Swarna Shukla –
Published On: November 16, 2021 at 21:30 IST
The Supreme Court stayed a Kerala High Court Order that Upheld the Calicut University Appellate‘s decision reinstating in service an Arabic lecturer who was Accused of Rape of a student and Married to her.
“The lecturer was already married when a student of the college levelled kidnapping and rape charges against him in 2012. However, on March 11, 2013, the High Court quashed the criminal case registered against him on the sole ground that he had married the Complainant and they were leading a peaceful life and continuation of the proceedings will cause disruption in their life,” Senior Advocate V Chitambaresh who appeared for the college management pointed out.
In February 2012, the college served charges on the ground that he, after applying for leave without allowance for five years from June 2, 2011 for seeking employment abroad, went on leave without getting permission from the authorities concerned.
In April 2013, it also started proceedings on the ground that the registration of the rape case and the subsequent events tarnished the credibility and image of the college and defamed its reputation, and also for the reason that he conducted second marriage without obtaining permission from the Government in disregard of the conditions of service. He was dismissed from the college on receipt of the report of the Enquiry Officer.
The lecturer then Appealed to the Calicut University Appellate Tribunal which held that he be reinstated as per rules and that the period of suspension be treated as a period spent on duty for entitlement to get full pay and allowances.
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