Sanskrit varsity V-C appeals against order permitting suspended students to write exams
Students were suspended pending an inquiry into allegations that they staged a mock cremation of the V-C, manhandled her and attempted to damage her vehicle
The Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kalady has turned to the Kerala High Court to overturn a Single Bench order that permitted suspended students to sit for semester examinations. Ciza Thomas, the V-C, along with the University Syndicate, contested the order that directed the students to pay the examination fees and allowed them to participate in the exams scheduled on November 4.
The students, who were suspended for allegedly staging a mock cremation of the V-C and damaging her vehicle, had challenged the suspension order in a Single Bench, seeking to appear for the exams provisionally. The University, however, argued that the Single Bench order had already been accepted as an interim order and that the students did not register for the exams within the stipulated time, nor did they meet the required attendance or internal assessment marks.
The Single Bench had not stayed the suspension, which, the petitioners argued, would disrupt the ongoing inquiry and undermine the University's authority if the students were allowed to enter the campus and sit for the exams.
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