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You read that right. Instances of RAPE in one of the top NLUs. But let's also not single out GNLU. Remember that:
- NLUD students also alleged widespread sexual harassment and were uninvited by St Stephen's to debates (Kian covered it on LI). An enquiry committee was set up, nothing happened.
- Students from NLSIU and NLUD were named and shamed as sexual harassers on Medium, including a bunch of holier-than-thou people who have made a career as human rights activists. Nothing happened, Some went abroad on scholarships, others are doing well in legal practice.
- Other NLUs were named in an Insta group.
- Acharya Shri Shri Lawrence Liang (another left-liberal darling with a human rights halo) was invited by Sudhir as a copyright consultant for an NLSIU archives project, even after a finding of SH by AUD. Surely Sudhir could have invited other NLSIU alumni working in IP law?
Bottomline: All NLUs are condoning sexual harassment and crimes against women. Those working in the human rights field, who are supposed to stand up against such crimes, are themselves often the perpetrators. So yes, let's condemn GNLU but let's also not act as if other NLUs are innocent.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rapes-molestations-unearthed-at-gujarat-national-law-university-really-scary-says-hc/articleshow/108083999.cms
https://theprint.in/india/findings-of-committee-on-ordeal-faced-by-two-gnlu-students-scary-gujarat-hc/1982197/
https://www.barandbench.com/news/gujarat-high-court-shocked-sexual-abuse-homophobia-gnlu
https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/gujarat-high-court-law-students-castigates-gnlu-admin-suppressing-allegations-queerphobia-rape-250732
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gujarat-high-court-dismayed-at-incidents-of-rape-molestation-discrimination-homophobia-favouritism-at-gnlu/article67896267.ece
https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/ordeal-faced-by-two-gnlu-students/81862959.html
And I am pretty sure that all people know that Universities always tries to supress the matter.
https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-rape-queer-student-harassment-gnlu-inquiry-cover-up-suo-moto-239883
https://theprint.in/judiciary/how-seven-angry-women-an-insta-handle-opened-a-can-of-worms-at-gujarat-national-law-university/1989057/
The Registrar on his own cannot organize the institutional cover-up. What action was initiated by the VC when the HC strongly rebuked the Registrar for attempting to dilute/cover up this matter?
Even now, the HC has expressed intent to uncover the role of the Registrar. What is the VC doing? Why isn't VC being questioned as well?
https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-to-present-fact-finding-report-to-gnlu-general-council-252296
And is alumni action limited to only writing in a petition?
Even after all this ruckus, has the victim(s) filed a second FIR?
The student who used homophobic slurs still continue to speak such stuff and further more he is well regarded by professors.
What the University administration had done was wrong, and there's no point in condoning it.
However, it should be at least attempted by the victim(s), their friends or family to redress the wrong suffered. Why do you make such a big hue and cry but refuse to reveal the culprit? There is protection for privacy of the victim never for the perpetrators. If you had the guts to post your experiences online and when such incidents are protested against by the student community as well as the Gujarat HC, doesn't that mean that the victim(s) are supported?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-high-court-to-present-fact-finding-report-on-rape-and-harassment-allegations-at-gnlu-to-general-council/articleshow/108446874.cms
https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/sexual-assault-allegations/81863642.html
While the Gujarat HC (led by the CJ) has rightly taken a stern stand, where is the Visitor/Chancellor and what explains their silence?