DU Teacher - Demotion of Samia Rahman illegal: HC
The High Court yesterday declared that the decision by Dhaka University authorities to demote Samia Rahman from the post of associate professor to the rank of assistant professor on charges of plagiarism was "illegal".
The court also ordered the government and DU to give all due service and financial benefits to Samia from January 28 last year, when she was demoted, till the date she resigns from the post of assistant professor.
The HC bench led by Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman delivered the verdict after holding hearing on a petition filed by Samia, her lawyer Hassan MS Azim told The Daily Star.
The article in question was not prepared by Samia and there was no signature from her in the article, her lawyer said.
She had informed the DU authorities about it but she was demoted without providing her with any probe report, he said.
Three Dhaka University faculty members including Samia were demoted on charge of plagiarism in their research papers, at a monthly syndicate meeting of DU. The others are Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan and Muhammad Omor Faruq.
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