JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner has assailed the punishment of rustication imposed by the respondents-University for a period of six months by order dated 25.02.2020, and the order dated 16.03.2020 in appeal reducing the punishment of rustication for a period of three months. The petitioner has also prayed for issuance of fresh marks-sheet reflecting the evaluation of the petitioner's performance out of 100 marks, and to delete the endorsement marks "Reappearance September 2020" and to remove the B Cap on the marks secured by the petitioner. Further, the prayer is that the marks-sheet should not reference the rustication of the petitioner.

2. The petitioner is a student of B.Tech (CSE) in the respondent-University. The petitioner was charged by the university for various acts of indiscipline. The substance of the charges against the petitioner as disclosed in the impugned order 25.02.2020 are extracted hereunder:

"The Students Disciplinary Committee (SDC) in its meeting held on 11th February, 2020 discussed the case of student Mr. Prakhar Nagar student of B.Tech (CSE), Batch 2016-20, Enrollment No.A2305216644, Institute-Amity School of Engineering & Technology, who was alleged to have co