HC reserves order on DU plea
The Delhi high court on Thursday reserved its order on the Delhi University’s plea to initiate contempt of court proceedings against some of its teachers for defying the court’s earlier order to not to go on strike till the final disposal of the case.
The teachers against whom the court has reserved its order are opposing the semester system,
A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi high court Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna reserved its order saying, “The court would pronounce the verdict next week as to whether the teachers can be hauled up for contempt of court or not.”
Appearing for the teachers, noted senior lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan, said that the teachers are protesting as they are concerned for students.
Opposing the argument of Mr Bhushan, the counsel appearing for the DU submitted before the division bench that the teachers from some colleges, including Dayal Singh College, have been stalling implementation of the semester system. They are not complying with the court’s earlier order which warned them not to go on strike till the final disposal of the case.
Thereby, the teachers are on the wrong side of the law and they should be held guilty of contempt of court.
The college was supposed to send the eligibility criteria and information regarding the curriculum being fixed but it refused to reply stating that the matter is pending before the HC, the lawyer further submitted.
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