suggested to the university bosses to demand compensation from organisation for damaging public property and denting the reputation of eight-decade-old institution. According to high court lawyer Firdos Mirza, all the party activists should be slapped with Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for attacking a national heritage structure more than once. “It's nothing but sheer conspiracy that the hooligans repeatedly attack the same public property. It is unfortunate that neither the university administration nor the police are taking stringent steps to prevent recurrence of such acts,” he lamented. Mirza that the hoodlums should also be arrested under Sections 353 of the IPC for deterring a public servant from discharging duties and creating a sense of fear in his mind. Mirza informed that the apex court in one of its verdicts in 2007 had mentioned about recovering compensation from those who damaged the public property. Moreover, the Maharashtra government has also framed an ordinance to recover amount from hooligans who torched the public property after activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) unleashed a reign of terror against north Indians. “In Friday's incident, the university has full right to demand payment for damages from the culprits,” he said. Anand Parchure, another lawyer, while severely criticising the Friday's incident said, “Who gave them the right to take law in own hands? They deserve maximum punishment and university authorities should recover maximum compensation from the organisation.”
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