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LANUSUNGKUM JAMIR
Podugu Deepika D/o Podugu Nandan Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India Rep. by the Secretary (Higher Education), New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
LANUSUNGKUM JAMIR, J.
1. The petitioners before this Court are students of B. Tech, 4th year, 8th Semester of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G, in short). The petitioners belong to Electronics and Communication Engineering discipline. On 31.12.2023, the petitioners reached the IIT-G hostel from their native place and as the petitioners have already got their job offer, they decided to celebrate the New Year’s Eve by pre-booking at Exoro, a rooftop restaurant situated at Bhangagarh, Guwahati. Accordingly, on the evening of 31.12.2023, they hired a Cab and all the three writ petitioners along with their friend late Pulluri Aishwarya reached the place of celebration at Bhangagarh. During the party, all the three writ petitioners along with late Pulluri Aishwarya consumed liquor and, in the meantime, the petitioner No. 2 became unstable. Therefore, at around 12.30 am, they decided to stay back in a hotel instead of going back to the hostel by taking into consideration their safety and security. Accordingly, the petitioners booked two rooms in a hotel at Paltanbazar and went to sleep. However, in the morning of 01.01.2024 at about 7.30 am, late Pulluri Aishwarya
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