“Will Impact Students & Staff”: Bombay High Court Refuses Closure Of Only Engineering College In Gondia District Of Maharashtra
In a victory for the employees and students, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant closure permission to the only engineering institue in Gondia district, observing that the management doesn’t have an unfettered right to close down an institution at will as the closure would impact the education/studies and staff employed therein.
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Saturday 01 Feb. 2025
A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Anil Pansare, in a judgement on Tuesday, upheld the Vice-Chancellor of University’s order, rejecting the closure permission sought by the management of the Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology – established andby the Gondia Education Society since 1983-84.
According to the institute’s website, Varsha Patel is the president of GES. She is the wife of former union minister Praful Patel and daughter-in- law of late philanthropist and politician Manoharbai Patel.
