A view of the School of Physical Sciences building, JNU. Photo: JNU
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has restrained the
newly appointed nine chairpersons by the Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU) vice-chancellor (VC) professor M. Jagadesh Kumar from taking any
major decisions, saying that the VC is not vested with the power to
appoint chairpersons, the Indian Express reported.
The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Talwant
Singh said that only the executive council has the power to appoint
chairpersons, and not the VC.
The high court was hearing a petition filed by professor Atul Sood
who challenged the approval granted by the executive council to the nine
appointments made by the VC, and argued that the appointments cannot
emanate from the VC.
However, the varsity argued that the VC had exercised the powers
under Statue 4(5) of the Statute of the university. But the court said
that the VC can exercise such powers “only when immediate action is
required”.
In the 296th meeting of the executive council, Sood had raised this
issue and said that the appointments made by the VC are flawed. Despite
this, the VC went on to appoint the chairpersons of the concerned
centres/special centres, the order read, as per the news report.
The division bench also noted in its order that after a single bench
of the high court on September 28 had refused to stay the nine
appointments made by the VC, he went ahead with the appointment of
another person as chairperson of a language centre on October 8, again
exercising the ’emergency powers’ vested in him.
The single-bench had
adjourned the hearing of Sood’s petition to February 18, 2022, following
which he filed an appeal against the order declining to stay the
appointments.
The division bench has requested the single judge to advance Sood’s
writ petition, and listed the matter for hearing before that court on
November 10.
SOURCE ; THE WIRE
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