UGC instructs universities and HEIs to promote awareness of new criminal laws and debunk misconceptions surrounding them
20 February | Financial Express
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has mandated universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) nationwide to disseminate information about new criminal laws and dispel perceived “myths” surrounding them. Among the debunked myths are claims that the laws threaten individual freedom, aim to establish a police state, and retain sedition provisions under ‘Deshdroh,’ along with allegations of enabling police torture. The UGC has distributed flyers addressing these myths and truths to universities and HEIs.
UGC Secretary Manish Joshi stated, “The Higher Educational Institutions have been requested to publicise the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 around the themes contained in the flyers and by carrying out campaigns by way of displays through standees, distributing flyers and organizing seminars and talks by lawyers, judges both serving and retired and their respective faculties in their institutions.” The HEIs have also been asked to share the details of the activities undertaken to the Ministry of Education for sending them to the Home Ministry, he added.