Allahabad HC takes notice of violence on Lucknow University campus, set to hear arguments today
A two-member Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has taken suo motu notice of the violence and assault on about a dozen Lucknow University teachers, including the Vice-Chancellor, and summoned the Lucknow SSP, V-C and Proctor to appear before the court on Friday.
The two-member bench, comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan, has summoned Lucknow SSP Deepak Kumar, Vice-Chancellor SP Singh and Proctor Vinod Singh to appear before the court on Friday to record their statements on the violence in the varsity campus. The bench has directed to admit the issue as a PIL and present it before the court on Friday for hearing and arguments.
These expelled students who lodged the attack on the teacher belonged to Samajwadi Party Yuvjan Sabha and AISA and were expelled by the varsity administration for showing black flags to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath when he visited the campus on June 7 last year.
On Wednesday, about 50 students barged into the campus along with their supporters and created ruckus and indulged in heavy brick-batting. They attacked V-C SP Singh. About a dozen faculty members, including the two Deans and Proctor, also sustained injuries when they attempted to rescue the V-C from the students' attack. The V-C had tweeted to inform CM Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma, who is also a Professor in the varsity, about the violence and attack on the varsity teachers.
The agitated students were demanding withdrawal of their expulsion and admission in PG courses. Two of them had began an indefinite fast since Wednesday in support of their demand.
The varsity administration lodged an FIR against about 25 students.
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