Former Law Minister's LLB degree finally cancelled by Bihar University

March,22,2017:

Legal action ordered against the university employees involved in the irregularities to help Tomar get the degree.

Senate of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University cancelled LLB degree of AAP MLA and Delhi's Former Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar.

Decision was taken after a marathon Senate meeting following a go-ahead from the governor -cum- chancellor of State Universities Ram Nath Kovind to the TMBU Syndicate's proposal.Syndicate had earlier on December 3, 2016 ratified decision of the TMBU's examination board and disciplinary committee to cancel the degree. The Syndicate had sent its decision to the chancellor for his approval.

Syndicate had also approved legal proceedings against University employees involved in the irregularities to help Tomar get the degree.

Tomar, claiming to be an LLB student of the Vishwanath Singh Institute of Legal Studies (VSILS) between 1994 and 1998, secured degree in September 2012. Over two years on, a controversy erupted when Tomar applied to Bar Council of India for enrolment as a lawyer in February 2015.

On the other hand, TMBU submitted an affidavit before Delhi high court, saying that the provisional certificate bearing serial number 3687 dated July 29, 1999 was issued to Sanjay Kumar Choudhary (a student of R S College-Tarapur under TMBU) for BA (Honours) in Political Science examination, and not to Tomar for LLB.