The National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) was hit by storming activists on Sunday, who claimed that the law school is not meeting the requirements of the policies laid down by the Constitution.

A group of activists forced their way into the office of the Vice Chancellor R. Venkata Rao, and submitted a memorandum. The agitators had timed the protest to coincide with the general council meeting of the university and the plan was to storm the meeting. However, the meeting was postponed without notice, reports the Hindu.

Speaking to Bar & Bench, Registrar of NLSIU said, “I cannot comment as this matter is pending in the Karnataka High Court and we will have to wait for the Court to give a decision. These activists had a demonstration yesterday, came to the Vice Chancellor and submitted a representation”.

The President of the State Samata Sainik Dal M. Venkatswamy told the Hindu, “According to a survey conducted by us, over 90 percent of the students at NLSIU are from elite and upper caste backgrounds. Most of them are from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He said that as the university has been registered under the Karnataka Cooperative Act, it should follow all the State's police structures. Listing out the demands, he said that 50 percent of the seats should be reserved for students from Karnataka. In the 50 percent that is reserved for all-India aspirants, there should be a 27 per cent reservation for OBCs and 22.5 percent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes.

Venkatswamy added, “In the State category, 22 percent should be reserved for OBCs and 18 percent for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes”.

NLSIU is being represented by the offices of Holla & Holla.

Last year the NLSIU had been directed by the Karnataka High Court to extend SC/ST reservation only to Karnataka students. The Court held that SC/ST reservation could not be extended to students migrating from other States.