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Suspension of 2 law students for clash upheld
The HC has upheld the one year suspension of two students of the School of Excellence for Law, part of Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, in connection with a group clash between third year and second year students in 2018 in which some of them sustained grievous injuries.
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A division bench, comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and P Velmurugan, while dismissing the appeal made by the two students, N Vishnukumar and M Mohammed Salman Farzi, challenging the order of a single judge upholding their suspension, said, “A perusal of the entire materials and also the report of the enquiry committee, this court is of the view that sufficient opportunities were given to the two students and the charges levelled against them have been proved. The single judge had also elaborately gone into the matter and expressed his pain that the behaviour of the two students neither show any semblance of excellence nor bring grace to the great person in whose name the University stands.” As per the case, on August 21, 2018, two groups of students quarreled with each other and a few among them were badly injured leading to registration of FIR. After allegations and counters allegations by the respective groups, some of the students lodged a complaint with the Director, School of Excellence in Law, to take action against the unruly students. Based on complaints, the university constituted an enquiry committee, which recommended suspension of two students.
The single jjdge, after hearing the cases, dismissed the writ petitions on July 5, 2019 leading to the present appeals.
Anticipatory bail plea of rape accused dismissed
The Madras High Court dismissed a plea moved by a person seeking anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a complaint made against him by a Central Government woman employee accusing him of rape and extortion.
Justice N Seshasayee, before whom the plea came for hearing, refused to grant advance bail on accounting for the intervening plea moved by the victim woman seeking to reject the anticipatory bail plea moved by the rape accused. Following this, the plea seeking anticipatory bail was withdrawn as dismissed.
As per the case, Lakshmi (32) (name changed) of Anna Nagar had lodged a complaint stating that following her husband’s death she was staying alone. During such time Vellaithevan (24) of Anna Nagar, South Colony, befriended her as a younger brother. On his birthday, he invited her for a party at a three-star hotel. But as she was about to leave the party, he spiked her soft drink following which she fell unconscious. Thereafter, when the woman woke up the victim realised that she had been raped and Vellaithevan had taken an obscene video of the act.Since then, on threatening to leak the video and on assurances of marriage, he took almost Rs 15 lakh from the woman. But, now, on refusing to marry her, he has started forcing her to commit suicide, the victim told in her complaint to the Anna Nagar all women police station.
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