Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Over NSUI, ABVP DUSU Polls
The Delhi High Court considered a request about students contesting DUSU elections.
The request sought to stop students linked to NSUI or ABVP from taking part.
The court rejected that request.
It said being a member of a student group is not automatically the same as being involved with the political party behind it.
The court said this membership alone does not break the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations.
However, political parties are not supposed to associate with or interfere in the student election process.
The ruling therefore separates ordinary student-wing membership from direct political-party involvement.
The date of the decision was not stated.
The Delhi High Court rejected a plea seeking to bar NSUI- and ABVP-affiliated students from DUSU elections.
The court distinguished between membership in a political party’s student wing and association with the political party itself.
It said merely being a member of a student wing would not by itself violate the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations.
The court clarified that the prohibition concerns political-party association or interference in the student election process.
The articles do not provide the date of the ruling or details about the petitioner.
- Who
- The Delhi High Court and students affiliated with NSUI or ABVP.
- What
- The court rejected a plea to bar NSUI- and ABVP-affiliated students from DUSU polls.
- When
- Not stated in the article.
- Where
- Delhi, in the Delhi High Court and Delhi University student elections.
- Why
- The court held that student-wing membership alone does not amount to political-party association or violate the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations; the prohibition concerns party association or interference in the election process.
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Election
- Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls
- Student groups
- NSUI and ABVP
- Ruling
- Plea to bar affiliated students was rejected
- Key distinction
- Student-wing membership alone is not political-party association
- Relevant guidelines
- Lyngdoh Committee recommendations
- Prohibited conduct
- Political-party association or interference in the student election process