NLSIU Bangalore professor V Nagaraj allegedly shamed a student for wearing shorts to his lecture, and allegedly cast aspersions on the student’s character when she objected to the statements of the professor over her attire.
In protest, the entire third-year LLB class attended Nagaraj’s lecture wearing shorts this morning: the class stood up in protest, demanding an apology from Nagaraj; the professor refused to apologise, confirmed sources in the class, and the lecture did not take place.
Nagaraj denied any wrongdoing when contacted by Legally India but said he expected decorum in students’ dress sense.
According to a “statement of condemnation” with allegations by third-year students, emailed to the vice chancellor, all faculty members, the exam department and all law students.
Nagaraj commented: “Nothing like (what is described in the statement) happened. Students are making false and baseless allegations. It is for the university authorities to examine this incident. This is the first time that students have made such a statement. I have been teaching for 27 years.”
“I had already informed the vice chancellor and the registrar, by email, when the incident happened on Monday. Then I reminded them on phone. But the VC is out of station and the university has taken no action so far so it has become a free for all,” he added.
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