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more-inThe Delhi High Court on Monday directed JNU not to take coercive steps against the students with regard to any matter under its policy on mandatory attendance, till further orders. Justice Siddharth Mridul issued the interim direction while hearing pleas on the imposition of mandatory attendance by the varsity. It also said that the students would continue to take regular attendance till further orders. The High Court order came on a petition filed by Kavita Singh, dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, and others against the varsity’s attendance policy. “It is directed that no coercive step be taken against the students, in pursuance to the attendance requirements, now introduced on behalf of the JNU, during the pendency of the writ petition,” the court said..