Lawfare, General – Others

On December 17, 2021, Pondicherry University issued an order debarring 11 students for a period of five years and fining them 10,000 rupees (roughly $134 USD) in response to their participation in peaceful protests held in early 2020.

On February 6, 2020, over 100 students at Pondicherry University marched to the administration block to demand the reversal of a massive fee hike across academic programs and staged a sit-in protest there that continued for 33 days. The “Fee must fall” protest, as it was referred to, reflected student protests across India at the time.