Jamia In The Press

According to an article titled, “Jamia Students Poll: HC Judge Recuses From Hearing,” dated Dec. 21, 2011 in the magazine Outlook: Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri of the Delhi High Court today recused himself from a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) hearing seeking directions to Jamia authorities to hold students’ union elections. He cited conflict of interest as the reason, ...

According to an article titled “Student alleges victimisation due to RTI applications” published in The Hindu, dated Dec. 20, 2011, a seventeen-year-old Mohammed Mobashshir, a student of Jamia Senior Secondary School, was expelled from school a year ago for, “‘unending misbehaviour and indiscipline,” in the words of the school officials. The gist of the article is: when Mobashir questioned the ways of ...

According to a report in The Hindu titled “Jamia to honor Amartya Sen,” dated Dec. 14, 2011: Jamia Millia Islamia is going to confer an honorary doctorate  on the Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, on Friday, Dec. 16, in a special convocation ceremony. Reportedly, the University wanted to award the doctorate at its annual convocation last month; however, Dr. Sen was ...

Hindustan Times; December 09, 2011: “JNU fire ignites hopes for Jamia students” Link: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/JNU-fire-ignites-hopes-for-Jamia-students/Article1-779742.aspx Summary:  In light of the recent supreme court decision to lift the stay order off from JNU student union elections [Link], the article talks about what this decision could mean for student union elections at Jamia.