In a writ petition filed before Delhi High Court, Devansh Mehta sought "quashing of the order banning/suspending publication of the St Stephen's Weekly, stay on the suspension order and restraining the principal from taking any further action against him".
Mehta, a third-year Philosophy student and editor of the banned e-zine, was on Wednesday suspended till April 23 after a one-man inquiry committee appointed by the principal found him guilty of violating disciplinary norms of the college.
"After the one-man inquiry committee (led by Prof Sanjay Rao Ayde) found the student concerned guilty of a serious breach, I discussed the matter with Ayde on the appropriate course of action. He suggested that a lenient view be taken and the matter be closed provided the person concerned is willing to express his regret and tender an apology," Thampu said.
"I requested Ayde, on the grounds that he is the senior tutor, to counsel the student concerned. His patient efforts failed and the student persisted with the posture of defiance," he added.
Mehta has also requested in his petition that he be awarded the Rai Saheb Banarsi Das Memorial Prize, for which he was earlier selected by the college faculty before being later dropped from the list in the wake of the controversy.
Mehta was selected by the teachers of his department and his name was announced on April 8, 2015. But the list posted on the college's notice board on April 13 has the name of a different philosophy student on it. Teachers say they weren't consulted or informed about the switch which is customary in the case of a departmental award.
According to the notices posted, this award is given to students of "the undergraduate economics and philosophy classes who have shown a high standard of personal behaviour and a marked degree of curricular and co-curricular interaction".
Teachers, however, are crying foul. While students' names may be withdrawn if there is a serious disciplinary issue, mathematics teacher and Delhi University Teachers' Association chief Nandita Narain feels the charges levellded against Mehta "are completely bogus". "Which college rule says you can't talk to the media?" she asks. "This is departmental award. The teachers decide who gets it. If the prize committee felt that the selection wasn't appropriate, they should've discussed it with the department. The two teachers in charge of it weren't consulted about the new name."
He was to have received the prize from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who will be the Chief Guest at the college's graduation ceremony on April 18.
As per the suspension order, Mehta will not be able to attend the graduation ceremony now.
"The person whose name the prize commemorates did care for 'behaviour', as the college too does. Recommending a student who has been indicted for undisciplined behaviour is an insult to the dead person as it is to the living college," Thampu said.
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