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Delhi High Court Allows Minority College Students to File Nominations for DUSU Elections

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Delhi High Court Allows Minority College Students to File Nominations for DUSU Elections In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court granted interim relief to two students from Shri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College and Shri Guru Govind Singh College of Commerce , allowing them to file their nominations for the upcoming Delhi University Students Union (DUSU)  elections. The Court's intervention came after a petition was filed challenging the decision of three minority colleges to dissociate themselves from the elections. The Petition and Key Players The petitioners, Rachit Rai and Utkarsh Bhatt, are students of the above-mentioned colleges and had approached the Delhi High Court seeking relief after their colleges announced their withdrawal from the DUSU elections . The students, represented by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, argued that the dissociation of their colleges from the elections was abrupt and challenged the colleges’ decision under the guise of their minority status pro...