SFI protests Pondicherry University’s move to debar 11 students

The students had participated in a demonstration against a fee hike last year

of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and representatives from various political parties on Monday held a demonstration in front of the Pondicherry University campus to register their opposition against the administration’s move to debar 11 students, who participated in a protest against fee hike last year.

The university, in an order on December 17, had prohibited 11 students, including students’ council president Parichay Yadav, from taking admission in any course offered by the university for the next five years. They were also debarred from entering the campus during the five-year period, and a fine of ₹10,000 was imposed on each of them, which they must pay to receive their degree certificates.