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Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Mohali: Female lawyer, sister on scooter sexually harassed by men in car near CP-67 Mall
A female lawyer and her sister were sexually harassed by a group of men in a car near CP-67 mall on the busy Airport road in Mohali, police said. In sheer disregard for law, the accused made inappropriate gestures at the sisters and filmed them on a mobile phone amid bustling traffic. In her complaint to police, the lawyer said she and her sister were riding a Honda Activa while heading home from Mohali on Wednesday. When they reached the traffic lights before CP-67 mall around 9.45 pm, three men in a car blocked their way and began making inappropriate gestures. They engaged in wrongful acts and attempted to record a video of them on a mobile phone. When the men did not stop their misconduct, the lawyer raised the alarm, prompting the car occupants to flee the scene. A case was registered against the three unidentified car occupants under various sections of the BNS at the Phase-8 police station. The police have obtained the car's registration number and expect to arrest the accused soon. In a similar incident, a student of University Institute of Legal Studies at Panjab University had accused two men in a car of sexually harassing her while she was walking back to her hostel on the varsity campus around 9.30 pm on Wednesday.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
PU students object to Rs 10K fee for entrance test answer sheet verification
1 2 Chandigarh: A Rs 10,000 fee for verifying entrance test answer sheets at Panjab University has drawn criticism from students and a formal appeal from a student organisation. The charge applies to the entrance exams for the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), the 3-year law course, and the Common Entrance Tests for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Candidates can request verification within 10 days of result declaration by paying Rs 10,000. The university states that if a discrepancy is found during verification, the result will be revised and the fee refunded. However, students say the high charge discourages many from seeking verification. Some students say the cost has discouraged them from even attempting verification. "I attempted 55 questions out of 100 and was hopeful of scoring at least 30 marks, but my result said 'not qualified', which means less than 10 marks," said Priyanka Sharma, a resident of Amritsar who took the five-year law entrance test. "I wanted to file for verification, but the fee is Rs 10,000—that's too high." In a letter to the Vice-Chancellor, ABVP Panjab University described the fee as an "undue financial burden" and requested it be reduced to a more reasonable amount. The group argued that fair evaluation should not be restricted by cost, particularly for students from modest backgrounds. ABVP member Saksham Sharma said, "Transparency in evaluation is important, but making students pay Rs 10,000 just to view their own answer sheet puts a basic right out of reach for many." The university has not yet responded publicly to the appeal.
