India, May 13 -- The Bombay High Court (HC) has pulled up Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in Girgaon for keeping an assistant professor on probation for nearly seven years - far beyond the two-year limit prescribed in her appointment.

Assistant professor Reshu Singh, who joined the college on April 20, 2018, completed her two-year probation period by April 2020. Yet, despite repeated follow-ups, she was never given a confirmation letter.

In a strongly worded judgment delivered on May 6, the court directed the college to issue Singh's confirmation letter with effect from June 20, 2020. She will now be entitled to five increments and regular scale promotions.

The court criticised the college for its inacti...