The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to provide any relief to a Dalit PhD student suspended from the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) for alleged misconduct and anti-national activities.<\/p>\n
A division bench of Justices A S Chandurkar and M M Sathaye dismissed the plea filed by the student, Ramadas K S, against the institute’s April 2024 decision of suspending him for two years.<\/p>\n
“The order suspending the petitioner (Ramadas) does not suffer from any illegality or perversity. We find that this is not a fit case to interfere. There is no merit in the petition and the same is dismissed,” the HC said.<\/p>\n
Ramadas was accused of participating in a protest march in New Delhi against the central government’s “anti-student policies” and for urging people to watch “Ram Ke Naam” documentary during the Ayodhya Ram temple consecration ceremony.<\/p>\n
In its order, the court said it was “clear as sunshine that the march (in which Ramadas participated) was politically motivated”.<\/p>\n
It said no fault can be found with the decision of the institute’s order that Ramadas created an impression in general public that the politically-motivated protest and views were the views of the institution – TISS.<\/p>\n
The court noted that Ramadas had participated in the protest under the banner of TISS’ student organisation.<\/p>\n
“This has brought disrepute to the institute in its view,” the HC said.<\/p>\n
Ramadas can have any political view of his choice, but so does the institute. The petitioner has full freedom of expressing his political view; but to do so under the banner of the respondent institute is what is objected to by the institute, the court said.<\/p>\n
Ramadas, in his plea, said that pursuant to the suspension order, his scholarship had been stopped due to which he was facing difficulties.<\/p>\n
He said he was “unlawfully, arbitrarily and unfairly suspended by the institute”.<\/p>\n
TISS had opposed the plea stating that Ramadas had an alternate remedy and could appeal against the suspension order before a committee set up within the institute.<\/p>\n
Ramadas, however, had said he may not get an independent hearing from the institute.<\/p>\n
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