Upholding the finding of guilt against a welfare-office clerk in a scholarship-funds defalcation case but finding his compulsory retirement “exorbitant,” the Patna High Court set aside the penalty and remanded the matter, noting that he was a new incumbent who signed documents under pressure after the wrongs had already been committed by his predecessors. Patna: […]
Today (21st May): TISS seeks dismissal of Dalit PhD student Ramadas K S’s plea against suspension due to alleged misconduct and anti-national activities. Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Social Sciences argued that Ramadas bypassed the internal appeal process and urged the Bombay High Court to revoke the suspension order. The court scheduled the next hearing on June 18.
The Supreme Court declined to consider a PIL for enforcing a post-matric scholarship program for scheduled caste students in Bihar, citing the government’s discretion in fund allocation. The decision underscores the judiciary’s respect for state autonomy and the challenge of intervening in fiscal and state-level policies while acknowledging the support for marginalized students.
