U’khand HC rejects IIT students’ plea again

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, July 28

A double Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court today upheld the July 22 single-bench verdict of the HC that rejected the petition of 64 students expelled by the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee for scoring less than 5 CGPA (cumulative grade point average) in semester examination. The Bench comprising Chief Justice KM Joseph and Justice VK Bisht ruled that the expulsion was not illegal according to the procedure adopted by the institute.

The students, expelled on June 8, have been requesting the court to let them continue studying in the next semester, a demand turned down by the IIT authorities.

On July 15, the High Court in its interim order had allowed the expelled students to appear in a re-examination. But it had also asked the IIT administration to file its counter affidavit in the matter, following which the case was forwarded to a single bench of the court.

The students had alleged that they were not warned about the expulsion. However, the institute authorities claimed that they were asked to improve their performance and were also issued a notice in this regard. They said the rule was also clearly mentioned in the admission form and the students and their parents were aware of it.