JUDGMENT :

1. A student of B.A.LL.B. in the Aligarh Muslim University (hereinafter referred to as, ''University') has approached this Court pleading that he has not been treated fairly by the University while passing an order expelling him from the rolls of the University for a duration of five academic sessions on the charge that he had indulged in acts of indiscipline and misconduct as defined in AMU Students' Conduct and Discipline Rules, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as, ''Rules, 1985"). The petitioner pleads violation of the principles of natural justice in the disciplinary proceedings.

2. The facts of the case are that there were differences between two groups of students on the issue of inviting a political leader in the University Campus, as a result of which violent activities disrupting the academic atmosphere in the University took place on the Campus on 12.2.2019. The petitioner is alleged to have participated in the violence. By order dated 13.2.2019, the Proctor of the University suspended the petitioner and three other students including one Farhan Zubairi. The order dated 13.2.2019 notes that one Manish Kumar had filed a complaint to the Proctor stating that two stude