HC rejects Jamia BDS student's plea against expulsion

The Delhi High Court has rejected a student's plea challenging his expulsion by Jamia Milia Islamia for allegedly using fraudulent means to help students get admission in the BDS course.
Upholding the findings of the university's disciplinary committee against Yashpal Singh Nagar, Justice V K Jain said, "Though the petitioner (Nagar) has denied having admitted his guilt before the disciplinary committee, there is no allegation in the petition that members of the disciplinary committee, for one reason or the other, were inimically disposed towards the petitioner.
"The Disciplinary Committee of the university is a multiple-member body. They could have no reason to attribute a false statement to the effect that all the students had admitted their guilt...."

Rejecting Nagar's argument that no admission of guilt was actually made by him, the court said, "... In the absence of allegation of mala fide against the members of the disciplinary committee, there would be no reason to disbelieve them and reject their report to this effect."
On June 13, the university had expelled Nagar, a 4th year BDS student, along with four other BDS students, for a year.
The Vice-Chancellor order said, "On May 28, 2013, five BDS students... Were found indulging in using fraudulent means to get students admission in BDS course.
"They were acting in conspiracy with Parvez Alam, 1st year MBBS student from Jamia Hamdard, to use unfair means and irregularities for entrance examination for BDS course and illegal gratification and also attempted to bribe the staff of faculty of Dentistry," it said.

Challenging the university's decision, Nagar sought quashing of the order contending that principles of natural justice were not followed and the Vice Chancellor's order was vague and also no admission of guilt was made by him.