A year after the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, had suspended a Dalit PhD scholar on the charge of “misconduct” and “anti-national activities” because he took part in a protest rally against the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court has given him relief.
Though a two-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan did not invalidate the suspension order, it, however, directed TISS that its period be reduced to what he has already undergone, and he be allowed to complete his PhD.
On April 18, 2024, TISS had suspended the scholar, Ramadas K.S., for two years and barred him from entering all its campuses after he participated in a protest held against the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) brought by the Modi government. The protest, called ‘Parliament March’, was held on January 12, 2024, by the TISS-PSF (Progress Students’ Forum) and had called for rejecting the ruling BJP. …
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