Re the DARIC order, I see Messiah deftly sidestepped the issue of why the students have been barred from sharing an order directed at them with others. In addition, NLSIU's IT resources? Really? What would he have done had the students mailed/posted from their individual gmail accounts? Claimed use of wi-fi bandwidth? To think that this guy is a Rhodes scholar and a respected legal academic!

Good to see the omertà been broken. It's a generational thing. The older generation of alumni are very arrogant and protective of their institution and do not want such news to leak out. However, the younger generation are more open and demand accountability. They do not have the same hangups about reputation.

What about alumni association (as distinct from 100/200 alumni coming together) reaction to this issue?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/hc-relief-for-20-non-technical-nlsiu-staffers/articleshow/92447087.cms

https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-hc-stays-nlsiu-communication-on-non-renewal-of-contractual-staff-1121441.html

Sith Lord Messiah's response as amplified in the media:

https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/nlsiu-administration-responds-to-alumnis-open-letter-sexual-harassment-202268

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nlsiu-bengaluru-defends-its-action-against-students-over-handling-sexual-harassment-165276

Also summarized as: Alumni in small numbers and who do not "really matter" can do little.

Why is it that sexual harassers are always from NLSIU Bangalore? The Group General Counsel who used to harass me used to play with his zip and many more things just to harass me.
If I ever told anyone he played with his zip while talking to me, I would have been blamed for looking down at his zip so I never wrote it down in my complaint.
This is the first time I am writing this because the matter is very old now and the company has shut down.
Anyways Karma caught him.

As a man I would like the law to take its course. I have heard the girl has file a FIR, so let's what happens. From recent scenarios, I don't believe in any such stories and it was wrong for the facilitators to make the incident public. It can be a clear case of love gone wrong and he said, she said incident. What happens if the guy turns out inocent? his career gets ruined anyway and all these because some facilitators don't have the requisite ethics. I think NLSIU was too kind on them, we can't allow this social media prosecutions.

That's alright. Having an alum as the VC means that the admin will keep perpetuating the institutional culture towards SH, which in this case means facilitating the same. In addition, how an institute of law can prevent two people against whom a disciplinary order has been issued, from sharing that very order, beggars law and logic both. Vintage NLS and Sudhir!

Sharing open letter here:

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Open Letter from Concerned Alumni to the NLSIU Administration

As alumni of National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), we wish to express our deep disappointment in how the administration has handled recent events relating to sexual assault by a member of the University and punished SHARIC facilitators for aiding the victim.

For their act of sharing details regarding an instance of sexual harassment, NLSIU found the student facilitators guilty of “major misconduct” under its disciplinary rules (DARIC). As a penalty, it directed that they either issue a public apology or pay a significant monetary fine. The student facilitators decided not to apologise as that may have had the effect of stifling the voices of any peers who wished to share their own stories of sexual harassment or violence at the hands of other students in NLSIU. Instead, they chose to pay the monetary fine imposed upon them. They were also removed from all positions of responsibility, including their positions as student facilitators under NLSIU’s SHARIC Code.

As alumni of NLSIU, we commend the courageous and principled stance taken by the student facilitators. Further, we unequivocally condemn NLSIU’s finding that the student facilitators are guilty of “major misconduct”. It has also come to our attention that the student facilitators have been barred from sharing the order of the DARIC committee, so we are unable to even peruse the logic and reasoning of the committee. This means that the proceedings are shrouded in secrecy, and the principles of natural justice are not being followed, which is deeply unfair.

The University, much like the society it is a part of, has witnessed grave instances of sexual violence in the past. It is well known that victims of sexual harassment (who are most often women) find it difficult to speak about their experiences, or take formal or legal action against the perpetrator. NLSIU ought not to perpetuate those difficulties or prevent survivors from sharing their experiences with the NLSIU community. More importantly, NLSIU must not punish student facilitators acting at the request of, or on behalf of survivors of sexual harassment, as this amounts to “victimization” as per the definition in NLSIU’s own SHARIC Code. A decision such as the current one will undoubtedly have a chilling effect on the voices of other survivors, present and future, and signal to them that NLSIU wishes for them to remain silent in the face of sexual and gender-based violence.

Further, we note that the #MeToo movement swept across the NLSIU campus in 2018, and dozens of victims of sexual harassment (who were largely women) shared their experiences over internal email, as well as on the same Facebook group where details regarding the present instance were posted. If NLSIU’s decision in the instant case were to be applied evenly, it is likely that those dozens of students would similarly be found guilty of “major misconduct” under the University’s rules. It bears emphasizing once again that no student ought to be punished for speaking about sexual harassment and violence, as well as those who perpetrate it.

NLSIU must not attempt to silence the voices of survivors of sexual harassment and those who stand in solidarity with them. Contrary to the current outcome, universities ought to encourage survivors to access redressal systems and provide them with any and all support required to do so. We emphasize that this is every university’s obligation under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and NLSIU must make every effort to comply with the law, in both letter and spirit.

In light of the above, the undersigned concerned alumni call upon NLSIU to: 1. Make the DARIC Committee’s order public, with redaction of names and other details where appropriate. 2. Reverse the finding that the student facilitators in question are guilty of “major misconduct”. 3. Reconsider its decision on survivors sharing personal accounts of sexual violence, the acts of which would themselves attract penalties under NLSIU’s Code to Combat Sexual Harassment. 4. Implement the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 in both letter and spirit. 5. Refrain from punishing and penalizing survivors of sexual harassment and those who stand by them.

Sincerely, [...]
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All over social media but below is a news website link.

Remember also that the same admin invited Lawrence Liang to serve as an advisor to the college on a copyright-related project.

Time for some heads to roll....

https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/national-law-school-of-india-university-condemned-by-200-alumni-sexual-harassment/