The University in response to his plea has said that "the petitioner has not approached the court with clean hands, adding that the petitioner has not given any documentary proof to show that he was participating in a live TV debate at the time of the incident."
Delhi University informed Delhi High Court that the PhD student Lokesh Chugh, who has been debarred from appearing in the university examination for one year for allegedly screening the banned BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi, was the mastermind of the agitation that broke out in January. The documentary sparked a controversy with the central government banning it as propaganda and a reflection of a colonial mindset.
Chugh, in his plea, has challenged the memorandum passed by the office of the university registrar debarring him from taking the examinations. He has also challenged the show cause notice issued by the office of the Proctor on February 16 which held that he was involved in a disturbance of law and order during the screening.
On April 13, the court issued a notice to the university and asked it to respond to Chugh’s plea. Further, in last week’s hearing, the court granted the university three days to file its response and posted the matter for hearing next on April 24.
The University in response to his plea has said that "the petitioner has not approached the court with clean hands, adding that the petitioner has not given any documentary proof to show that he was participating in a live TV debate at the time of the incident."
“The video footage available with DU would show the complicity and the support of the petitioner (Chugh) to such a protest. It is denied that the petitioner was not present at the protest site. The said video footage would show the presence of the petitioner at the site protest and his complicity in the entire incident,” DU has said in its response.
