Law college vice-principal on med leave; classes go empty
Times of India | 15 September 2026No class was held at the college on Monday as most students boycotted them in protest, despite a notice stating that the college would open at 6.30 am and special classes would be held as scheduled. A few students arrived but skipped their classes. They said the notice was circulated through online groups around 11 pm and uploaded to the official college website close to midnight, in violation of official procedure.
Pranjal Santa, a final-year student, said, “We are being wrongly portrayed, even though we are the ones suffering. She continues to make misleading remarks against us. I have studied here for four years and witnessed several irregularities, yet she never took any action to address them. She demands a systematic attendance system, but we all know nothing here is systematic, least of all attendance. Now she is trying to blame us, claiming we skipped classes, which is completely false.”
The university has scheduled exams from Sept 29 for semesters 2, 4, 6 and 8. However, nearly 700 of the college’s 900 students could not fill out exam forms due to low attendance. Nipa Bhadra, a 4th-semester student, said, “I can cite instances of students who never attended a single class receiving 100% attendance, while regular attendees who participated in moot courts failed to meet the minimum requirement. She is portraying herself as a victim after allegedly being attacked by students, while we get virtually no infrastructure despite paying substantial fees. This is a professional course, and she cannot play with our future.”
Sayan Dey, an 8th-semester student, said it was the first time the college had asked students to report at 6.30 am, as classes rarely followed the routine amid administrative irregularities. He said students who paid Rs 11,900 at admission now pay Rs 14,900 in tuition each semester. “The college charges Rs 3,500 as library fees, but we hardly get any books. We raised these issues several times, but no one listened.”
However, Tarannum said, “I have taken one day of medical leave and will return to office as soon as my health improves.” She reiterated her allegations of a “threat culture” on campus, stating, “students, teachers and staff — everyone is being threatened. The same old patterns are repeating. They want to run the college in the same old manner.”
