A student charged with indulging in violence and spoiling the reputation of the college, besides not attending classes, could not seek the court's permission to write his examination, observed the Madras High court today.
Justice S Vaidhyanathan, dismissing the petition by J Jeswin Samuel of Holy Cross engineering College in Tuticorin district, said there was nothing wrong in the management issuing a showcause notice to him to appear before its disciplinary committee as they had got some documents and photos to prove his involvement in destruction of the reputation of the college and also the property.
The judge said the only thing Samuel could do was to appear before the committee and plead his innocence.
The student had sought a directive to permit him to write the third year engineering examination.
The judge pointed out that Samuel had not produced any evidence to back his claim of not being allowed to attend classes.
The college students had resorted to road blocade last year demanding action against some teachers who they alleged were responsible for the attempted suicide by a girl who jumped from the third floor of the college.
Anna University constituted a committee to look into the matter but the committee's report has not been made public.
Meanwhile, Samuel was not allowed into the college and issued a notice to appear before the disciplinary committee, which was, however, contested by the management which denied it.
The Judge said Samuel's behaviour had resulted in his predicament. Besides, he did not have 60 per cent attendance.
He said the primary goal of students in schools and colleges should be to gain knowledge and moral values.
He regretted that students were exposed to violence, dishonesty and other social problems in the (film-tv) media. Many of their role models were setting bad examples, ranging from sexual promiscuity, degrading women, advocating violence and condoning of dishonesty in order to succeed.
The students must be taught that dishonesty and that cheating would get them nowhere, Justice Vaidyanathan said.
The petition was devoid of merits, the judge said and dismissed it.
