MARGAO: A large number of students of the First Year BA LLB course along with their parents held protest outside G R Kare College of Law in Margao on Wednesday morning after Goa University on Tuesday declared the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) held on June 6 and subsequent admissions to BA LLB as “null and void”.
It may be noted that the notification was passed, although the students have already attended 48 days of college.
“This is very upsetting as this is like a punishment for law students who are already absorbed and attending classes. Why should these students be punished, punish the one who, if he or she has done wrong,” said one of the parents.
A total of 180 students, who recently secured admissions for the BA LLB course at Kare College and V M Salgaocar College of Law, have been affected after Goa University (GU) issued a circular on Tuesday night, stating that the admission process was declared null and void.
The students, who have been attending classes for the last 48 days, received this message at 8 pm on Tuesday night along with another message from Kare Law College asking them not to attend classes anymore.
However, the students who suffered a sleepless night, gathered at Kare Law College at 6 am on Wednesday morning to protest.
A large number of students and parents also arrived at the campus. But a spat between the staff of the college and parents broke out when attempts were made to stop them from entering the college.
Students were also upset with Kare College, which conducted the entrance exam and other formalities and thus questioned why they were being punished now.
The protestors also blamed the Principal of Kare College for his alleged involvement and alleged favouritism, which led to the cancellation of all the new admissions.
“If a person or a committee was in charge of the admission process, action should be taken against him or them but not the students who have got admissions properly after completing all the formalities as the GU circular. File a criminal complaint against that person if needed but the students who have struggled and worked hard to get admissions and started attending classes should not be affected,” said Harshad Dessai, one of the parents.
“We are also not accepting what has been told to us wherein another admission process will begin and the students, who got admissions initially and may not get admission again, will be put in another course. This is not done!” Dessai added.
While all the parents opposed GU’s decision and demanded that it be rolled back and students be allowed to attend classes, they also criticised the manner in which the decision was taken without consulting the students or the parents.
They demanded that the Education Minister, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant should intervene, besides vowing to take up this matter legally.
