VSSUT protest - You must know
Hii juniors , saw the protest and want to make some things clear. might sound little technical but i've tried to simplify .
Your Argument is 100% right but you all need to have a sound backing of your argument with sound reasoning to boost your protest otherwise the authority will easily fizzle out this protest with legitimate tactics.
Let me give you a quick background - As per the ARTICLE 12 of the constitution , state universities can be called "State" , so all the fundamental rights in the constitution are meant to be used against the "state" as it guarantees state cannot violate your fundamental right.
imposition of uniform by the university is a violation of ARTICLE 19 -Freedom of expression as you all have the right to express yourself as your wants.
Now comes the twist , The university wants to establish "equality" by introducing uniforms which violates ART 14 Right to equality too, as to enforce it there are few doctrines to check the validity of any imposed rules , it should pass the test of Reasonable classification . Further it must fulfill 2 important conditions of it - Intelligible nexus and Rational nexus .
Both the conditions cannot be fulfilled as there is no Rationality behind taking this step , the authority cannot prove that they can provide economic and social equality to the poor students by imposing uniforms , also as per intelligible nexus doctrine -The classification must be based on a clear, real, and logical distinction that sets the grouped individuals or things apart from others, otherwise it will be void .
and it is so arbitrary that they didn't conduct any mass survey before making this decision , this is absolutely arbitrary and violates your fundamental rights (so actually you can win a court case by a writ petition with all these reasons).
so for above reasons their decision is fundamentally violating your fundamental rights .
Further imposing this "Blue regime" only make things worse , suppose a economically disadvantaged student ,he/she needs to arrange more than 1k rupees to buy new clothes which just increases financial burden on his/her family and 1k is a huge amount for many.
2ndly VC said that it would be easier to recognise our students near dams,markets ?! I mean seriously ? he thinks everyone roams around with blue uniforms ?? VSSUT students are not school students for god sake , 99% roam in civil dresses .
VC is a freaking Idealist who wants to impose his idealism on you , he needs to be a bit pragmatic.
I am a pass out student and i've a sound knowledge of legal matters . let me know if you need further help .