Shivangi Prakash-
Published on: August 13, 2021 at 10:22 IST
In a plea filed by a professor, who was fired from a Delhi University College, a Delhi Court requested an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the police in a case where the professor was seeking the registration of an FIR under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the principal for alleged casteist remarks.
Additional Sessions Judge Charu Aggarwal sought the report from police in the plea filed by advocate Mehmood Pracha on behalf of the professor.
The complainant, an assistant professor, filed a lawsuit stating that the principal along with four other professors, plotted to fire her by forging documents, making fraudulent records, and fabricating and supplying false information.
“The behavior of accused (principal) has been casteist, demeaning, discriminatory, threatening towards the complainant. The Principal used to make casteist remarks so much so that on August 10, 2020, the complainant was refused to re-join from the job,” the complaint stated.
The complainant said she was selected by a “Meticulous selection process on a post reserved for the Scheduled Caste Community as she belongs to the Ravidasia caste”.
“The complainant still regularly receives threats on behalf of accused persons by various anti-social elements. She and her family’s lives are at the hands of the accused persons and their cohorts,” the plea read.
The complainant further told the Court that the SHO of the Maurice Nagar police station failed to file an FIR on her complaint, prompting her to make a complaint with the DCP (North district), but that no action was taken.
The professor has also asked the Court to order the filing of an FIR under the SC/ST Act against the erring SHO for dereliction of duty, as well as against the DCP for failing to take legal action against the SHO.
The professor went on to say that she was still receiving threats on behalf of the accused from various anti-social elements.
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