Legal Reporter
Taking cognizance of the criminal complaint case filed by Dr. Shambhavi Kumari, a former professor of the Central University of South Bihar, Gaya against the Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Dr. HCS Rathore upon the allegations of criminal defamation U/S 500/503/120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate of Purnea, Bihar summoned the accused VC to be bodily present before the court on 01.04.2021. Complainant has raised allegations that the accused VC called her Insane (Vikshipt) and meritless during a press meet. The news was published in a number of newspapers dated 18.10.2020 and was widely circulated in the social media tarnishing the image of the complainant in the entire society and academic field.
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