Guwahati, March 9 -- The Gauhati High Court has reinstated Vikrant Singh's studentship, a research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) in Assam.

He was expelled from his PhD program in 2021.

The court deemed the termination arbitrary, allowing him to complete his doctoral studies.

IIT-G officials accused Vikrant of disrupting the academic environment, alleging that he had defamed institute staff through social media posts and offensive communications.

A letter from the IIT-G Joint Registrar of Students' Affairs, dated June 25, 2021, described Vikrant's actions as "highly disruptive" and labeled them an "offence of the highest order" in an academic institution, leading to his immediate expulsion.

Vikrant's ...