Bombay HC reinstates TISS professor compulsorily retired for creating alumni WhatsApp group
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The Bombay High Court has struck down the compulsory retirement of a Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) professor who was penalised merely for creating an alumni WhatsApp group. [Swapan Garain v. TISS & Ors]A Bench of Justices MS Karnik and Sandesh D Patil passed the order in a petition by the professor, Swapan Garain, who was suspended in March 2016. He was later ‘compulsorily retired’ in September 2017.Justice MS Karnik, Justice Sandesh PatilTISS claimed that Garain violated its code