HC: Discipline vital, politics can't disrupt academic life

EMPHASISING that discipline among students in educational institutions cannot be compromised, the Delhi High Court has observed that while there can be no proscription against students engaging in political activities, they cannot be allowed to do so in a manner which would disrupt "normal campus life", or the orderly conduct of affairs in the educational institution of which they are a part.

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"Educational campuses cannot, particularly, be allowed to be converted into political platforms to propagate party politics," Justice C Hari Shankar noted.

The high court, however, asserted that genuine causes can be promoted within educational institutions. "But in a manner which is conducive to peace and harmony, and which does not compromise on the core function of the institution, which is to educate an entire generation to be the leaders of tomorrow," the court added.