The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Delhi University to give its stand on National Students’ Union of India student leader Sunny Chillar’s plea challenging the election of former Delhi University Students’ Union president Ankiv Baisoya for furnishing a fake bachelors’ degree.
Counter affidavit
Justice Yogesh Khanna, who had on November 20 reserved his verdict in the matter, issued notice to the university and asked it to file a counter affidavit in the matter before December 4, the next date of hearing.
The court said that after listing the matter for orders he found there was nothing on record from the university’s side.
Mr. Baisoya, an ABVP leader, had resigned as DUSU president on November 14 after the university received a report that his bachelors’ degree, allegedly obtained from Thiruvalluvar University, was fake.
DU had earlier told the court that since verification of the degree was completed after November 13, no fresh elections can be held as the two-month period within which the poll could have been conducted again had expired.
The university said according to Lyngdoh Committee guidelines, fresh elections can only be held if a post falls vacant within two months of declaration of results.
Mr. Chillar had said in his plea that once the degree was found to be fake, the nomination itself became void from the beginning and therefore the two-month period for conducting fresh election will not apply in this case.
The plea had said that DU should have properly scrutinised Mr. Baisoya’s certificates at the time of admission to M.A. Buddhist Studies course and while accepting his nomination.
The NSUI leader had lost to Mr. Baisoya in the race for the post of the DUSU president.
