The heights of lawlessness in a so called Law University.

What did we witness yesterday? just another blatant violation of the article 14. Remember what we were taught in Constitutional Governance, “Equality among Equals”. Damn right. Why is the student not equal to the other person who walked in after him, and was allowed to moot? (No offence to you, other person.) This brings us back to the original question which has been in our minds from a long time, what makes Atul Pandey feel so threatened by us? ‘Three minutes’…it’s hardly anything. Haven’t we seen students walking in about 5 to 10 minutes late, whether they are the first speaker or the last! How many times haven’t we seen teachers waiting for the ‘Counsels’ to appear?

What was the lame and sorry excuse offered? You were the first counsel…oh! Really, what are you, God? How dare you decide what should and what should not be done? It is really ironic that the class is being taught is Contracts, a subject so vital to most of us, by a teacher who does not even major in Law! The lame jokes, the sarcastic remarks in class, or the open threats. It is an openly known fact that he threatened the BA section that he’d cut their marks if they cross him, and he even said nobody would come to know, which is as sad as it may seem, true.

Moving on, has anyone noticed the type of questions he poses in the CREs? “What is the difference between open air and air in a room”? Who does he think he think the Counsel is, Einstein? Today’s incident was just the tip of the iceberg. How many times haven’t we seen him picking on students in class? Ok fine, maybe he knows his stuff, doesn’t he realize he’s teaching a class of humans who have feelings and more importantly a FUTURE?

The result of what happened to him could be disastrous to him. It’s a CRE, which counts for 10% of his total aggregate marks, which is a lot! Think of what can possibly happen to his CG PA, because of this.

Talking about marks, what is the miserly manner in which Pandey marks us? Does he think marks are his money, well thanks a lot; we don’t need any of your money. We need a reasonable teacher, who keeps our interest also in mind, and not kick us out of Court Halls because we are three minutes late.

So here’s a small request-Sign the letter to the student representative. Not because, the whole class is doing it, but because today any of us could have been in the student’s place. And better than that, just for the good friend he is to all of us. I am sure there will be some action taken, till then let’s just hope for the best!