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DUSU Election 2025: The Delhi High Court has pulled up Delhi University candidates over the extravagant use of luxury cars during the recent Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections. The court has issued notices to several student leaders, including the newly elected DUSU president from ABVP, Aryan Mann.

The bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela expressed strong displeasure after videos showed convoys of high-end vehicles, including Bentley, Rolls Royce, Ferrari and even JCB machinery, being used during election campaigning. The court remarked it was “disappointed” with the behaviour of the students and noted that lessons had not been learnt despite last year’s judicial order that stayed the results due to violence and property damage.

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Notices Issued To DUSU Winners And Candidates 2025

The court has also directed that seven candidates, including winners of key posts, be made parties to the proceedings. Alongside Aryan Mann, notices have been issued to NSUI’s vice president Rahul Jhasla, joint secretary Deepak Jha, Sachin Kunal Chaudhary and others, seeking their response.

Two news channels were also made parties to the case. They have been asked to submit and preserve video footage of their coverage of the polls.

The proceedings came on a fresh application in a 2017 petition filed by lawyer Prashant Manchanda. The petition alleged that student candidates often cause damage to public property and carry out campaigning in violation of election rules by using long vehicle convoys on campus.

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DUSU Election 2025 Campaign: Judges Question Source Of Luxury Cars

The bench questioned the source of such luxury cars, saying, “Where do candidates get so many luxury cars for campaigning in student union elections? We have never even heard of these cars.”

The judges also criticised the replies given by the candidates to the university’s show-cause notices. They observed that the students denied any damage to public property and did not admit violations. “It appears as if the petitioner has photoshopped the images,” the court noted sarcastically while reviewing photographs and videos that prima facie indicated rule breaches.

The matter is set to continue with responses awaited from the candidates and the university.