University of Delhi v. Dr Meenakshi Sethi & Ors

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on: 29.03.2016 Pronounced on: 24.08.2016

+ LPA 411/2014

MR. ANAND PRAKASH

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 412/2014

DR. (MRS.) MEENA KHETRAPAL

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 413/2014

DR. RAJINDER KAUR AND ORS.

.....Appellants

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 414/2014

DR. (MRS.) SURJEET KAUR AND ORS. .....Appellants

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 416/2014

MS. KANTA BATRA AND ANR.

.....Appellants

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 417/2014

KAMLESH MALHOTRA AND ORS.

.....Appellants

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 418/2014

TANUJA SACHDEV AND ORS.

.....Appellants

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 554/2014, C.M. APPL.13837/2014 & 15632/2014

N.C. BAKSHI AND ORS.

+ LPA 555/2014, C.M. APPL.13847-49/2014, 15633/2014, 22978-80/2015

R.N. VIRMANI AND ORS.

+ LPA 558/2014

MANJEET SIKKA

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 594/2014

CHETANYA MOHAN GUPTA

.....Appellants

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

+ LPA 606/2014, C.M. APPL.15299/2014

ANIL KUMAR SHARMA AND ORS.

+ LPA 607/2014, C.M. APPL.15305/2014

SONY GHOSH AND ORS.

+ LPA 608/2014, C.M. APPL.15311/2014

KEWAL KRISHAN SHOREE AND ORS.

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+ LPA 609/2014, C.M. APPL.15317/2014

DR. (MRS.) MAMTA JAFA AND ORS.

+ LPA 610/2014, C.M. APPL.15323/2014

DR. K.S. VERMA AND ORS.

+ LPA 614/2014, C.M. APPL.15468/2014

NANDITA NARAIN AND ORS.

+ LPA 615/2014, C.M. APPL.15478/2014

DR. S.K. BAJPAI AND ORS.

+ LPA 616/2014, C.M. APPL.15489/2014

DR. RAJ KUMAR AND ORS.

+ LPA 617/2014, C.M. APPL.15495/2014

DHARAM PAL GUPTA AND ORS.

+ LPA 618/2014, C.M. APPL.15501/2014

DR. VINOD AGGARWAL AND ORS.

+ LPA 619/2014, C.M. APPL.15552/2014

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SHAHID AMIN AND ORS.

+ LPA 621/2014, C.M. APPL.15575/2014

B.R. GUPTA AND ORS.

+ LPA 622/2014, C.M. APPL.15581/2014

BALRAJ KUMAR (DECEASED) THR. MRS. NEELAM (WIFE) AND ORS.

+ LPA 623/2014, C.M. APPL.15587/2014

DR. GIRISH AHUJA AND ORS.

+ LPA 624/2014, C.M. APPL.15594/2014

DR. PURNIMA GUPTA AND ORS.

+ LPA 625/2014, C.M. APPL.15600/2014

DR. T.K. NAGPAL AND ORS.

+ LPA 626/2014, C.M. APPL.15610/2014

RAJENDRA PRASAD AND ORS.

+ LPA 627/2014, C.M. APPL.15651/2014

VIJAY KUMAR SAINI AND ANR.

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+ LPA 628/2014, C.M. APPL.15616/2014

MRS. RENU KHANEJA AND ORS.

+ LPA 629/2014, C.M. APPL.15622/2014

DR. BINDRA PRASAD AND ORS.

+ LPA 632/2014, C.M. APPL.15774/2014

DR. SUDESH KUMARI SHAH AND ORS.

+ LPA 633/2014, C.M. APPL.15780/2014

DR. RAJESH KUMAR SAXENA AND ORS.

+ LPA 634/2014, C.M. APPL.15791/2014

DR. MRS. K. PRABHA AND ANR.

+ LPA 635/2014, C.M. APPL.15797/2014

DR. ARCHANA GUPTA AND ORS.

+ LPA 636/2014, C.M. APPL.15803/2014

KRISHNA KUMAR AND ORS.

+ LPA 637/2014, C.M. APPL.15810/2014

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DR. S.C. MAHAJAN AND ORS.

+ LPA 638/2014, C.M. APPL.15816/2014

SURENDER KUMAR AND ORS.

+ LPA 639/2014, C.M. APPL.15822/2014

DR. MEENAKSHI SETHI AND ORS.

+ LPA 640/2014, C.M. APPL.15828/2014

MRS. VEENA KHANNA AND ORS.

+ LPA 641/2014, C.M. APPL.15834/2014

CHETANYA MOHAN GUPTA AND ORS.

+ LPA 642/2014, C.M. APPL.15840/2014

DR. B.S. MOSHAL AND ANR.

+ LPA 643/2014, C.M. APPL.15846/2014 & 7043/2015

PROMILA ARORA AND ORS.

+ LPA 644/2014, C.M. APPL.15852/2014

SUMEDHA KUMAR AND ORS.

+ LPA 645/2014, C.M. APPL.15869/2014

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DR. S.K. LAROIYA AND ORS.

+ LPA 646/2014, C.M. APPL.15879/2014

DR. M.C. VIDYALANKAR AND ORS.

+ LPA 647/2014, C.M. APPL.15885/2014

SANTOSH CHANDRA PANDA AND ORS.

+ LPA 648/2014, C.M. APPL.15891/2014

DR. B.C. SEHGAL AND ORS.

+ LPA 649/2014, C.M. APPL.15897/2014

VEENA MANGAL NATH AND ORS.

+ LPA 650/2014, C.M. APPL.15903/2014

SUMAN LATA AND ORS.

+ LPA 651/2014, C.M. APPL.15909/2014

DR. MANGAL NATH AND ORS.

+ LPA 652/2014, C.M. APPL.15915/2014

DR. BHAVNESH KUMAR GROVER AND ORS.....Respondents

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+ LPA 653/2014, C.M. APPL.15921/2014

SUMAN BALA JAIN AND ORS.

+ LPA 654/2014, C.M. APPL.15928/2014

MANGALA PRASAD UPADHYAY AND ORS. ....Respondents

+ LPA 655/2014, C.M. APPL.15934/2014

DR. ASHA TIKKU AND ORS.

+ LPA 667/2014

AMEETA HASIJA

THE UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ANR.

+ LPA 672/2014, C.M. APPL.16448/2014

DR. TRIPTA VERMA

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ORS.

+ LPA 673/2014, C.M. APPL.16450/2014

DR. RAJINDER KAUR AND ORS.

+ LPA 780/2014

DR. ANURADHA GUPTA

VC, DELHI UNIVERSITY AND ORS.

Through: Ms. Jyoti Singh, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Tinu Bajwa, Sh. Tanuj Khurana, Sh. Aman Nandrajog, Sh. Sameer Sharma and Sh. P. Chaitanyashil, Advocates, for

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appellants in LPA 410/2014, 411/2014, 412/2014, 413/2014, 414/2014 & 780/2014. Ms. Rekha Palli, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Punam Singh and Ms. Shruti Munjal, Advocates, for appellants in LPA 416/2014, 417/2014 & 418/2014. Sh. Sudhir Nandrajog, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Mohinder. J.S. Rupal and Ms. Simran Jeet, Advocates, for University of Delhi. Sh. Siddhartha Shankar Ray and Sh. Abhik Kumar, Advocates, for appellant in LPA 558/2014. Ms. Roma Bhagat, Advocate, for appellant in LPA 414/2014, 416/2014, 417/2014 & 418/2014. Sh. Arjun Harkauli, Advocate, for UGC. Sh. S.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate, for Respondent No.5 in LPA 410/2014 & 413/2014; for Respondent No.10 in LPA 606/2014; for Respondent No.72 in LPA 645/2014 and for Respondent No.3 in LPA 672/2014. Sh. Rajesh Gogna, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 412/2014, 413/2014, 416/2014 & 418/2014. Sh. Anil Soni, CGSC with Sh. Naginder Benipal, Advocate, for UOI in LPA 411/2014. Sh. Anurag Mathur, Advocate, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 627/2014, 642/2014 & 667/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 412/2014; for Respondent No.6 in LPA 645/2014; for Respondent No.9 in LPA 606/2014 & 646/2014; for Respondent No.11 in LPA 610/2014 and for Respondent No.16 in LPA 614/2014. Sh. S.K. Pandey, Advocate, for private respondents in LPA 416/2014, 417/2014, 418/2014, 554/2014 & 555/2014, 606/2014, 638/2014, 640/2014, 644/2014, 645/2014, 646/2014, 647/2014, 653/2014, 655/2014 & 673/2014. Sh. Vikas Mahajan, CGSC with Sh. S.S. Rai and Sh. Amit Mehta, Advocates, for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in LPA 417/2014. Sh. R.P. Sharma and Sh. Vaibhav Mehra, Advocates, for Respondent No.5. Sh. P. Chaitanyashil and Sh. Ishaan Madan, Advocate, for

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respondents in LPA 554/2014 & 635/2014. Sh. Dev. P. Bhardwaj, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 554/2014. Sh. Prateek Dahiya, Advocate, for private respondents in LPA 555/2014, 606/2014, 615/2014, 618/2014, 621/2014, 623/2014, 625/2014, 626/2014, 628/2014, 629/2014, 637/2014, 642/2014, 648/2014 & 672/2014. Sh. Meet Malhotra, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Prateek Dahiya, Advocate, for private respondents in LPA 555/2014 & 615/2014. Sh. Manish Mohan, CGSC with Sh. Shivam Chanana and Ms. Manisha Saroha, Advocates, for UOI in LPA 558/2014, 608/2014, 609/2014, 622/2014, 623/2014, 624/2014, 632/2014, 635/2014, 638/2014, 641/2014, 650/2014 & 653/2014. Ms. Abha Malhotra, Advocate, for Respondent No.1 in LPA 594/2014. Sh. Vivek Goyal, CGSC, for UOI and Sh. Prabhakar Srivastav, Advocate, for Respondent No.6 in LPA 606/2014; for Respondent Nos. 48 and 49 in LPA 645/2014; for Respondent No.8 in LPA 646/2014; for Respondent No.4 in LPA 648/2014 & 652/2014; for Respondent No.2 in LPA 654/2014, and for Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in LPA 655/2014. Sh. Virender Ganda, Sr. Advocate with Sh. S.K. Giri, Advocate, for Respondent No.1 in LPA 608/2014, 617/2014 & 622/2014. Ms. Beenashaw. M. Soni and Sh. Aakash Yadav, for Respondent No.3 in LPA 616/2014 & 636/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 609/2014, 640/2014 & 655/2014; for Respondent No.10 in LPA 644/2014, and for Respondent No.7 in LPA 653/2014. Sh. Yateendra Singh Jafa, Advocate, for respondent in LPA 609/2014. Ms. Geeta Luthra, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Shreya Singh, Advocate, for respondents in LPA 614/2014 & 619/2014. Sh. Rakesh Kumar, CGSC, for UOI and for Respondent No.4 in LPA 616/2014; for Respondent No.2 in LPA 617/2014, and for Respondent No.13 in LPA 618/2014.

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Sh. Abhishek Goyal, Advocate, for respondent in LPA 616/2014. Sh. Rakesh Ranjan and Sh. Hansh Pratap Shahi, Advocates, for Respondent No.16 in LPA 618/2014. Sh. Aviral Tiwari, Advocate, for Respondent No.1 in LPA 621/2014. Sh. Amit Bansal, Ms. Seema Dolo and Sh. Akhil Kulshrestha, Advocates, for Respondent No.4 in LPA 623/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 414/2014, and for Respondent No.7 in LPA 639/2014. Sh. Rajesh Chhetri, Sh. Rajeev Chhetri, Sh. Pawan Upadhyay and Ms. Meenakshi Rawat, Advocates, for respondents in LPA 624/2014, 632/2014, 632/2014 & 650/2014. Sh. J.H. Jafri, Advocate, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 625/2014, 629/2014, 634/2014 672/2014, and for Respondent No.3 in LPA 648/2014. Sh. Arun Bhardwaj, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 626/2014. Sh. Rajender Dhawan and Sh. B.S. Ranan, Advocates, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 624/2014; for Respondent No.5 in LPA 554/2014, 632/2014, 633/2014 & 638/2014, and for Respondent Nos. 41 to 43 in LPA 645/2014. Ms. Payal Jain, Advocate, for respondent in LPA 639/2014 & 653/2014. Ms. Nilanjan Bose, Advocate, for Respondent No.2 in LPA 643/2014. Sh. Shankar Raju and Sh. Nilansh Gaur, Advocates, for Respondents in LPA 649/2014 & 651/2014. Ms. Monika Arora, CGSC, for UOI in LPA 672/2014. Ms. Meera Bhatia, Advocate, for UOI in LPA 780/2014.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE DEEPA SHARMA

MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT

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The University's appeals (LPA Nos.554-555/2014, 606-610/2014, 614-619/2014, 621-629/2014, 632-655/2014 & 673/2014) are dismissed. The appellants'appeals (LPA Nos.410-414/2014, 416-418/2014, 558/2014, 594/2014, 667/2014, 672/2014 & 780/2014) succeed and are allowed. There shall be no order as to costs. For detailed judgment, the decision dated 24.08.2016 in LPA 410/2014 may be referred to.

S. RAVINDRA BHAT (JUDGE)

DEEPA SHARMA (JUDGE) AUGUST 24, 2016