Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Thursday ordered closure of a PIL filed by four students against mathematician Anand Kumar for allegedly cheating them in the name of admission to Super 30, the education programme run by him.
The court, however, granted liberty to the four IIT Guwahati students, the petitioners, to approach a court which has jurisdiction over Patna and accordingly considered the PIL closed as withdrawn.
A division bench of Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ajay Lamba and Justice AM Bujarbaruah said this taking note of the averments made in the PIL against Kumar, affidavits filed by Anand Kumar, Bihar former Director General of Police Abhayanand and other students, who claimed that they were “cheated” in the name of Super 30.
Abiding by the order, Anand Kumar appeared before the High Court and sought apology for not personally appearing before the bench as directed earlier.
Kumar also deposited Rs 50,000 as directed by the High Court to the five guardians and students from Bihar, who claimed that Kumar had “cheated” them in the name of the academy. (PTI)
