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Services couldn't have been terminated by JNU without notice: Delhi HC on Akoijam's plea

Services couldn't have been terminated by JNU without notice: Delhi HC on Akoijam's plea

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The Delhi High Court ruled that Jawaharlal Nehru University could not dismiss professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam from the School of Social Sciences without first issuing a show‑cause notice and providing a hearing, describing the penalty as “drastic” and “major.” The court stayed the university’s termination order and granted interim relief to Akoijam on November 2, scheduling the matter for further hearing on January 25.

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said the JNU administration could not have imposed a "drastic" and "major" penalty of dismissal from service on professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam over allegations of sexual harassment without a show-cause notice and a hearing. The court's observation came in the…

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First reported by The Assam Tribune at 10:44 UTC on 12 Nov.

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    Services couldn't have been terminated by JNU without notice: Delhi HC on Akoijam's plea

    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said the JNU administration could not have imposed a "drastic" and "major" penalty of dismissal from service on professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam over allegations of sexual harassment without a show-cause notice and a hearing. The court's observation came in the…

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