Dalit harassment: Allahabad HC stays action against IIT-Kanpur professors

Allahabad high court stays action against four IIT Kanpur professors in connection with harassment of Dalit Faculty Member.

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the recommendations of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), which had asked the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to lodge an FIR against four professors for allegedly harassing a Dalit faculty member Dr Subramanium Sundrela, a member of a scheduled caste.

The high court stayed the action against the professors accused of committing atrocities against their Dalit colleague. Also, the court clarified that the commission could not not act beyond its jurisdiction and that it had no power to pass such directions.
 

The Allahabad High Court, however, made