RESHU SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA

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TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE Digitally signed by TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE Date: 2025.05.09 20:18:14 +0530 Trupti wp-1238-2024.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1238 OF 2024 Reshu Singh, Age: 36 years, Occ: Asst. Professor, Residing at C/o. Abhay Kumar, A/1-43, Nabard Nagar, Thakur Complex, Kandivali (E), Mumbai – 400 101 … Petitioner Versus 1. Union of India, Through Ministry of Education, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. 2. Vice Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, 56-57, Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110 058 3. The Chairman, Managing Committee, Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalay, Kulapati Munshi Marg, Mumbai- 400 007. 4. The Principal, Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalay, Kulapati Munshi Marg, Mumbai- 400 007. … Respondents --- Mr.J.P. Cama, Senior Advocate with Mr.Aseem Naphade, Mr.Arsh Misra, Ms. Khushboo Agarwal, Ms.Ruchika and Ms.Mrunmayi for the Petitioner. Mr. Niranjan Shimpi with Mrs.Shehnaz V. Bharucha for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 (UOI). Mr.Vivek Khemka for Respondent Nos. 3 and 4- Management/ Employer. --- 1 Trupti wp-1238-2024.odt CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 6TH MAY, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: Ravindra V. Ghuge,J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 2. It is often remarked in the Courts, in a given case, that it is like an “open and shut case”. This is one case wherein we can say that this case is an open and shut case. 3. अमृतम तू वि द्या is the motto of the Employer of the Petitioner, i.e., Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. On its letterhead, it is mentioned as “founded with the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi”. There is no debate that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is the father of the nation, ‘Mahatma Gandhi’. If this