Madhya Pradesh High Court Orders Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya to Hold Student Union Elections Within 75 Days

The High Court has given a big order regarding student union elections in Madhya Pradesh. The court has asked Indore-based Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) to hold student union elections within 75 days. This direction has been issued in compliance with the earlier order of holding elections in all the colleges and universities of the state. Justice Pawan Kumar Dwivedi of the Indore bench of the High Court gave this order on Thursday while disposing of a contempt petition filed by a law student Arunesh Mishra. The court ordered the registrar of DAVV to take necessary steps to hold student union elections in the university within 75 days and ensure compliance with the order of the main bench. Actually, the main bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur had directed to hold student union elections in all the colleges and universities of the state on 3 August. Despite this, elections were not held in DAVV. Law student Arunesh Mishra had alleged in the petition that the state-run DAVV had failed to hold student union elections despite the court order. Jayesh Gurnani, the chief lawyer of the state news agency, had filed a contempt petition in the court stating that the state government had failed to hold student union elections despite the