Hubballi: Protesting law students threw ink on Karnataka State Law University VC for not implementing a court order of promoting students to next semester.

Police have detained three students for the ugly incident.

The students have been on protest for close to a month. On January 5, a protest march and dharna were planned to intensify the agitation.

When Vice Chancellor Prof P Ishwara Bhat visited the protest site, the protesting students raised slogans seeking his resignation.

While the police were escorting Bhat to his office, one of the protestors threw ink at him which also fell on police personnel.

The police then swung into action and detained three students for questioning.

The protesting students are seeking promotion to the next semester on the basis of a High Court order issued in December 2021, which was in favour of promoting 3-year LLB students.

KSLU went ahead with examinations for 5-year LLB students. This triggered the protest.

The students are demanding that KSLU withdraw its appeal against the High Court order and also promote the even-semester students of both 3-year and 5-year LLB courses.

Students organisations NSUI, ABVP and others have extended support to the agitation, and the issue was also raised during the winter session at Belagavi.
Two orders have been passed recently by the Dharwad bench and principal bench of the High Court of Karnataka, with the one ordering promotion of 3-year LLB students to the next semester and the other dismissing the petition of the 5-year LLB students.