Meher Fatima Hussain vs Jamia Milia Islamia

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2024 Supreme(SC) 337

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL
Meher Fatima Hussain – Appellant
Versus
Jamia Milia Islamia – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv. Mr. Sneh Vardhan, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., AOR Mr. Vinay Kumar Garg, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Arora, Adv. Mr. K S Rekhi, Adv. Mr. Md. Ali, AOR Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Srijan Sinha, AOR Mr. Naveen Soni, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Pritish Sabharwal, Adv. Ms. Pooja, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Subham Pundhir, Adv. Mrs. Barnali Basak, Adv. Mr. Syed Miram Ahmad, Adv. Mr. B C Bhatt, Adv.

JUDGMENT

ABHAY S. OKA, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. By the impugned judgment dated 11th April 2023, Letters Patent Appeals preferred by the appellants herein were dismissed.

FACTUAL ASPECTS

CASE OF SABIHA HUSSAIN

3. A few factual details must be stated to appreciate the controversy. The appellant (Sabiha Hussain), in a Civil Appeal arising out of Special Leave Petition (C) No. 8416 of 2023, was initially appointed as a Reader on probation on an ad-hoc basis by Jamia Milia Islamia, a University constituted under an Act of Parliament (for short, ‘the University’). The 1st and 2nd respondents represent the University. On 6th August 2008, she was appointed to a sanctioned post of Reader in the programme for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy in Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies. The appointment was made pursuant to the advertisement dated 1st May 2008. According to the appellant's case, her appointment was made through a properly constituted Selection Committee. The said appellant was later appointed as an Associate Professor. She was appointed a professor under the Career Advancement Schemes of 2010 of the University Grants Commission (for short, ‘UGC’), ef

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2024 Supreme(SC) 337

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHALMeher Fatima Hussain – AppellantVersusJamia Milia Islamia – Respondent

Cases Referred (5)

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL
Meher Fatima Hussain – Appellant
Versus
Jamia Milia Islamia – Respondent