3Photo© hindustantimes.comIIT-Bombay fines student Rs 10,000 for protesting separate spaces for vegetarian food
A students body of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT B) has claimed a fine of ₹10,000 has been imposed by the administration on pupils who protested against segregation of tables over vegetarian food at its hostel's canteen.
The Mess Council officially stated that six tables in common canteen of three hostels would be earmarked for vegetarians.(Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)
"@iitbombay has imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on the students who had stood against the food segregation policy of the institute by a peaceful act of individual civil disobedience. This action of the admin is similar to a Khap Panchayat (caste council) acting to uphold untouchability in modern times,” the Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle, a Left-leaning students body of the institute, said in a post on X on late Monday night.