New Delhi: The Supreme Court ordered Wednesday the transfer of the Shahjahanpur LLM student, who has levelled harassment allegations against former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, and her brother to other law colleges affiliated to Bareilly University. The top court said ‘for us their future is important’.
A bench of Justices R Banumathi and AS Bopanna was told by the Uttar Pradesh government that in compliance with apex court’s earlier order they have made all arrangements for transfer of the woman and her brother to other colleges with hostel facility.
The bench requested the Bar Council of India (BCI) to increase the seats of the colleges in which the woman and her brother will be shifted for LLM and LLB courses respectively.
The Supreme Court disposed of the suo motu petition, of which it had taken cognisance last week, and said that the woman and her parents are at liberty to go home in Shahjahanpur accompanied by Delhi police.
The apex court further said that if any further direction including that of security is required then it can be mentioned before the Allahabad High Court.
The court, which had earlier interacted in-chamber with the woman, had said that she had told the judges that she doesn’t want to continue her study in the college run by Chinmayanand’s ashram at Shahjahanpur.
Meanwhile Swami Chinmayanand expressed full faith Wednesday in the judiciary, a day after the UP government constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe charges levelled by the law student.
Appearing before the media for the first time at Shahjahanpur after an FIR was lodged against him by a female law student, Chinmayanand said that he would want the law take its own course.
“The matter is in the Supreme Court. An SIT has been constituted. I have full faith in the judiciary and I will say whatever I have to say before the SIT,” stated the former Union Minister.
But he remained defiant throughout the press conference. Chinmayanand asked electronic media reporters to switch off their cameras. “I will not talk to the electronic media. What will you do?,” he challenged.
PTI