Rustication Of BITS Pilani Student Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Suspended For Non-Compliance With UGC Rules: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court, while hearing a petition filed by a second-year female student of BITS Pilani, passed an interim order suspending her rustication, citing that the college failed to comply with Regulation 8 of the UGC Regulations, 2015. Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy ruled that mandatory procedural safeguards under the UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment) Regulations, 2015 were not followed by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), thereby…
