The Delhi HC has sought the response of the Ministry of AYUSH in a petition challenging its decision to use Aadhaar-based attendance in Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani, Siddha colleges, reports LiveLaw. The petition was filed by Uttaranchal Ayurvedic College via attorney Amit Sahni. Sahni's petition argues that the AYUSH ministry's directions passed on 9 January violated its own statutes and notifications, and the law settled by the Supreme Court. Apart from Aadhaar-based attendance, the petition also challenges mandatory local recruitment of faculty and staff, among other things. The petition argues that the ministry passed unlawful directions for mandatory implementation of Aadhaar-enabled geo-location-enabled biometric attendance system for staff and faculty in colleges, stating that this was in clear violation of the constitutional bench judgment in KS Puttaswamy vs Union of India. The AYUSH ministry has submitted that the directions under the challenge are tentative in nature and that no final decision has been taken. The court refused a grant a stay on the petition and has given the ministry four weeks to respond. The matter is now listed for March 27. Student detention due to poor biometric attendance Yesterday, students from polytechnic colleges in Telangana protested in front of the State Board of Technical Education and Training in Hyderabad, demonstrating against the detention of 21,481 students. The detained students have been prevented from writing exams for their 2nd and 4th semester, beginning March 19. Students and the members of the All India Democratic Students' Union said that the biometric attendance system was…
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