PRAYAGRAJ, May 18 -- The Allahabad high court on Saturday dismissed three petitions challenging the appointment of Professor Naima Khatoon as vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). In one of the petitions, the petitioner had alleged that there were irregularities in the appointment process. The petitioners had challenged the appointment of Prof Khatoon primarily on the ground that her husband Prof Mohammed Gulrez was acting as vice-chancellor and had presided over the crucial meetings of the university's executive council and the court wherein his wife was recommended for the appointment. On April 9, a division bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh had reserved its judgment. In its order, the division bench stated: "Merely because her husband was acting as vice chancellor and had presided and participated in the meetings of Executive Council and University Court which also recommended her name, in addition to others, for appointment as Vice-Chancellor cannot be a ground to interfere with her appointment as the first woman Vice-Chancellor of the University," the court added. Khatoon, who completed her PhD in psychology from AMU, was appointed as a lecturer in the same department in 1988 before being elevated to the professor's post in 2006....