{"id":41858,"date":"2026-07-29T04:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/st-stephens-bans-shorts-on-campus-students-turn-up-wearing-them-in-protest-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:33:26","slug":"st-stephens-bans-shorts-on-campus-students-turn-up-wearing-them-in-protest-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/st-stephens-bans-shorts-on-campus-students-turn-up-wearing-them-in-protest-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"St Stephen\u2019s bans shorts on campus, students turn up wearing them in protest | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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New Delhi:<\/span> Delhi University<\/a>\u2019s St Stephen\u2019s College has prohibited students from wearing shorts in several parts of the campus, including classrooms, assembly hall, library, dining hall and chapel. The move sparked protests on Tuesday and several students turned up in shorts on the first day of the new academic session.In a notice circulated internally and pasted across the campus, a copy of which was seen by TOI<\/span>, the college directed \u201call junior members\u201d to \u201cstrictly adhere\u201d to the campus regulations on dress code. It was signed by the college\u2019s new principal Susan Elias.Students, however, claimed that the restriction applies to senior members as well. TOI<\/span> reached out to Elias for a response, but she did not reply.Many students described it as \u201cmoral policing\u201d and an \u201cintrusion into their choice of clothing\u201d. They, however, said that teachers assured them that the notification would not be enforced.A third-year student, who requested anonymity, said the practice of discouraging shorts has existed for years, particularly in the dining hall and around the principal\u2019s office. \u201cThere are certain practices that get passed on here as part of the college\u2019s tradition. This is one of them,\u201d the student said.Another student said the practice has often caused inconvenience to members of the college\u2019s sports teams, who attend morning practice in their official sports kit. \u201cStudents returning from sports practice have at times been denied entry into the mess because they were wearing shorts,\u201d the student claimed.Teachers acknowledged that students have informally been discouraged from wearing shorts in certain parts of the campus for years. This is the first time the college has formally issued a notification explicitly barring the garment, said one of them on the condition of anonymity.The college\u2019s rule book, published over the past several years, requires students to be \u201cdecently dressed\u201d on campus but does not specifically mention any garment.However, a faculty member said that \u201cthe notice is of little consequence.. In nearly three decades of teaching here, I have never seen anyone being punished for wearing shorts.\u201d<\/div>\n


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New Delhi: Delhi University\u2019s St Stephen\u2019s College has prohibited students from wearing shorts in several parts of the campus, including classrooms, assembly hall, library, dining hall and chapel. The move sparked protests on Tuesday and several students turned up in shorts on the first day of the new academic session.In a notice circulated internally and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t