Not a right step

I feel, that instead of rusticating a student, for his involvement in wrongful activities, the matter should be settled by counselling him. There are other modes of punishment too. Rustication causes unnecessary harassment to the student and his parents as well.
Smriti, Hist (H), JMC
The case of erroneous students’ can be handled in other ways, rather than rusticating them and ruining their career forever.The action of rustication against a student is a harsh step. Students need to be counselled instead of being rusticated and handed over to the police. This will help students and not ruin their life forever.
Neetu, Maths (H), Maitreyi
It’s difficult to comment on a college’s or its principal’s action taken against a student. But rustication, of course, is not the right form of punishment. There are other ways of punishing him. He can be given a warning or may be fined for his wrong doing.
Rashmi, MSc (Maths), IIT-D
The students should be given a warning and let off on the promise that such behaviour will not be repeated. Parents can be called and informed about their child’s misdeeds or a student can be expelled for 15 days to 20 days from the college. Actions, such as rustication, taken against a child may turn him into a criminal.
Sylvia, BCom (H), JMC
Instead of rusticating a student to teach him a lesson, the aim of a college should be to punish and reform, not to ruin the young student’s life. The college administration should be as lenient as possible. The best way of punishing a student is to give him loads of assignments. Thankfully IIT-D never faces such cases.
Nisheeth, BTech, IIT-D