New Delhi:
In a short lived reduction, controversial former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar has acquired safety from arrest from the Supreme Court docket for allegedly mendacity about disabilities and utilizing cast certificates to clear the civil companies examination.
No coercive actions shall be taken in opposition to Ms Khedkar until February 14, a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra stated as we speak and issued notices to the Delhi authorities and the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC).
The courtroom will take up the matter once more on February 14.
Delhi Excessive Court docket had earlier denied her bail stating that the fees in opposition to her have been a “traditional instance of fraud dedicated not solely in opposition to an authority but additionally the nation at massive”. Ms Khedkar approached the highest courtroom yesterday calling the excessive courtroom order “inaccurate”.
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The previous IAS probationer had made headlines final 12 months for allegedly availing reservation advantages meant for the Different Backward Lessons (OBC) and Individuals with Disabilities (PwD) classes to clear the UPSC examination.
The UPSC had alleged that she appeared for the UPSC examination greater than six instances permitted within the era class by altering her and her dad and mom’ names.
Denying the fees, she had claimed she was being focused for levelling sexual harassment expenses in opposition to her senior.
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Ms Khedkar, who has a Maharashtra hospital certificates stating she had an “outdated ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tear with left knee instability”, cited her bodily incapacity declare earlier than the excessive courtroom and stated solely her makes an attempt within the ‘divyang’ class must be counted.
She argued that the UPSC didn’t discover any faux doc after verifying her biometric information and stated that she had solely modified her center identify.
Taking motion in July, the UPSC revoked her choice as a junior authorities officer and barred her from any additional makes an attempt within the civil companies exams. She was sacked by the federal government two months later.