The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi Police on a plea moved by Sharjeel Imam challenging trial court proceedings against him in two cases for one speech delivered in Jamia Milia Islamia on December 13, 2019.
"Due procedure has been followed by the discipline committee to set an example that the university will not tolerate any kind of indiscipline on the campus," Jamia Registrar Nazim Husain Al Jafri said.
Five Central Universities, University of Delhi, Banaras Hindu University, University of Allahabad, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, and Jamia Millia Islamia, have received the largest number of applications for CUET-UG in 2023, UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar on Tuesday.
The Bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice to all respondents including the Ministry of Education and University Grant Commission (UGC) on Wednesday and fixed the matter for April 18
The High court said the accused were part of unlawful assembly and raising slogans and they had broken the first line of barricade and turned violent. They assaulted the police personnel during the protest, they climbed the barricades, the High court said.
The members of the Court (Anjuman) of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Monday unanimously elected Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin as the Chancellor (Amir-e-Jamia) of the Jamia Millia Islamia university for a period of five years.
A trial court judge who discharged Sharjeel Imam and 10 other accused in a case connected with violence near Jamia Milia Islamia University, has recused himself from hearing another connected matter.
The action was initiated on the request of the Chief Proctor of the University, after the students had announced the screening of the documentary on the campus at 6 pm.
Hailing from a small village of Magam town of J-K's Baramulla district, Hussain received basic education from his hometown and started pursuing his childhood passion of creating abstract paintings since very beginning.
The Bench of Delhi Chief Justice Satish Chander Sharma also comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad on Friday transferred all the alleged Jamia violence matters to another bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul.