"Retribution?": Court Asks Why Lecturer Suspended After Article 370 Hearing

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the centre's top law officer to speak to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and find out why a lecturer in the union territory's Education Department was suspended days after he appeared in court to argue against the scrapping of Article 370. The court wanted to know if the suspension was linked to the lecturer's appearance before the court and indicated it would take a dim view if this was the case, suggesting it might be seen as "retribution".