20,000 fine for picketing, cancellation of admission on violence: JNU made new rules to stop protests; Punishment will be given for 17 crimes

Now protests in at New Delhi\'s Jawaharlal Nehru University, and students protesting will have to pay a fine of Rs 20,000. At the same time, students indulging in any kind of violence will be punished with a fine of Rs 30,000 or cancellation of admission. The university has made a new guideline to stop the protests.

According to the document, these rules apply to all the students of the university from February 3. This includes part-time students, regardless of whether they took admitted before or after the rule came into force. There had been a series of demonstrations at the university over the screening of the BBC\'s controversial documentary. To prevent such demonstrations, the university has taken this step.

3 years ago there was a tremendous uproar and violent demonstration in JNU

On the night of 5 January 2020, more than 50 masked miscreants attacked students protesting against the fee hike in JNU. They thrashed the student-teachers with sticks and iron rods. Thirty-five people, including student union president Aishe Ghosh, were injured in the attack and were admitted to Delhi AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital. The miscreants vandalized many hostels as well. No one was arrested in this incident.

Punishment will be given for 17 crimes, copy of the complaint will be sent to parents

In this 10-page book titled Rules of Discipline and Proper Conduct of Students of JNU, different punishments have been given for acts like protests and cheating. Along with this, the process of registering any kind of inquiry and statement in the university has also been explained.

The new document spells out punishment for 17 offenses. These include offenses such as blocking a place in the university, gambling, illegal occupation of hostel rooms, using foul and abusive language, and cheating. As per the rules, a copy of the complaint will also be sent to the parents of the accused student.

The controversy started over new rules

Although it is written in this rule book that all the rules have been approved by the Executive Council, the biggest decision-making body of the university. However, members of this council told the news agency that the issue was presented as an agenda item and that the document was prepared only for the work of the court.

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad\'s JNU secretary Vikas Patel has called the new rules as Tughlaqi decrees. He said that the old code of conduct was enough. Describing these rules as cruel, he has demanded their withdrawal.

The cases in which teachers are also involved will be heard by the university proctor.

Cases involving students as well as teachers will be heard by the Grievance Redressal Committee at the University, School, and Center levels. Cases of  abuse, molestation of girls, ragging, and disturbing communal harmony will be heard in the Chief Proctor\'s Office of the University.

Chief Proctor Rajneesh Mishra told news agency PTI that many rules were already written in the law of the university, although these new rules have been implemented after the proctorial inquiry. He did not say when this proctorial inquiry started. When asked whether the old rules have been changed, he replied in the affirmative.

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