Why isn’t Mumbai University providing basic facilities to its tribunal, asks High Court
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of basic facilities at a tribunal set up to hear admission and other education-related matters involving the University of Mumbai and SNDT College.
The University of Mumbai and SNDT College Tribunal has jurisdiction over the two institutions.
A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla directed Mumbai University to take prompt action and provide basic amenities and facilities at the tribunal and to its presiding officer, who is a retired High Court judge.
The university has to provide all basic facilities and amenities to the tribunal and its presiding officer which he is entitled to, Justice Oka said.
“We expect the university to take prompt action. Even assuming that the university is in a crisis situation now, we cannot accept the fact that basic facilities are not being provided to the tribunal and its officer,” he said.
“This is really a pathetic state of affairs.” The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocate Pravartak Pathak.
The tribunal was set up as a first appeals body to hear issues arising out of admissions and other education-related matters.
Rui Rodrigues, lawyer representing the Mumbai university, told the court that a meeting was …read more
