Rohtak, April 27 -- A law student from Rohtak's Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking initiation of contempt action against varsity vice-chancellor Rajbir Singh for not complying with its order (dated February 11). The court on February 11, directed the varsity authorities to award a PhD degree to a student Pradeep Kumar Deswal within eight weeks. The contempt petition has been listed for hearing on April 29.

On February 11, the single bench headed by Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi observed and directed Maharshi Dayanand University to award the petitioner with the Doctorate Degree in Laws, which the petitioner has already completed, without insisting to refund the Scholarship ...