Supreme Court rejects plea by AMU law student challenging suspension for assaulting fellow student

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal filed by a final year law student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against an order suspending him for assaulting a fellow student. [Ahmad Zaryaab v. Union of India]

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta lamented the conduct of the student while hearing the case,

"We have no sympathy for students who are doing such things on the campus. No sympathy for such students who enter into physical assault with each other."

The student, Ahmad Zaryaab, and another student had gone to the room of the complainant and was captured on CCTV footage attacking him with a stick.

The University suspended him for the academic year 2025-26 and barred him from taking admission in any course of AMU after the completion of his B.A LL.B degree.

Earlier, before the Allahabad High Court, the student had contended that he was not given an opportunity to explain his acts and no written charges were provided to him.

On April 13, the High Court had ordered,

"The University may file its response as to whether the said punishment can be justified, and also with respect to the petitioner’s submission that he was not served any specific charge-sheet, and whether it can be said that prejudice has been caused to him by non-supply of the aforesaid specific information pertaining to the charges."