Procedure followed by SAU to expel PhD students at deviance with principles of natural justice: Delhi HC
Malavika Prasad | 31 January 2024 | The Indian Express
The Delhi High Court Tuesday set aside orders passed by the South Asian University in November 2022, expelling two Ph.D students over alleged acts of indiscipline.
Petitioners, Umesh Joshi and Bhim Raj had moved a petition challenging the orders “expelling” them and “declaring them out of bounds with immediate effect”.
Action against the students was taken for allegedly participating in a protest regarding stipends for students. Bhim Raj, a Dalit PhD student, later bagged a scholarship to pursue an MPhil in Law at Oxford University. Joshi, meanwhile, was supposed to submit his thesis by June last year but was expelled before that. He then approached the High Court against the decision….