PUSHKAR RAJ & ANR. vs JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 15411/2024, CM APPL. 64605/2024 & CM APPL. 2522/2025 PUSHKAR RAJ & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Jivesh Tiwari and Mr. Akash Vajpai, Advs. versus JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhik Chimni, Ms. Pranjal Abral, Mr. Gurupal Singh, Mr. Rishabh Gupta and Mr. Ayan Dasgupta, Advs. for R-4 to 6 Mr. Vasanth Rajasekaran, SC with Mr. Karan Prakash, Mr. Harsvardhan, Mr. Om Bali and Ms. Deepshikha, Advs. for JNU CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA JUDGEMENT % 03.11.2025 1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 (“Constitution”), inter alia, seeking to quash Clause 5 (j) of the General Instructions issued for the Internal Committee Elections 2024-25, Jawaharlal Nehru University (“JNU”), by respondent no. 3, i.e., Presiding Officer of the Internal Committee. The petitioners further seek quashing of the election results dated 05th November, 2024, whereby, respondent nos. 4 to 6 have been declared as the elected candidates of the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 15411/2024 Page 1 of 29 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:03.11.2025 18:45:27 Internal Committee (“IC”), and seek directions to respondent no. 1 to conduct fresh elections of the IC as per the Rules and Regulations for Election of Student Representatives to IC (“Elections Rules”) dated 28th October, 2024. 2. Facts, as canvassed in the petition, are as follows: 2.1 The petitioners are students of respondent no. 1 – Jawaharlal Nehru University (“JNU”). Petitioner no. 1 is an Undergraduate student, who contested the elections of the IC, 2024-2025 from the Undergraduate constituency, whereas, the petitioner no. 2 is a research scholar. 2.2 B