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DU told High Court that the action of students screening the banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi without permission

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The Delhi University (DU) told the High Court on Monday that the action of students screening the banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi without permission, and organising protests, despite imposition of prohibitory orders, ...

DU said that instead of concentrating on his research, the petitioner (NSUI national secretary) was

For a year, Lokesh Chugh of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) was prohibited from taking any university, college, or departmental exams. Chugh is Ph.D. research scholar at the Department of Anthropology at the DU.

Delhi HC asked DU to file its response to a Congress students' wing leader's challenge to debarment for screening banned Modi BBC documentary

The court thereafter directed DU to file a counter affidavit "within three working days" and granted the petitioner Lokesh Chugh, who is the national secretary of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), two further days to file his response to DU's reply. The matter has been listed on April 24.

We will continue to cooperate fully with the Indian authorities to ensure that we comply with all our obligations

Last month the BBC released a two-part documentary series in the U.K. called India: The Modi Question , exploring the premiers role in the anti-Muslim riots…

A spokesperson for the British taxpayer-funded licence fee-backed media corporation told PTI that the BBC would comply with its obligations for operating in India.