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Friday, June 13, 2008
Chandramohan sends legal notice to MSU
Arts student asks varsity to release his result within 7 days, hold special convocation
Maulik Buch. Vadodara
S. Chandramohan, whose paintings had kicked up a row on the campus of MS University last year, has issued a legal notice to the university for the release of his results. The university authorities have not released his final-year results though he appeared for the exam 13 months back.The controversy had raised its head when Chandramohan displayed his paintings as part of his final-year exam in the faculty of fine arts. One Niraj Jain lodged a police complaint against him, alleging hat the paintings were obscene and they hurt the sentiments of Hindus. Chandramohan was arrested on the basis of the police complaint, which led to widespread protests from art lovers and human rights activists. Soon after the incident, the university officials put Chandramohan's results on hold. Though 13 months have passed since then, the officials have not released his results. On behalf of Chandramohan, advocate Narendra Parmar issued a legal notice to the university on Thursday. The notice has been issued to the vice chancellor, pro vice chancellor, registrar and deputy registrar.According to the notice, the university officials have withheld the results of Chandramohan for the last 13months without informing him of any reason. "The withholding of the results has caused irreparable loss to his personal, family, social wellbeing and deprived him of his professional growth,'' says the notice.University officials had not taken any action on the release of his results despite numerous requests from Chandramohan. The notice asks the university officials to release the results of Chandramohan within seven days from the issue of the legal notice and convene a special convocation to award him the degree within 45 days. "If the university fails to release the results within this time-frame, legal action will be taken against it,'' said the advocate.
Daily News & Analysis
Friday, June 13, 2008
Chandramohan sends legal notice to MSU
Arts student asks varsity to release his result within 7 days, hold special convocation
Maulik Buch. Vadodara
S. Chandramohan, whose paintings had kicked up a row on the campus of MS University last year, has issued a legal notice to the university for the release of his results. The university authorities have not released his final-year results though he appeared for the exam 13 months back.The controversy had raised its head when Chandramohan displayed his paintings as part of his final-year exam in the faculty of fine arts. One Niraj Jain lodged a police complaint against him, alleging hat the paintings were obscene and they hurt the sentiments of Hindus. Chandramohan was arrested on the basis of the police complaint, which led to widespread protests from art lovers and human rights activists. Soon after the incident, the university officials put Chandramohan's results on hold. Though 13 months have passed since then, the officials have not released his results. On behalf of Chandramohan, advocate Narendra Parmar issued a legal notice to the university on Thursday. The notice has been issued to the vice chancellor, pro vice chancellor, registrar and deputy registrar.According to the notice, the university officials have withheld the results of Chandramohan for the last 13months without informing him of any reason. "The withholding of the results has caused irreparable loss to his personal, family, social wellbeing and deprived him of his professional growth,'' says the notice.University officials had not taken any action on the release of his results despite numerous requests from Chandramohan. The notice asks the university officials to release the results of Chandramohan within seven days from the issue of the legal notice and convene a special convocation to award him the degree within 45 days. "If the university fails to release the results within this time-frame, legal action will be taken against it,'' said the advocate.
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