High court disposes of PIL seeking FIR against Lovely Professional University

‘LOCKDOWN’: It was alleged that varsity kept students on campus in violation of norms

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking FIR against Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, for alleged violation of government orders with regard to Covid-19 outbreak and curfew.

The high court was satisfied with Punjab government response that all the students and faculty members have been screened for Covid-19. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The high court bench of chief justices RS Jha and Arun Palli passed the order as judges were satisfied with the Punjab government’s response that 162 students have been tested, and found negative and preventive measures have been taken after a student was found Covid-19 positive on April 10.

All the students and faculty members have been screened for Covid-19, state’s advocate general Atul Nanda told the court and further stated that a show-cause notice has been issued to the varsity.

Nanda was responding to a public interest litigation by one Sahil Kumar, son of former union minister Vijay Sampla, who had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking action against the varsity, alleging that despite the lockdown and curfew, LPU kept 3,000 students on campus without following norms of the social distancing.

The PIL had demanded that an FIR be registered against the varsity officials.