Justice Vinod Diwakar appointed Judge of Small Causes Court Archana Singh and Chief Judicial Magistrate Arun Kumar Yadava to conduct the inquiry into the allegations levelled by a BA LLB (Hons.) student.
The allegations have been levelled against Dr Deepak Sharma, the Head of the Department of Law and Warden of the Boys’ Hostel.
In the order passed on September 16, the Court observed that the allegations are serious in nature and required to be examined in an impartial manner after affording a full opportunity of hearing to the accused academic.
“The objective of the inquiry shall be to ascertain whether students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes have been subjected to caste-based humiliation or discrimination by respondent no. 6, or by any other person employed in or working for gain in the University, and whether the complaints made in that behalf were dealt with by the University in accordance with the applicable regulations,” the Court said.
The Court also directed that all measures shall be taken to protect the identity of any student who deposes before the inquiry officers.