Delhi HC stays suspension of St. Stephen's student
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The student in his petition claimed that he was being repeatedly victimised by the college principal Valson Thampu.
In
a major relief to St. Stephen’s suspended student Devansh Mehta, the
Delhi High Court on Friday stayed his suspension, issued a notice to the
college principal and barred the college from awarding the prize that
was withdrawn from the student to anyone else until the next date of
hearing on May 21.
The student had founded an e-zine
which was banned after it carried an interview of the principal. His
suspension followed soon after he spoke about it to the media.
The student in his petition claimed that he was being repeatedly victimised by the college principal Valson Thampu.
The
petition sought relief against, “the arbitrary, illegal, mala fide and
shockingly unreasonable actions unleashed against him by the principal.”
The
first act, according to the petition, was stopping publication of the
e-zine, and then suspending him based on a one-man disciplinary enquiry
report which found the student guilty of breaching “college discipline”
by speaking to the press.
Another case of
“vindictiveness”, alleged by Devansh was cancellation of his name from
the Rai Sahib Benarsi Das Memorial Prize for which he had been selected.
Devansh was to receive the prize on Saturday at the St. Stephen’s Dismissal Service.
The
petition states that banning the e-zine was in transgression of Article
19 (1) of the Constitution and speaking to the media cannot be a ground
for misconduct.
The main reasons for Devansh going
to court are to get permission to attend the function on Saturday.
Devansh, who is a third year Philosophy student, is also seeking to
protect himself from any adverse action that might ruin his future
prospects.
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