Reply to Appeals within 18 days: Court Directs Jindal Varsity on Suspension of 2 Students over ‘Ram Mandir Discussion’
29 March 2024 | The Indian Express
“Reply within 18 days”, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed O P Jindal University to respond to appeals filed by its two students who were suspended and evicted from the varsity campus housing for allegedly putting up posters and engaging in a panel discussion regarding the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
An order passed by the court on March 21 read: “…The civil writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 2 (vice-chancellor of O P Jindal) to consider and decide the said appeals dated 21.02.2024… in accordance with law, within a period of 18 days from the date of receipt of certified copy of the present order”, and further asked the varsity to consider both the cases of the students independently “in accordance with law”….