GNLU Gandhinagar will now complete its disciplinary proceedings against third year LLB student Jaymin Brahmbatt through an external inquiry committee which will decide whether Brahmbatt is guilty of cheating on a university exam. Brahmbatt will be allowed to proceed to the fourth year of LLB pending the enquiry.
Gujarat high court justices MR Shah and AS Supehia disposed of GNLU’s appeal against an order of a single judge of the high court who had ruled that GNLU had violated its own regulations and the principles of natural justice in the manner in which it had dealt with Brahmbatt’s case of alleged cheating during the exam, noting that GNLU was being run like an oligarchy that violated human rights.
GNLU had appealed against that order arguing that it was premature because the law school was yet to complete the disciplinary proceedings against Brahmbatt. The law school had also filed an application for interim stay on the order for the duration of pendency of the internal disciplinary proceedings. But the high court had dismissed the application for interim stay, holding that it had no confidence in the fairness of an enquiry conducted internally at GNLU
Disposing of the appeal today, the high court ordered that the committee that will conduct Brahmbatt’s disciplinary proceedings will be comprised of “Shri Mukesh Patel, renowned income tax practitioner and Shri Amal Dhru, chartered accountant”.
The court said that based on mutual consensus between Brahmbatt and GNLU, it passed the following other directions:
1. GNLU should initiate disciplinary proceedings against Brahmbatt in accordance with the disciplinary regulations on exams that were existing prior to the February 2016 amendment by which GNLU director Bimal Patel had co-opted the powers of the executive council to take disciplinary measures against allegedly guilty students, as the high court had indicated previously.
2. A family friend of Brahmbatt – Jayesh D Brahmbatt – has been allowed to accompany him before the inquiry committee
3. The venue of the inquiry would be decided by the Student Inquiry Committee under GNLU’s regulations
4. GNLU’s executive council would be the authority that will take the final decision in Brahmbatt’s case. It will do so by looking at the report of the inquiry committee, and taking a decision within 30 days from the submission of the report
5. Even though his exam stands cancelled at the moment, Brahmbatt would be allowed to proceed to the fourth year pending the inquiry, but would not be allowed to claim any equitable rights later on the basis of this promotion to fourth year
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you are obviously a gnlu faculty using gnlu's really slow wifi "cyberroam" and using office hours (for which you are paid a salary by the tax-payers) to surf the internet. hahahaha
Also, someone may really want to verify is Patel is eligible to become "Professor". to the best of our knowledge, he fails to meet the criteria for the same.
www.legallyindia.com/201305083656/Law-schools/gnlu-report-criticises-sba-discipline-appointments
Kudos to honble division bench of high court for finally reigning in the unruly monster. We thank you honble judges
Amal Dhru is on the finance council/committee of gnlu.
Biasness can be shown.
1. ADMINISTRATION: Please remember this same administration has built a world-class campus. This same administration has promoted links with corporates, which is leading to excellent placement and record number of hires by Amarchand. Regarding the court case, due process of law is being followed and the final verdict is yet to come. You should understand this as lawyers.
2. FACULTY: All NLUs are struggling to hire good faculty. Jindal is attracting alumni of NLUs by paying them law firm salaries.Faculty have also left NALSAR, NUJS, NLUD etc for Jindal. Jindal pays them high salaries by charging huge fees and catering to rich students. Do you want GNLU to follow such a model? Prof Patel is the only head of an NLU who has studied abroad. He has a PhD from Leiden University, which is a prestigious university.
3. DISCIPLINE ISSUES: NLUs have become reputed because of strict discipline and absence of campus politics. Do you want GNLU to become like a local government college?
You people are being unfair and do not appreciate how good GNLU is. Look at other law schools and you will understand. Stop defaming GNLU needlessly.
The administration must understand that students are the most important stakeholder of any University, administration isn't. As much as this hurts administration's ego, it is a bitter (not really!) truth that they must accept. The students of GNLU only want good for the University. But, ofcourse, these unqualified people will not understand anything.
(or you might alternatively argue that the Gujarat government would have heavily funded its law school anyway, so whether Patel or someone else was in charge would have made little difference)
The money is not really released easily for academic purposes such as organizing certificate courses. I am aware of occasions where students have paid out of their pockets to give a proper dinner to foreign faculty who conducts courses, as that faculty could not consume the mess food.
Granted, the money allowed the University to build a large auditorium. But, the students are rarely allowed to use it, and the committees have to pay money to utilize it for their purposes. So, the "LOT of money" that GNLU has, has not really helped the University progress.
I am usually a spectator to the comments, but for some reason I thought I should make you aware of an unintentional bias that has crept into this comment of yours. I am judging myself to go through this effort for what is actually just one tiny comment, but I could not help feel that the comment is somehow undermining the efforts of the GNLU students and alumni. Money has not helped make GNLU. The students have, and believe me, I know this because I have seen it with my own two eyes.
Peace
Hostels and infrastructure are decent enough at least, no? GNLU might have 99 problems, but money at least ain't one, as far as I can tell.
Don't think we need to disagree here.
legally speaking, the division bench has upheld the single judge's findings against Bimal Patel.
Quoting the DB's order:
"it is also agreed between the learned advocate for the respective parties more particularly shir shri gursharan virk learned advocate for the student that let any observation made by the learned single judge against the learned advocate for GNLU/University, more particularly, contained in para 22 be quashed and set aside...
8.0 present appeal is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid order and the direction and the impugned judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge dated 4.5.2016 passed in Special Civil Application No. 20317 of 2015 is modified to the aforesaid extent."
reading the aforeasaid it is clear that due to goodfaith between advocates of both sides, virk did not object and gave consent to expunging observations against GNLU lawyer Rawal and the impugned single judge judgment was "modified" to this extent.
observations against mr patel and gang are affirmed by the high court's division bench.
EVERYONE, PLEASE READ THE DIVISION BENCH ORDER BEFORE MAKING WRONG ASSUMPTIONS.
I don't know but someone must ask the administration to look up for the definition of infrastructure. It doesn't just include 'buildings, fountains, and auditoriums'. It includes a decent set of faculty as well along with the right environment for study. Employing thousands of useless TRAs doesn't count as development of infrastructure neither does promoting them as assistant professors when you fail to find the replacement of faculty who leave. Having the 'Triangle of Useless blokes' as de facto head doesn't serve the purpose as well. Wake up otherwise good faculty like Girish Sir, RK Singh and Jagdish Sir will leave too. Just organising countless academies and programmes doesn't affect the GNLU students, it just adds to the treasury which is anyways full. Asking students to pay electricity bill on a inflated rate just shows the mentality of the administration. Not to mention the unfortunate event of Suraj's death and the comments made by BimPa at his memorial.
"All GNLU does is hire useless TRA's". Spot on my friend.
That is why GNLU is best: superb campus, expert faculty and good infrastructure for reasonable price. Learn to respect and thanks God you are so lucky.
After all that's what you are paid for at a subsidised rate though.
What in the world do you mean by a 'subsidised' fee? You are teaching here primarily because you're a GRADE A loser. I don't even think you know the meaning of 'subsidised'! Are you providing us a subsidy out of your meagre salary?Yes, I have a problem, but I don't think incompetent nincompoops like yourself can understand.
I recently saw a GNLU press release in the VERY Honble [...] office which read "GNLU becomes largest fresher recruiter" - Are you kidding me? If you think hiring of absolute idiots who can neither communicate efficiently, can neither teach nor can neither research, then SORRY, you're fooling this iconic institution.
GNLU has had amazing collaborations wherein positions of chair professors have been instituted in GNLU, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN FILLED BARRING A FEW.
The persons who have been APPOINTED are complete idiots. CHECK THEIR PROFILES IN THE GNLU FACULTY page.
LI please investigate this. PLEASE FILE AN RTI against this administration and publish them
www.livelaw.in/gnlu-has-become-the-largest-recruiter-of-freshers-in-teaching-positions/
As for the chair professors these things take time. You cannot just hire anyone.
Quote: Does anyone have any more information on what this figure of 15 means? Are they mostly GNLU graduates or also grads from other colleges? What kind of work do they do?
If everyone is teaching at subsidised fee, the Director should not have wasted money in building that ugly and useless fountain.
I know how hundreds of good students and alumni are contributing in growth of gnlu. My personal experience.. Gnlu is always ready to accept good suggestions from even parents. Students should participate in alumni meets to discuss with staff and faculty rather to simply pass judgement or write on LI. That will be a real contribution to your institution.
I respect what you have to say on this, but you will, regardless of what you might believe, never know what actually goes on inside that institution. You think the students haven't tried to have a discussion with the administration? I think a little bit of background is necessary before you give us a lesson in ethics, maybe? I have seen how GNLU has treated some other parents even when they have literally begged the administration. I respectfully think it is best that you not interfere in this issue at all. The High Court has said what is right and it is not for you to comment on that. The students have built themselves and the institution in this case. Even other law schools have strict disciplinarians running them but few other law schools have that being used to needlessly victimize students. Please get your facts right and don't try to come here just because you're an elder. Elders aren't always right, as is, quite clearly, the case here.
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