Report of The Inquiry Committee (Justice M.C. Desai): Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Abstract

The Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University by his orders dated 25-9-1971 appointed me as “One-Man Enquiry Committee to enquire into the various allegations of indiscipline and misconduct on the part of 39 students of the University who have been charged and to furnish a report which charges against which students are established”, the students referred to being those included in the list attached to the order and suspended by him from the privileges of the University pending enquiry. The list contains names of 39 students studying in various Faculties and the Institute of Technology. Anand Kumar is the President of the Students’ Union and M. P. Tara, the General Secretary. Krishna Prakash is the Prime Minister of the Students* Parliament. The Vice-Chancellor framed charges against all these students and called upon them to offer their written explanation, if any, on or by 8-10-71, to submit documents, or a list of documents to be produced in defence and, list of defence-witnesses and to appear before the Committee on 12-10-71 if they wanted to be heard in person. I had fixed 12-10-71 as the date for commencing the enquiry.