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Supreme Court Quashes over 1,000 Assistant Professor Appointments in Punjab over UGC Norm Violations

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The Court set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court Division Bench judgment, which had upheld the recruitment process.

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The Supreme Court on Monday (July 14, 2025) quashed the appointment of 1,158 assistant professors and librarians in Punjab, saying that the selection process was completely arbitrary. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran set aside the September 2024 decision of a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which upheld the appointments. The process began in October 2021, when the Punjab Director of Higher Education …

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Tribune India broke the news in Chandigarh, India on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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