‘Why Invite a Problem That Does Not Exist?’: High Court Asks JNU on Holding Professor’s VRS
Sohini Ghosh | 19 August 2025 | The Indian Express
Seeking Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)’s response to a plea by its scholar and professor whose request for a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) has been kept on hold owing to “unauthorised foreign trips”, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked why it is “inviting a problem that does not exist”.
Justice Prateek Jalan, on Monday, while seeking a response from JNU by issuing them notice, addressed the JNU’s counsel, orally remarking, “Why are you inviting a problem that does not exist…?…See you’ve two choices — either you condone this infraction and accept resignation, or you initiate disciplinary proceedings (for the said infraction)…”…