Kindly check EC records bfr you rate MPS so highly. Please scrutinize the actual role and operations of the so called standing committee that MPS had ▮▮▮ created. Why was it disbanded eventually and never made alive again by his successors? Also the seeds of subsequent distance education and UGC funds mismanagement were sown during his time. Ofc his successors and their minions have been constant gardeners and now we are receiving fruits from the poisoned orchard

I agree EC is full of grandees who kinda end up protecting the VC till they cannot when faced with incriminating documentation. Then the VC becomes the fall guy but given off ramps such as being allowed to resign or leave with appreciation being recorded in minutes; inquiries into alleged illegalities killed off or no follow up action when inquiries actually conclude with inconvenient findings, names and recommendations and so many other ways of letting the corrupt calculi to fester. But that doesn't mean that NKC was a mere puppet and lacked agency. He just couldn't come good on the promises that matter to the powers that be.

When MP singh was at the helm he had EC in a complete bind, in five years he convened an in person EC twice, all issues were handled on paper with file sent to each EC member, this way they could not exert undue influence, every comment was documented. This worked wonders, everyone knows what NUJS produced in those days. However, that also led MP Singh's downfall when the EC unanimously voted to not allow him an extension as they felt he did not give them their due share of importance. However, the MP Singh model also has its own downside, if there is a corrupt person at the helm this model can become a nightmare. So, please stop blaming EC, they are more like marg darshak, the actual decision has to be taken by the VC and if he is unable to stand his ground or adhere to the regulation, then no one can defend him.

I feel that one would best understand the cause for the protests, if one actually steps into our uni(as a student, faculty or anything). One would see that it is a haven of untapped potential, held back only by an incompetent administration. Even in the NIRF rankings this year NUJS has almost touched NALSAR and NLU-D....a year or more of even more accelerated growth(under a more competent admin) would take us back to our glory days or even higher...and maybe we'll finally dethrone the "Harvard of the East" :-)

Let us first understand this entire situation as a lawyer. First, Why are you students demanding his resignation even if its an 'allegation' of sexual assault? As students of law you must know that mere allegation without any stronghold evidence does not hold any good in the eyes of law. Today you as students are protesting based on an allegation, in future, you all are going to hold high offices; if someone brings any allegation against you, would you want your junior colleagues or students to run to the streets demanding your resignation. At first, a person must be presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Sadly we forget that.

Second, as lawyers don't you all think that the SC erred in its decision to include the allegation in his resume, evenif it was a mere allegation? How can you, as law students, not question the decision of the Apex Court when it ordered the inclusion of an "allegatio"n in his Resume, even when it was never proved as sacrosanct. As students of NUJS we should also think about it.

Third, you all are 'frustrated' with the lack financial transparency in his tenure. Why has no RTI been filed demanding for such transparency??

Fourth, "systematic pattern of administrative failure" is highly subjective as it is too wide enough to understand the series of events which led to such exasperation. As students of law dont you think that you should have categorically enlisted those demands and claimed that with all logic and your legal acumen?

As prospective lawyers such questions must be clear in the minds of our young students, otherwise it would simply mean beating the drums with others without even applying your own legal acumen behind it.

Kindly ask these questions to the students protesting.