GNLU Gandhinagar’s administration allegedly accessed the private phone records of several students of the law school, after it suspected them of possessing marijuana on campus.
According to the accounts of several GNLU students not directly involved in the episode, one faculty member had discovered an unclaimed packet of marijuana in one of the classrooms around 3 weeks ago.
Following this discovery, GNLU registrar Thomas Mathew searched multiple rooms in the campus hostels and allegedly eventually seized a quantity of marijuana.
Students said that in his search of the hostels, Mathew confiscated the mobile phones of at least two students, accessing WhatsApp conversation threads, and impersonating the owner of one phone to message a WhatsApp group, in order to uncover evidence of marijuana possession.
Since Tuesday, we have sent Mathew several messages reiterating the above allegations and have put in several calls for comment by phone. He confirmed receipt of the messages, but ignored all phonecalls.
GNLU’s track record on respecting students' and staff's basic rights in the guise of enforcing discipline and security, as well as on transparency, has been abysmal, with the Gujarat high court having already officially declared the law school as a human rights violating oligarchy in 2016.
Since then, circumstances at the law school don't seem to have changed much in this respect, with complaints of unfairness and arbitrary action often coming up.
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Looks like you had some of the marijuana that Thomas "The [...]" Matthew "confiscated".
You clearly don't now what's what, now do you?
As an alumni, the only time GNLU makes us proud is when the students go out and achieve something somewhere. Anything we hear about the administration is only a source of embarrassment. The administration's shallow attempts at working a PR machine on LI comment pages causes further embarrassment because of how transparent and crude it is.
If you are going to be backward 'legal luminaries and eminent jurists' at least do it with a semblance of competence, if not style.
Dr P
Then again, pinku never did study the law, poor guy.
Travesty of justice. :/
You can't do something illegal to deal with something that is illegal. If the search was conducted legally and in an orderly fashion, and drugs were found, then that is absolutely fine!
Please use your head before commenting on an issue without delving into it.
The Uni PR guys are hilarious though!
The 'quantity of marijuana' was seized way before the impersonation even happened. After the seizure of the phone and shooting texts to other students to find more, the college was left disappointed as it turns out that the under-qualified, desk jockey turn detective admins of the college were dealing with students who were more than a few shades smarter than what they were expecting.
Kindly also note that privacy is not absolute right and criminals like drug trafficker cannot get protection.
1. #2 by India Today? The biggest scam of rank lists? This means NOTHING!
2. Who cares if Modi appreciates us? Is he a student here? Is he exposed to the arbitrary and cruel world of the GNLU admin?
3. Do IITs have moral policing?
4. Wtf do you mean by immoral relationships? EVERYONE IN GNLU IS AN ADULT! IT IS ALL CONSENSUAL. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
5. Who is trafficking drugs? Hahahaha this is so stupid.
Maybe the authorities need to attend some law classes themselves!! And a science graduate as the Registrar of a National Law University?? Seriously?? Get someone who has read the law, else such blunders will keep happening. Actually its not his fault, the real problem is Dr. Pimal Batel. He is the real Stud.
This will end the rule of King and Queen.
His wife have again started to come in GNLU.
Is this something to do with drugs found on campus.
Don't know by what authority she visits the campus.
Ms. Rajnika Patel is the real danger to future of GNLU.
It's looks like the philosophy of Hitler is truly practised.
No law in law University.
Same Thomas don't have qualifications to be registrar.
Bimal is not qualified to be Director.
Why legally India is not investigating this news.
Please save law University.
Last I checked, the convenor of Disciplinary Committee was a constitutional law faculty. Perhaps some lessons and a few "logical" lectures will be of great help.
Last I checked, the convenor of disciplinary committee was a constitutional law faculty. Perhaps a few lessons and lectures may help everyone understand the issue better.
Also, a report was tabled by CAG before Gujarat Assembly regarding financial irregularities in fee collection. If any supporters of the administration will bear the pain of clarifying their stand, I shall stand immensely grateful.
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