DNA: New Delhi: Sunday, September 17, 2017.
With Delhi
University (DU) concluding the polls for its Student Union body on Tuesday, a
law student at the Varsity, along with a lawyer, is set to knock on the Supreme
Court's doors urging it to revise the decade-old Lyngdoh committee's
guidelines, based on which the elections are being held across universities.
Vikas
Bhaskar, a third year student at DU's law faculty, and Mohit K Gupta, a lawyer
at the Delhi High Court, have decided to file the petition to point out
multiple violations of the committee's recommendation by all the student
political groups.
"We find
money and muscle power is ruling the elections and nothing concrete is being
done for student welfare. I have not found any office bearer going to courts
for students against the university. I have accessed information under RTI and
shall be looking forward to petition the Supreme Court for revising the
recommendations which were set a decade back," said Gupta.
An RTI filed
by Gupta last year revealed the expenditure being incurred by the university in
conducting DUSU elections. The documents revealed under RTI shows how 11 cases
were being registered, including Ms Pratibha Jolly, Principal Miranda House's
complaint, under the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007.
Interestingly,
all the elected office bearers have submitted audit reports from chartered
accountants of expenses being incurred less than Rs 5,000.
The
guidelines recommends that the institution should organise leadership-training
programmes with the help of professional organisations to groom and instil in
students' leadership qualities.
"However,
the recommendations donning the shield of judicial order of the SC has not been
implemented by the DU for all these years since 2006," Bhaskar said.
Student’s
petition
Vikas
Bhaskar, a third year student, have decided to file a petition to point out
multiple violations of the Lyngdoh committee’s recommendation by student
political groups.
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