rustication and expulsion.
This statute states the college has a proctorial system the place the administration of student-related issues about all acts of indiscipline are delegated to the chief proctor. He and she or he are assisted by proctors. The dimension of the Proctorial Board is determined by the competent authority.
After receipt of a criticism, will probably be scrutinized by the chief proctor who will arrange a proctorial enquiry.
“Subsequently, both a one/two/three member(s) proctorial enquiry committee to conduct an in-depth investigation into the matter. Proctorial enquiry is an inner enquiry of JNU and therefore, no different individual besides the Board members is allowed to be current throughout hearings.
“The accused or complainants just isn’t allowed to be represented by a 3rd social gathering. Similarly, he/she can not have an observer in the course of the strategy of enquiry,” the doc learn.
An Executive Council member, who doesn’t want to be named, mentioned the matter was not mentioned at size within the EC assembly and “we have been informed that the foundations have been created for courtroom issues”.
Another Executive Council member Brahma Prakash Singh mentioned: “The college might need deliberate to streamline the method and put together a full doc but it surely ought to have been mentioned within the EC assembly correctly.” The ABVP’s JNU Secretary Vikas Patel mentioned, “There is not any want for this new authoritarian (‘tuglaki’) code of conduct. The previous code of conduct was sufficiently efficient.
“Instead of specializing in enchancment of security safety and order, the JNU admin has imposed this draconian code of conduct, with none dialogue with the stakeholders, particularly the scholar neighborhood. We demand its rollback.”
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