more-inThe Delhi University is behaving like an ostrich by “sticking its head in the sand” instead of taking action against a law student accused of intimidating teachers on several occasions, Delhi High Court said on Tuesday. “There is complete lawlessness and you have stuck your head in the sand like an ostrich,” a Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Deepa Sharma told the university. It also told the varsity that the court “would not permit lawless elements to roam free in the campus”. Police faces heatThe court was hearing a plea initiated by it on an alleged assault on the Dean and some professors of DU’s Law Faculty by some students last year. The court told the agency that it had earlier also observed that “inevitability of punishment would be the only deterrent” against lawless behaviour.

Source: The Hindu October 24, 2017 19:41 UTC