Any student disrupting classes on the pretext of strikes is liable to be removed from the rolls.
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Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that any student disrupting classes on the pretext of strikes is liable to be removed from the rolls. Students who choose to strike may walk out at the risk of losing attendance without disrupting classes. Teachers are empowered to take classes even if one student remains in the classroom, it said.
Justice V. Chitambaresh observed that the college authorities can initiate disciplinary proceedings against the erring student who disrupts the academic activity. “No student has any right to obstruct other eligible students from entering the classrooms or the portals of a college in the guise of strike, agitation or dharna. Higher education, though not a fundamental right, is indisputably a human right as part of one's development,” the court observed.
The court was considering a plea by Leo Lukose, Eranhipalam, and Aditya Thejus Krishnan of Mamangalam urging Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) to ensure minimum hours of lecture classes prescribed by the Bar Council of India. They contended that as per the norms for an LLB student, there has to be 648 class hours or 540 lecture hours. The lecturer hours were much less than the stipulated, the petitioners pointed out.They said the situation was the same in all the five semesters for the BBA-LLB and B.Com LLB.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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