Chandigarh, July 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Monday said that students seeking admission into Panjab University (PU) will have to abide by the varsity's decision of taking an undertaking from students over 'permission before protests', pending a decision in the court.

The HC bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry passed this order on the plea from a student leader, Archit Garg, challenging the legality and constitutionality of the university's requirement for students to sign an affidavit allegedly restricting the right to protest, assemble and express dissent.

The controversy started last month when PU came out with admission guidelines for the academic session 2025-26. As per the clause, inserted...