The large number of student protests at JNU indicates “there is something wrong somewhere”, the Delhi High Court told the university on Friday while allowing students to agitate near the administrative block.
92 stirs in 9 months
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva made the observation after the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said that in the past nine months there have been 92 protests on the campus that were disrupting its functioning.
Directing the students that the university’s functioning should go on, the court allowed them to protest in the front garden and the pavement of the administrative block with the conditions that the exit and entry routes to the building are not blocked and the decibel levels are kept low.
The court also modified its earlier order restraining students from protesting within 100 metres of the block. It did not accept JNU’s request for continuing with the earlier order, saying, “What would be the purpose of the protest if it was not visible?”
