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The Special SC/ST Court successful Nedumangad connected Monday (December 8, 2025) granted bail to C.N. Vijayakumari, Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Head of the Sanskrit Department, Kerala University, who has been accused of making casteist remarks against a probe scholar.
The tribunal approved the bail with strict conditions. She has been directed to look earlier the probe serviceman connected 3 Sundays. The tribunal besides directed that she should not effort to power witnesses and indispensable guarantee that nary akin incidents hap successful the future.
The defence had earlier accepted the court’s absorption that the accused look successful idiosyncratic and unafraid bail. They informed the tribunal that Dr. Vijayakumari would contiguous herself connected Monday.
The determination was announced aft proceeding arguments from the complainant Vipin Vijayan. The defence argued that the ailment was prompted by choler implicit disapproval of his probe thesis arsenic good arsenic governmental motives.
The Sreekaryam constabulary had registered the lawsuit against the Dean nether the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act based connected Mr. Vijayan’s complaint.
