On Tuesday, the High Court of Delhi rapped Jawaharlal Nehru University, which has seen a 3-fold rise in COVID cases in past few weeks, for “apathy” and lack of “swiftness & alacrity” in responding to requests by students and faculty to set up Covid care and oxygen production facilities on the campus.
Justice Prathiba Singh said that considering the “rigour” of the pandemic, the varsity administration “ought to have reacted with swiftness & alacrity” to the several correspondence sent to it from April 13 onwards. “Almost a month has gone by, but there has been no response from the vice-chancellor or the administration. There is complete apathy. I am shocked,” the Judge said.
The Court noted that from 74 Covid cases on April 18, the number of cases in the campus had gone up to 211 on May 7. HC said that all the varsity had to do was get in touch with authorities & help could have been given by any local hospital.
It added that “You had to try. It was only a question of taking interest in doing so".
The Court said such a conduct of the varsity, in not responding to the requests, “would constitute gross neglect by the JNU administration in a situation, which is completely alarming.”
Wanted To Stay Updated & keen to Gain Knowledge. Join us on Telegram Here. or What'sApp Here.
It directed JNU to file a status report on the steps taken by the administration in respect of the requests made by the petitioners — JNUTA, JNUSU & two faculty members — for dealing with the Covid pandemic in the campus since April 13. It also directed the VC & the registrar to ascertain the necessity & feasibility of creating a Covid care facility in the campus & to file a status report regarding that.
Source Link
0 Comments