Law faculty students suspend protests

Vadodara | Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

Summary:

They flashed posters which had Mehta’s photograph on them stating that the in-charge dean was “missing”. Vadodara: After staging a sit-in protest at M S University’s Faculty of Law on Monday, the Law Faculty Students Association (LFSA) has suspended its agitation till Thursday.The group of students led by faculty general secretary (FGS) Siddharth Relan and faculty representative (FR) Parth Surti are on mass protest since Saturday demanding ouster of officer on special duty (OSD) professor Bhavna Mehta, who is serving as in-charge dean of the faculty.On Monday too, the protesting students staged a ‘dharna’ after appealing all the students of the faculty to boycott their classes. In a representation to Mehta and MSU’s in-charge registrar N K Ojha, the agitating group demanded that the university should appoint a permanent dean and ensure that the faculty gets affiliation from the Bar Council of India at the earliest.The students also protested against delay in completion of construction, issuance of results, alleged ignorant and rude behaviour of MSU vice-chancellor professor Parimal Vyas and demanded action against those responsible for the fracas at the national youth summit..