Overview

• The court held on June 9 that Sinhgad Academy breached natural justice by issuing a rustication order without a show-cause notice.
• The 19-year-old IT student was arrested on May 9 after sharing an Instagram post critical of Operation Sindoor and spent nearly three weeks in Yerawada Central Jail before bail.
• Justices Makarand S. Karnik and Nitin R. Borkar granted the college liberty to reconsider any disciplinary action only after giving her an opportunity to be heard.
• An FIR was filed under IPC sections for allegedly inciting communal tension even though she deleted the post within two hours and issued an apology.
• Savitribai Phule Pune University has been directed to decide expeditiously on her representation to retake two theory papers and a practical exam missed during custody.